Attached is an updated flyer for this Sunday’s amazing event for peace, racial unity and an end to discrimination of all types. Latin@ Roundtable and Pomona Valley MLK Foundation will be honored. Madeline Newman-Rios will perform poetry– We will have great speakers, live music, lots of inspiring poetry, dignitaries! Continue reading
At “stopping violence, stimulating success in Pomona” Summit that has potential if there is a seriousness about getting at the economic, political, and systemic roots of problems that our diverse communities are facing.
Miller encara una fuerte presión de ambos lados del debate sobre una reforma migratoria. Él tomó un puesto firme contra la inmigración ilegal mientra estuvo en el Condado de Orange, Continue reading
The LRT Membership Retreat will be at Pitzer College but in Fletcher Room 210 (not in the usual Broad Center). The Fletcher building is located around the corner to the south of the Broad Center (there will be signs pointing you to the building). The link to the Pitzer map Continue reading
The Movement continues to grow pressuring President Obama to Use his Executive Power to Stop Deportations and Expand DACA.
See Article:
With an immigration deal possible, advocates mount new push to end deportations
The AFL-CIO in the past week has blasted the White House for its deportation policies and warned that it will not accept any deal that doesn’t include citizenship. The National Day Continue reading
Alvaro Huerta, Visiting Scholar at UCLA and member of the URBAN-L. A. Network was on the Tavis Smiley show last night, gave an analysis of the contemporary debates regarding immigrant rights, and answered questions regarding his recent book “Reframing the Latino Immigration Debate: Towards a Humanistic Paradigm.” Link
John Nolte will be presenting some proposals, in this evening’s Pomona City Council meeting, as to how to deal with issues of violence in Pomona. There will also be room for audience participation. Anyone who has been involved in organizing work in Pomona or who attended the recent meeting sponsored by the Progressive Alliance — should take a special interest in this meeting and try to attend.
En entrevista exclusiva con La Prensa, Menchú habló brevemente de la necesidad de una reforma migratoria en los Estados Unidos, del papel de la mujer en la política, y aconsejó a la comunidad a nunca olvidarse de sus raíces – See more at: Continue reading