October 2011
1 post
July 2011
7 posts
to tell you the truth
I’m so tired of waiting. Waiting for change. Waiting for my situation to get better. To tell you the truth, I wanted to give up. Give up fighting, give up standing up for myself and for others like me. I stopped caring. I blocked it out. I kept silent about my status. I came out a long time ago, but I came out to everyone but my friends.
How could I just give up on everything I’ve...
Battling Silence →
kemee:
First, I was illegal
An identity given to me
By a socio-political complex
Hell-bent on forcing me to
Reject my notion of self.
Illegal is illegal, they said –
More than my age
More than my gender/sexuality
More than my humanity –
I was now this thing, an ‘it’
No longer a human being.
I stay silent.
Then, I was a dreamer
An identity that built
A collective consciousness
And finally made...
Scholarships! →
iyjl:
via: www.dreamactivist.org
Philadelphia Council seeks to end pact with U.S.... →
City Council wants to end a three-year-old information-sharing agreement with federal immigration authorities, saying cooperation meant to root out criminals is creating fear of police among undocumented but otherwise law-abiding immigrants.
DREAM ACT PA press conference coverage
sorry I haven’t posted about the turnout of the press conference about 2 weeks ago. I was gone for a week and was busy.
Anyway,
We got some coverage. This was the AP coverage:
Bill seeks in-state tuition for undocumented immigrants
yes, I changed the title on this link to undocumented. The article originally said “undocumented” but changed it to “illegal.” As...
June 2011
3 posts
6 tags
tomorrow...
well technically today,
I’ll be speaking at a press conference for the introduction of the PA DREAM Act by State Representative Tony Payton.
Nervous? Heck yes. I’m even more nervous because I still have to piece together my speech and practice it. And it’s almost 2 AM already. Anyway,
The PA DREAM Act would allow me, and other undocumented youth, to pay in-state tuition. There...
New Bill Proposes to Lock Up Immigrants Forever →
jonathan-cunningham:
Today the House Judiciary Subcommittee on Immigration Policy and Enforcement held a hearing on “H.R. 1932, Keep Our Communities Safe Act of 2011,” new legislation that would result in incarcerating even more people like Reverend Soeoth who pose no danger to anyone.
The purpose of immigration detention is to ensure that immigrants appear for their deportation hearings...
May 2011
47 posts
STFU, Xenophobes: theallsingingalldancing: I don’t... →
theallsingingalldancing:
I don’t support illegal immigration. From ANY country, not just Mexico. If you’re going to be in this country, trying to ‘live the American dream’ and utilizing the benefits that this country provides, you should pay taxes, and come to this country legally.
I think…
My family and I came to the country legally, and we pay our taxes. It sure is unfair that we have...
Egypt to reopen Gaza border crossing over Israeli... →
Egypt will open its border crossing with the Gaza Strip permanently this weekend, the government announced Wednesday, suggesting the country’s military rulers are being swayed by growing anti-Israeli sentiment here.
Opening the Rafah crossing, the only official entry point outside Israel into the Palestinian territory, would ease the blockade imposed after the militant group Hamas took...
Cops shoot Latino Marine 71 times; Deny him care... →
beastlybeesay:
disappointment. prayers for his loved ones.
Bill Gates: Selling Bad Advice to the Public... →
Gates seems not to know or care that the leading testing experts in the nation agree that this is a fruitless and wrongheaded way to identify either good teachers or bad teachers. Student test scores depend on what students do, what effort they expend, how often they attend school, what support they have at home, and most especially on their socioeconomic status and family income. Test scores...
Support the Illinois DREAM Act →
dreamactnow:
We need your help to get the votes needed to make the IL DREAM Act a reality. Please take the time to send a message to your Representative to support the IL DREAM Act.
Take action, sign and share!
STFU, Xenophobes: Stop Raul's Deportation!! →
weexist-weresist:
PLEASE take a minute and sign this petition! It only needs about 700 more signatures!
I know you folks can do this!
Sign this petition to KEEP RAUL HOME
When he was just 10 years old, Raul Zamora came to the United States with his family from Mexico. He has…
While Slashing Schools Funding, Christie Bails Out... →
ThinkProgress:
New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie (R) has made a name for himself as a “strict fiscal conservative,” by slashing spending. The governor has championed budget cuts that eliminated hundreds of millons of dollars in education funding and is now taking aim at public workers, wanting to instate cutbacks that could almost quadruple health care costs for public workers.
Yet there appears...
Durbin, Rahm, Preckwinkle, University Presidents... →
iyjl:
On Friday, U.S. Senator Dick Durbin, Mayor-elect Rahm Emanuel, Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle, presidents of Illinois Universities, community organizations and immigrant youth joined together at the Illinois Coalition for Immigrant and Refugee Rights to push for passage of the Illinois and the federal DREAM Acts.
Via: www.icirr.org
BrainBarf :: France to ban Muslim street prayers →
stay-human:
Gueant said that he plans to make praying in the streets for Muslims illegal, although all public prayers in France receive government approval beforehand. “Here we have the hypocrisy of the French right. On one side, they authorize in the street and on the other side, they say ‘look French…
Indiana Supreme Court rules Hoosiers have no right... →
Overturning a common law dating back to the English Magna Carta of 1215, the Indiana Supreme Court ruled Thursday that Hoosiers have no right to resist unlawful police entry into their homes.
Egyptian activists plan million-man 'Third... →
verbalresistance:
Now that they are free to demonstrate, Egyptians plan a ‘million-man’ march to support the Palestinians on May 15
In Palestine, non-violent protests - such as the march planned for May 15 - are consistently met with violent repression from the Israeli military
Following the February ousting of Egypt’s longstanding president Hosni Mubarak, calls have been circulating in...
Text of new DREAM Act →
Know Your Rights: What To Do If You're Stopped By... →
We rely on the police to keep us safe and treat us all fairly, regardless of race, ethnicity, national origin or religion. This card provides tips for interacting with police and understanding your rights.
Mohandas Gandhi: drinkthe-koolaid: ACLU Files... →
drinkthe-koolaid:
ACLU Files Class Action Against Utah’s “Show Me Your Papers” Law
Imagine: your family takes a road trip to Zion National Park in Utah. You’re only an hour away and didn’t notice the speed limit was reduced to 65mph. You see the flashing lights of a police cruiser and…
“Sarah Palin was brainfarting about, I mean tweeting about the fact that Obama...”
– Bill Maher (via sv)
“Why should these Palestinians, who have lived in Jerusalem for hundreds of...”
– Norman Finkelstein (via heartfight)
Brazil Supreme Court awards gay couples new rights →
leftliberty:
The decision was approved by 10-0 with one abstention.
The ruling will give gay couples in “stable” partnerships the same financial and social rights enjoyed by those in heterosexual relationships.
Brazil is the world’s most populous Roman Catholic nation and has an estimated 60,000 gay couples.
The ruling makes Brazil one of very few South American nations, after Argentina...
“At a time when Washington is wrestling with how to end federal budget deficits...”
– Kevin Hall: U.S. Taxes At Lowest Level Since 1958
Americans are paying the smallest share of their income for taxes since 1958, a reflection of tax cuts and a weak economy, a USA TODAY analysis finds.
The total tax burden — for all federal, state and local taxes — dropped to 23.6% of income in...