Today was the fourth of an on going series of NCLR sponsored blogger calls. NCLR will be partnering with the Immigration Policy Center for this fourth blogger call where we will be discussing a forthcoming report prepared for the Immigration Policy Center by the consulting firm of Rob Paral & Associates.
There report explores the [...]
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Recently, the nation’s largest community organization, the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now (ACORN) has come under fire with John McCain campaign, the Republican National Committee and the right wing media over bogus allegations of voter fraud.
In jeopardy of losing its eight year grasp on the US Presidency, the Republican Party have launched a [...]
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This election is too important to stay at home. For democracy to mean anything it needs to be defined by the people. There was ample warning, as early as March, this financial crisis was coming.
One UK economist warned that the world is now close to a 1930s-like Great Depression, while New York traders said they [...]
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Blogger Call Agenda, 10/09/08, 12pm EDT
Topic: Voter Engagement
Speakers:
Kety Esquivel (NCLR) - moderator
Clarissa Martinez (NCLR),
Efrain Escobedo (NALEO),
Ben Monteroso (Mi Familia Vota),
Lindsay Daniels (We Are America Alliance)
Agenda
I. Welcome
II. Misinformation on Immigrant Voting
III. NALEO poll
IV. Efforts to mobilize Latino Voters
- Ya Es Hora
- Yo Votare
- We Are America Alliance
V. Q & A
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There has been a lot of talk about immigrants cleaning up Houston. Ask Kevin Johnson from ImmigrationProf Blog points out as Houston/Galveston area rebuilds in the wake of Hurricane Ike, people are calling on FEMA, not the federal agency, but “Find Every Mexican Available.” (h/t to symsess of Citizen Orange)
Therefore, for this weekends video is [...]
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This is the blog of Edmundo "XicanoPwr" Rocha, a social worker, an activist, freelance writer and founder and editor of The Sanctuary. My interests include: immigration reform, critical race theory and it's interaction with equality/inequality and freedom/oppression as they relate to the experiences of people of color in the Americas.
Para Justicia y Libertad is a Latino-centered political blog focusing on the humanistic perspective of politics, history, and society as they relate to the Latina/o community throughout Texas and the United States.
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