Category: Social Justice
Almost 14 percent of Arizonans lived in “food deserts,” study says
By Anthony Dewitt Cronkite News Service WASHINGTON – There’s nothing simple about Phoenix resident Alex Turley’s simple trip to the grocery store to buy the basics. He might walk more than a mile in triple-digit temperatures so that he can catch the light rail, bus or rent a Zipcar. From there, it’s about a 15-minute [...]
The assault against undocumented immigrants is creating a new kind of humanitarian crisis
LatinaLista — One of the federal government’s strategy in combating illegal immigration is to create a “culture of voluntary compliance” among businesses to not hire undocumented workers says Immigration and Customs Enforcement spokeswoman Gillian Chistensen. Of course, the voluntary compliance comes with the threat of being severely fined if the government finds out otherwise. As [...]
International gathering of women addresses hard issues facing the world
LatinaLista — Canada has been in the news more than usual lately due to the Royal visit of the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge but there is another visit that Canada is hosting that hasn’t gotten nearly the attention it deserves. From July 3-7, the University of Ottawa and Carleton University in Canada are co-hosting [...]
Caravan for Peace demands an end to the wave of Mexican violence
By Dave Acosta Borderzine EL PASO — The beat of drums and shakers echoed off the buildings of downtown El Paso’s San Jacinto Plaza Saturday as matachines danced and a few hundred persons chanted “¡Juárez, Juárez, no es cuartel! Fuera ejército de él.” The Caravan for Peace with Justice and Dignity, led by poet and [...]
New site spreads message “Muslims are our fellow Americans”
LatinaLista — When it comes to being feared, insulted or ignored based on who you physically are as a person, a lot of Latinos know what that feels like. Another group who knows equally well how it feels is Muslim Americans. Take what happened last month: On May 6, five days after the killing of [...]
Tulsa race riot approaches 90-year mark
By Juan Miret Hispano de Tulsa TULSA, Oklahoma – About 90 years ago and close to downtown Tulsa there once flourished a vibrant community, so prosperous that it was defined as the Black Wall Street. It was the Greenwood district, home to 15 grocery stores, four pharmacies, two newspapers, two public schools and two theaters. [...]
New report shows Latinos remain targets of assaults and racial profiling
LatinaLista — Zane Seipler used to be a deputy at the McHenry County Sheriff’s Office in McHenry, Illinois until he got fired for being a whistle-blower. It seems Seipler noticed that his colleagues on the force were handing out a lot of traffic tickets to Latino drivers and purposely misidentifying them in their reports. What [...]
Commentary: Conscience of a community activist
By Carlos J. Licea Amigos805.com Recently I shocked a fellow worker and a few others by outing myself as a Latino community activist. An “Activist” he said accusatorially. “You cannot be a Latino community activist and an advocate for other causes.” Some people, he added may object to a person who has a strong commitment [...]
Guest Voz: A reflection on 15 years of Immigrant Day in California
LatinaLista — Tomorrow, May 24, 2011, California celebrates the fifteenth anniversary of Immigrant Day. A project of the California Immigrant Policy Center (CIPC), the day is set aside to bring a unified voice of immigrants and advocates to California’s State Capitol to show support of policies that advance immigrant integration and prosperity for all Californians. [...]
Latino artist creates global peace initiative with a simple box and message
LatinaLista — As much as the world is engulfed in revolutions and uprisings, there is a growing trend to get people to think more about the concept of peace and make it a reality. One person who wants the world to put aside hateful rhetoric, brutal violence and honestly discuss the issue of peace is [...]
