Archive for December 15th, 2009
While I Deconstruct the Gutierrez Immigration Bill..Protest the NY MTA
10:22 pm By Maegan la Mamita Mala · New York City · 1 Comment
15 Dec 2009
I’m working on deconstructing the CIR ASAP pero in the meantime, I wanted to take a few moments to come down against the NY’s Metropolitan Transit Authority’s plan to deal with it’s budget shortfall by slowly eliminating the free student metrocard program for middle and high schoolers.
JOIN COUNCILMEMBER CHARLES BARRON, TRANSIT WORKERS, RIDERS AND YOUTH TOMORROW, WED 8:30 AM
TO PROTEST THE MTA’S ATTACK ON STUDENTS AND OTHERS
Wednesday, 8:30 AM at MTA Headquarters, 347 Madison Street , Bet 44th and 45th Street
I am a parent whose child uses her student metrocard to go to and from school. As a single mother with two children, I can barely afford to put myself on the subway to commute to an from work, mush less the additional at least $100/month it would cost for me to send my child to school . In New York City, especially, where overcrowding of local schools force parents to school outside their neighborhoods, not to mention the disparities in terms of resources depending on what community you live in, the move to eliminate student metrocards is a death sentence to the education of hundreds of thousands of students.
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Countdown to Gutierrez’s CIR Bill : What Other Reps will be Repping
11:55 am By Maegan la Mamita Mala · Immigration|Politics · 7 Comments
15 Dec 2009At 12:30 pm EST the long awaited comprehensive immigration reform bill, Comprehensive Immigration Reform for America’s Security and Prosperity Act (CIR ASAP), will officially be released. Democrat Rep. Luis Gutierrez from IL is heading the effort and the bill promises to be most progressive proposal seen. The Congressional Hispanic Caucus, Black Caucus, Asian Pacific American Caucus and Progressive Caucus will join him as well as the following specific Congressional Representatives:
Rep. Luis V. Gutierrez (IL-4), Chair of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus Immigration Task Force
Rep. Nydia M. Velázquez (NY-12), Chair of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus
Rep. Yvette D. Clarke (NY-11), Whip of the Congressional Black Caucus
Rep. Mike Honda (CA-15), Chair of Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus
Rep. Silvestre Reyes (TX-16), Chairman of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence
Rep. Lynn Woolsey (CA-6), Co-Chair of the Congressional Progressive Caucus
Rep. Joe Baca (CA-43)
Rep. Xavier Becerra (CA-31)
Rep. Eddie Bernice Johnson (TX-30)
Rep. Judy Chu (CA-32)
Rep. Joseph Crowley (NY-7)
Rep. Sam Farr (CA-17)
Rep. Charlie Gonzalez (TX-20)
Rep. Lucille Roybal-Allard (CA-34)
Rep. Ruben Hinojosa (TX-15)
Rep. Grace Napolitano (CA-38)
Rep. Solomon P. Ortiz (TX-27)
Rep. Pedro R. Pierluisi (PR-At large)
Rep. Jared Polis (CO-2)
Rep. Jan Schakowsky (IL-9)
Rep. Jose E. Serrano (NY-16)
Rep. Anthony Weiner (NY-9)
There is alot of buzz, especially towards supporting the bill and those that are behind it even before the details are officially released. While the bill is cause for excitement, for me and based on comments, for many of our readers as well. I am cautiously optimistic that this is a positive first step.
Sweet Toothed Solidarity 2 : A Bay Area Benefit for Mangos With Chile
8:05 am By Maegan la Mamita Mala · Arts|California|Culture|GLBT · Comments Off
15 Dec 2009Who doesn’t love some Mangos with Chile, even more so when you’re talking about the tasty and thought provoking touring cabaret of queer and trans people of color performance artists. Bueno, they need some help paying off some debt after their latest tour in the U.S South. So if you’re in the Bay Area this Saturday, support and show some love. You’ll get some back. They will have a kissing booth after all!
Sweet Toothed Solidarity 2
A Benefit To Pay Off A Van for Mangos With ChiliSaturday, December 19, 2009
The Fairview House
1820 Fairview Ave, Berkeley, CA
near Ashby BARTcome at 6 PM if you have a baked good
7:30-10 PM otherwise
donations welcome- all appreciated!performances by Amir Rabiyah, Bea Sullivan, and Bananz/ Anna Whitehead
many-gendered peep shows
sweet treats
kissing booth
whipped cream surprisesas well as a reportback/ slideshow about Mangos With Chili’s Splendor and Grit: The Stunning South Tour and some of the amazing queer/trans of color Southern organizations we met and worked with along the way.
zines and crafts and I’m Too Sexy for the 501c3 t shirts for sale!
Mangos With Chili, an awesome grassroots queer and trans of color love and survival art outfit, just came back from their 17 day Splendor and Grit tour of the Southern U.S. 7 amazing queer and trans of color performance artists traveled from Esperanza Center for Peace and Justice in San Antonio Texas to New Orleans to Durham to DC, meeting with incredible queer and trans of color communities and sharing life-saving and changing QTPOC stories of love, resistance and survival along the way.
Because of drama with Budget Rent a Car, our van rental bill of $1,500 doubled to $3,100. We need help raising money to pay this debt off.
Please join us for an evening of sugary sweets to not only support Mangos With Chili, but in an effort to build stronger support, ally, and community networks. This is also an opportunity to learn more about queer of color grassroots arts institution building, and about queer and trans of color organizing in the South.
warmth*community love*friends*kisses for sale* cupcakes*gluten free cookies*stories*burlesque* love*support*bonfire*whiskey* hot pear cider*more love
***Donations encouraged and all are welcome***
for more information: mangos.with.chili@gmail.com
mangoswithchili.wordpress.comyou can also send money to use via paypaling brownstargirl@gmail.com (if you don’t need a tax receipt)
or through our fiscal sponsor, counterpulse, if you do- counterpulse.org
Dennis deLeon, Founder of Latino Commission on AIDS, Passes On
6:44 am By Maegan la Mamita Mala · Activism|Health · Comments Off
15 Dec 2009
From the official press release:
The Latino Commission on AIDS mourns the passing of its founder, Dennis de Leon, a tireless advocate for social justice and one of the first openly HIV-positive Latino leaders in the country. He was a pioneer and a visionary, and in his lifetime he sought to curb and eliminate health disparities among marginalized communities. As a lawyer and later a non-profit executive, deLeon believed in bridging cultural differences to effect progressive social change.
For 15 years, de Leon was the President of the Latino Commission on AIDS, a national service and advocacy organization addressing HIV/AIDS and health disparities in the Latino community nationwide.
deLeon, 61, was one of the first city officials to announce that he was infected with the virus that causes AIDS. The cause of death was heart failure.
VIGIL/VIEWING
WHEN
Wednesday, December 16th
4:00pm – 9:00pm
WHERE
Redden’s Funeral Home
325 West 14th Street
(between 8th and 9th)
New York, NY 10011
Map Link
FUNERAL
WHEN
Thursday, December 17th
10:00am
WHERE
Parish of St. Joseph
371 Avenue of the Americas
(between Washington and Waverly Place)
New York, NY 10011
Map Link
(*) Post the Funeral there will be a gathering to celebrate the life of Dennis de Leon at a near by Parish – details to follow.
Hola!
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