Archive for July, 2008
The Green Ticket: McKinney and Clemente Just the Facts
5:06 pm By Maegan La Mala · US Presidential Race 2008 · No Comments
31 Jul 2008
If you (like many!!) are struggling to make it through all the political rhetoric being thrown about now during the U.S. election cycle, please click over to WOC PhD’s place for a “just the facts” sort of post on the Green Party’s team: Cynthia McKinney and Rosa Clemente. Some of the facts:
* extend access to education to immigrants and low income college students without debt
* insure housing - stop government plans to demolish unused housing and give to developers for “revitalization” instead of recycling/refurbishing homes for low income and homeless use,
* address government policies that encourage gentrification to ensure the preservation of affordable housing and established communities success
* sign the UN Declaration on Indigenous Rights
* support all workers rights to unionize end anti-union policies in industries
For more, see here.
New ICE Policy Wants Undocumented to Raise Hands and Self-Deport
1:24 pm By Jennifer Woodard Maderazo · Immigration| Politics · No Comments
31 Jul 2008
To me this is the stupidest idea ever and the worst attempt at trying to play nice and act as if they are compassionate. Immigration and Customs Enforcement aka ICE’s Director announced on Sunday Operation Scheduled Departure.
The announcement of the program by Julie Myers, on Univision’s popular show ‘Al Punto’ con Jorge Ramos, is considered unofficial, as the program which asks undocumented immigrants without prior criminal records to turn themselves in to ICE to be deported, has yet to be announced or mentioned in an official capacity or through any other media outlet.
The benefit to the undocumented? ICE will be nice enough to not put the immigrants in a detention center and will give the immigrants a few weeks to get their affairs in order (like figure out who the leave the children they will be forced to leave with?)
Aww isn’t ICE nice?
Willie Colon in Free Concert : NYC Tonight
9:24 am By Jennifer Woodard Maderazo · Events| Music| New York City · No Comments
31 Jul 2008We love summer in the city. Un verano en Nueva York means lots of free, outdoor concerts and tonight’s concert sponsored by the City Parks Foundation is not to be missed because it features Willie Colon!
While his politics may be dubious, this musical legend is amazing so pack a blanket, some food, y la familia. Hopefully we’ll see you there!
Willie Colon
Thursday, July 31, 2008
From 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM
East River Park
And to get you in a Willie Colon kind of mood…..
Circo Plays Rock Band on XBox
7:24 am By Jennifer Woodard Maderazo · Events| Music| Tech · No Comments
31 Jul 2008
My friends have sung the praises of the interactive game Rock Band, and now one of the hottest Rican rock bands is playing it too!
Multiple Latin Grammy award nominees Circo will be showcasing their musical and gaming talents by playing Xbox LIVE® members in Rock Band(TM) on Thursday, July 31, 2008. If you’re an Xbox LIVE Gold member, and you want a chance to play with Circo, send a friend request to the following Gamertags ( *Circo GWF1, *Circo GWF2) and be online half an hour before (3:30 P.M. ET) the Game with Fame session starts on Thursday, July 31, 4:00 P.M. ET.
Circo’s third album, Cursi, is in stores now and it’s a successful mix of the innovative music the band has become known for. As lead singer José Luis Abreu states, “There are stories here, but the record is pretty danceable and radio-friendly. All our songs are an invitation to dance and to celebrate feelings.”
I don’t have an XBox or Rock Band but this sounds like fun!
Date: July 31st
Time: 4 - 6pm (EST)Game: Rock Band
Gamertags: Circo GWF1 & Circo GWF2 **please note space between Circo and GWF
Vegan de Guadalupe?
30 Jul 2008On the really great blog Vegans of Color, they recently posted about a fabulous new zine recipe book targeted to Chican@s on the border and all those who love border food. Chocked full of awesome vegan alternatives to traditional border meals.
Because I’ve heard with frequency people comment on how expensive its to make vegan mexican food. That’s bull! So I wanted to prove people wrong but also make a zine that consists of easy mexican food recipes, that is great for vegan beginners, and bilingual because i’m a border child with half her heart in Mexico and the Rio Grande Valley. So all the recipes are in english and spanish. It has great cover design by my bff danae; who incidentally introduced me to veganism while attending school in Monterrey, Mexico.
The zine sports a particularly beautiful cover:
Check out etsy for how to buy!
San Francisco Residents Defend Defending Immigrants
3:33 pm By Jennifer Woodard Maderazo · Activism| Immigration| San Francisco · No Comments
30 Jul 2008
This morning I read that there was going to be a protest happening at San Francisco’s City Hall. The issue : the city’s supporting the human rights of immigrants, with or without documents. Not surprisingly, the Minutemen called the event against what they call “sanctuary city status”. Too bad the pro-immigrant crowd came out with more power. Email reports say that there are about 20 Minutemen and about 80-100 pro-immigrant and labor rights people representing.
Mil gracias to Nicole Rivera for giving us the update and permission to use some of her pics!!
L.A. Moves to Ban Fast Food from Poor Neighborhoods
1:55 pm By Maegan La Mala · Food| Health| Los Angeles| society · 3 Comments
30 Jul 2008
Who woulda thunk it: L.A. is setting a health standard that is admirable — the city is trying to do something about an obesity crisis affecting one of the city’s poorest neighborhoods. The idea is great, but I am skeptical it will work.
The local city council is banning fast food outlets in the less than privileged neighborhood of South L.A.:
A law that would bar fast-food restaurants from opening in South Los Angeles for at least a year sailed through the Los Angeles City Council on Tuesday.The council approved the fast-food moratorium unanimously, despite complaints from representatives of McDonald’s, Carl’s Jr. and other companies, who said they were being unfairly targeted.
Councilwoman Jan Perry, who has pushed for a moratorium for six years, said the initiative would give the city time to craft measures to lure sit-down restaurants serving healthier food to a part of the city that desperately wants more of them.
“I believe this is a victory for the people of South and southeast Los Angeles, for them to have greater food options,” she said.
Follow up to Latin@s and Black Americans in Danger of falling out of Middle class
12:36 pm By Maegan La Mala · GLBT| Justice| science · No Comments
30 Jul 2008
Democracy Now! had a great segment about the report released yesterday, “Economic (In)Security: The Experience of the African American and Latino Middle Classes.” The report asserts that:
The vast majority of African-American and Latino middle-class families are at risk of falling out of the middle class altogether. Only one in four African-American and one in five Latino middle-class families in America are financially secure.
Watch the segment here. Pay attention to the segment prior to this one as well, there are some very interesting links being made between poverty and the government’s response to the AIDS epidemic in the black community.
(On a side note, when will these researchers finally let us know how they categorize black Latinos?)
House Says They Are Really Sorry About Slavery and Jim Crow
12:30 pm By Jennifer Woodard Maderazo · Washington DC| history| race · No Comments
30 Jul 2008
Is an apology better late than never? It’s a good question to ask in light of yesterday’s U.S. House of Representatives official apology for slavery and Jim Crow.
“Today represents a milestone in our nation’s efforts to remedy the ills of our past,” said Rep. Carolyn Cheeks Kilpatrick, D-Mich., chairwoman of the Congressional Black Caucus.The resolution, passed by voice vote, was the work of Tennessee Democrat Steve Cohen, the only white lawmaker to represent a majority black district. Cohen faces a formidable black challenger in a primary face-off next week.
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