It looks like Georgia is willing to allow people to get away with attacking immigrants. Recently, the Los Angles Times reported on a Latina who was attacked by her roommates. She called the police pleading for her life as they were punching and hitting her in the stomach; however, when the police arrived at [...]

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Over the weekend, I received an email from Jay Johnson-Castro about a family that was separated at the border by our immigration rules had a happy ending as they finally reunited in South Florida last Friday (video). Abel Gómez showed up one day last month at a U.S.-Mexico border crossing in Texas certain that immigration [...]

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It has been well documented that being a parent as an adolescent can have a long lasting effect on families and on the mother and her child. These consequences comprise of poverty and other adverse socioeconomic circumstances, such as poor health, physical abuse, neglect, prison and the continuation of the teen pregnancy cycle. In fact, [...]

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Posted in Mobilization, Raza, Texas, patriarchy | Tags: | functional 26 Comments »

We are able to identify changes in one’s own personal life by associating them to certain events that we either experienced or witnessed personally. We do this as a way to expand our sense of purpose and transcend our ordinary lives, consequently questioning and integrating beliefs and values with actions. This past weekend is one [...]

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Posted in Concentration Camp, Human Rights, Hutto Vigil, ICE, activism | Tags: | functional 18 Comments »

I finally made up Hutto, I am currently doing a write up on my visit but here are some of the pictures I took, I have plenty more and with some video footage. I will be posting those shortly.

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