Archive for the ‘Washington DC’ Category
A special thank you to our online family!
Posted: September 15, 2010 at 3:48 pm By LloydFor the past two weeks, we’ve been asking you to take the pledge and stand with the families and civic leaders who are in Washington DC today demanding relief, reform and respect. Almost 2000 of you responded with what those words mean to you, your family, and your community. We wanted to thank you all [...]
Showing our light for Arizona
Posted: July 30, 2010 at 1:16 pm By adminLast night at the White House, we gathered to light candles on the day Arizona’s ‘papers please’ law went into effect. We lit candles for the activists on the ground in Arizona, many of whom were arrested yesterday. We lit candles for the people protesting in San Francisco, New York, in Chicago and everywhere else [...]
Activists to Obama, MLB: Take the Game out of Arizona
Posted: June 22, 2010 at 4:07 pm By adminLast Friday, the Chicago White Sox played the Washington Nationals in DC. New pitching phenom Stephen Strasburg struck out ten batters in seven innings but didn’t get the decision, and the Nats lost 2-1 in 11 innings of play. Before the game, Politico speculated that it would be “interesting” if President Obama attended the game [...]
Nationals fans take a stand against Arizona’s law
Posted: June 15, 2010 at 11:01 am By Rachel LaBruyereBaseball has become the latest arena for the fight against Arizona’s racial profiling law, SB 1070. The 2011 Major League Baseball All-Star game is scheduled to be played in Phoenix, Arizona and people across the country have stepped up their efforts to ask MLB comissioner Bud Selig to move the game out of the state [...]
Are you in Washington, DC? Come screen Entre Nos with us
Posted: June 7, 2010 at 4:13 pm By LloydEntre Nos is an award-winning film that tells the inspirational story of an immigrant mother and her children as they struggle to build a life in a strange city after being abandoned their father. The film was written and directed by Paola Mendoza and Gloria La Morte, and stars Paola Mendoza, who made the film [...]
May Day march in Washington, DC
Posted: May 1, 2010 at 11:29 am By Rachel LaBruyereUPDATE: The Trail of Dreams students got out of the line up, but other leaders have just been arrested and taken away. While the police were respectful, there was a ripple of booing from the crowd, as the leaders holding signs saying: “Obama stop deporting our families” were taken away by police. Below you can [...]
May Day marches gear up
Posted: May 1, 2010 at 10:37 am By Rachel LaBruyereRight now in DC, the Trail of Dreams walkers are heading to Gallaudet University to meet up with the Trail of Dreams NY contingent. The walkers are joined by supporters, family and friends as their long journey reaches it’s destination today. (image via @Nakasec) The Indiana DREAM youth brought a blanket of their dreams to [...]
More than 200,000 attending the March For America
Posted: March 21, 2010 at 3:54 pm By adminWe just learned that crowd counts put us at more than 200,000 participants on the National Mall, with tens of thousands more viewing online and on television! You can catch our liveblogging here while you watch it on CNN.com, and be sure to text JUSTICE to 69866 to share a message with the marchers on [...]
Round 4 of March For America All-Star Speaker Line-up
Posted: March 20, 2010 at 1:15 pm By ErinTomorrow is the March For America and I bet you’re wondering who else is speaking? Here are some more speakers you can expect to rally support for comprehensive immigration reform: Senator Robert Menendez (D- NJ) Senator Menendez is the only Latino member of the United States Senate. He has served as a school board member, [...]
Round 2 of March for America All-Star Speaker Line-up
Posted: March 19, 2010 at 2:32 pm By ErinSo we all know you’re just aching to know who else will be speaking at the March For America. We’re excited to announce these inter-generational representatives from various movements. Esther Lopez, director, United Food and Commercial Workers International Union (UFCW) Civil Rights and Community Action Department Lopez is a strong voice for the labor movement. [...]
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