Archive for September, 2010
VL’s Maegan la Mala at Hispanic PANIC! Tonite in NYC
12:12 pm By Maegan La Mala · Events|literature|New York City · 2 Comments
29 Sep 2010
For the third time, yours truly, VL’s own managing editor, Maegan la Mamita Mala Ortiz will be reading at Hispanic PANIC!, a reading series featuring queer Latino writers hand picked by Charlie Vazquez.
That’s happening tonite
8 pm sharp at Nowhere, 322 e. 14th st, NYC.
Featuring: Orlando Ferrand, Alicia Anabel Santos, Aaron Powell, Maegan La Mala Ortiz, Miguel Angeles, and Cristy Road.
This will be my third PANIC! and I am so excited. Charlie, who has been featured here before does a magical job of curating (and sharing his own work). The readers are always amazing and the audience spectacular.
For those who haven’t attended a PANIC! reading before, you can read all about it in this piece that was featured in Viva!, the Latino pullout section of the New York Daily News. The feature article was written by fellow PANIC! writer Erasmo Guerra.
Hope to see some of you there.
Dropping the I Word
10:02 am By Maegan La Mala · Immigration|language · 1 Comment
29 Sep 2010One thing that I often get mad heat for is for my deletion of comments that I deem to be hate speech. More often than not, because of the extensive coverage VivirLatino gives to the issue of immigration, the word “illegal” is the top offender (“go back where you came from” is a close second). I have been called against free speech and have had people attempt to use my personal life against me because of my decisions when it comes to deleting hateful comments. Just like the earlier campaign against racial profiling, yesterday’s launch of the Drop the I Word campaign by Colorlines and the Applied Research Center, aims to connect the dots between hate speech and hate actions.
578 Orgs Call on Obama to End Dangerous Merger of the Federal Immigration System with State Criminal Justice System
9:15 am By Maegan La Mala · Immigration|Justice · 1 Comment
29 Sep 2010Today, President Obama, the Department of Homeland Security’s Secretary Janet Napolitano, Attorney General Eric Holder and members of Congress will receive a letter signed by representatives from 578 civil rights, labor, criminal justice, immigration, and faith organizations from around the country demanding that the Obama administration stop the devolution of federal immigration responsibilities to state and local law enforcement. VivirLatino is one of those.
“The Obama administration’s overreliance on local law enforcement agencies to arrest, detain and deport immigrants legitimizes the racial discrimination that persists in the criminal justice system,” said Marielena Hincapié, executive director of the National Immigration Law Center. “For all our communities, this marriage of convenience between the immigration system and the criminal justice system will only serve to further deter immigrants from cooperating with the police, and sever the already tenuous ties between law enforcement and vulnerable community members.”
Miercoles Movie : Face the Truth, Racial Profiling in the United States
6:36 am By Maegan La Mala · Immigration|Justice|Media|Movies · 1 Comment
29 Sep 2010Here at VivirLatino, We have written about racial profiling, especially the impact it has had on Latino immigrant communities and how racial profiling by both local and federal law enforcement across the United States has helped to foster anti-immigrant violence by civilians.
The Restore Fairness campaign and the Rights Working Group, have just released a documentary short, Face the Truth, showcasing the devastating impact of racial profiling on communities around our country, including the African American, Latino, Arab, Muslim and South Asian communities.
The documentary brings to life a new report by the Rights Working Group released along with 275 local and national partners on the one year anniversary of the Face the Truth campaign to end racial profiling. Both the documentary and the report urge Congress to pass the End Racial Profiling Act (ERPA), highlighted in a Congressional briefing on Thursday, September 30th in Washington D.C.
Face the Truth: Racial Profiling Across America from Breakthrough on Vimeo.
Martes Morning Musica : Seu Jorge Cirandar
28 Sep 2010Today’s musical pick comes to us via the new PBS Arts website . PBS Arts is part of PBS’s multi-platform initiative to reinvigorate public engagement with the arts through an exploration of performance, artistic expression, and the creative process — on-air, online, in the classroom and in every community. In this Quick Hit, Seu Jorge, who is one of my favorite artists from Brazil, performs a song named after a Portuguese dance but about Brazilian fishermen.
P.S. : If you are offended by images of fish being well fished, you may want to close your eyes and just listen to the music.
Watch the full episode. See more Sound Tracks.
More Things You Won’t Hear About During Latino Heritage Month : Puerto Rican Political Prisoners
12:37 pm By Maegan La Mala · New York City|Puerto Rico · 2 Comments
27 Sep 2010PROTEST THE TORTURE OF PUERTO RICAN POLITICAL PRISONER AVELINO GONZALEZ CLAUDIO!
Puerto Rican Political Prisoner Avelino Gonzalez Claudio is being held in solitary confinement in MDC Brooklyn and is being denied his Parkinson’s Disease Medication.
The ProLibertad Freedom Campaign denounces this torture and is calling on our allies and supporters to join us as protest this injustice!
WE ARE NOT GOING TO ALLOW THE U.S. GOVERNMENT TO CONTINUE TO TORTURE AVELINO GONZALEZ CLAUDIO!
Picket on Tuesday September 28th, 2010 at 5pm
MDC Brooklyn 80 29th St.
(btwn. 2nd and 3rd Avenues)
Take the R train to 28th St.
BRING YOUR FLAGS, BANNERS, NOISE MAKERS, PANDERETAS AND DRUMS!
For more info. contact The ProLibertad Freedom Campaign:718-601-4751
Why Colbert Testifying on Behalf of AgJOBS Was Not Disrespectful
10:09 am By Maegan La Mala · AgJOBS|Immigration|Labor|Politics|U.S. House of Representatives · 8 Comments
27 Sep 2010And we’re back. A few days filled with tech difficulties that put us offline didn’t stop us from paying attention and informing you on what’s going down. On Friday, the House Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security held a hearing on AgJOBS, a bill that would offer a pathway to legalization for the many undocumented farmworkers who probably had something to do with what you ate for breakfast this morning.
VivirLatino livetweeted almost the whole thing (we may have missed some stuff in the beginning). The hearing put the words, “immigration reform” back in the minds of many. It also, unfortunately, put the word “amnesty” into the twisted minds of others. The hearing featured testimony from Carol Swain, a law professor and race “expert” at Vanderbilt University, apple grower Phil Glaize, United Farm Workers of America head, Arturo Rodriguez, and Stephen Colbert. Yes, that Stephen Colbert.
Read more…
What Isn’t Included in Latino Heritage Month : El Grito de Lares
2:03 pm By Maegan La Mala · Puerto Rico · Comments Off
23 Sep 2010
It’s an independence celebration often not mentioned. Perhaps because El Grito de Lares, Puerto Rico’s cry of independence from Spain on September 23, 1868 has yet to fulfill itself completely. There will be no digital flags waving on the Spanish language television networks wishing Puerto Ricans a “happy independence day” because since 1898, Puerto Rico has been a colony of the United States. While many Puerto Ricans do not know their own history, specifically that 142 years ago Ramón Emeterio Betances and Segundo Ruiz Belvis declared the Republic of Puerto Rico, the United States government knows the power of that date since they chose September 23, 2005 to kill modern day Rican independence leader Filiberto Ojeda Ríos.
This means that to Puerto Ricans, today carries tremendous importance and weight. This year we have seen the release of Puerto Rican political prisoner Carlos Alberto Torres and we have celebrated the sacrifices of Lolita Lebron and Juan Mari Bras. While the town of Lares, Puerto Rico attempted to change it’s name from the “city of el grito” to “the city of open skies”, Puerto Rican people take today to reaffirm the struggle that continues and reaffirm their commitment to fighting against colonialism, no matter what name changes attempt to cover up the international crime.
Que Viva Puerto Rico Libre!
Take Our (Farm) Jobs Campaign Update
9:48 am By Maegan La Mala · Immigration|Labor · 1 Comment
23 Sep 2010There has been much attention on the push for the DREAM Act as a downpayment on the promised Comprehensive Immigration Reform (CIR) but not as much attention to another piece of legislation that would also potentially pave a path towards justice for undocumented workers, AgJobs.
In June, the United Farm Workers announced a campaign to draw attention to the plight of undocumented farm workers who help bring food to tables across the United States. The campaign invited documented residents of the U.S. and citizens to take farmworker jobs. Stephen Colbert took the call.
| The Colbert Report | Mon – Thurs 11:30pm / 10:30c | |||
| Fallback Position – Migrant Worker – Zoe Lofgren | ||||
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National Sexual Freedom Day Blog Carnival
4:09 pm By BiancaLaureano · Blogs|GLBT|Health · Comments Off
22 Sep 2010Many of us participated on the Latina Week of Action for Reproductive Justice and this week I received this email from my friend and activist Perez:
The blog carnival is almost here! On September 23rd, the Woodhull Freedom Foundation will be hosting the first annual National Sexual Freedom Day. Along with in-person events, we’re also hosting a blog carnival.
The theme for the blog carnival is sexual freedom and joining is easy. Just write a post on or before Sept 23 and send me a link to this email address. We’d also love it if you would consider using the attached logo and linking back to WFF’s website.
Here are two questions to consider for your post, but feel free to write about sexual freedom in any way you’d like.
What does sexual freedom as a human right mean to you?
What legislative or social changes would you like to see to promote sexual freedom?
We’ll promote the carnival and all the posts, including a round-up at the end of the day on Thursday.
In solidarity,
Miriam Zoila Perez
Consultant, Woodhull Freedom Foundation–
Miriam Zoila Perez
Editor, Feministing.com
Founder, Radicaldoula.com
www.miriamzperez.com
It would be AMAZING if more Latin@s, people of Color, LGBTQI, immigrants, and everyone else who is often not included in such opportunities to take part in the blog carnival! If you think you may write something for this event please share a link in the comments below and send Perez your link as well! I’m writing something I hope you will too or send this to someone who will!
Hola!
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