Despite over a year of organizing efforts aiming to get it moved, today Phoenix, Arizona hosts the 82nd Annual Major League Baseball All-Star Game. The push, which included protests across the country, to get MLB Commissioner Bud Selig to move the game or at the very least say something about Arizona’s immigrant/racial profiling law SB 1070 and how it could impact players and spectators, was largely a failure. Meanwhile SB 1070 copycat laws have spread across the country and like the Arizona Senate Bill that started it all, most find themselves entangled in some sort of lawsuit.

Today, Unite Arizona (AZ), will be giving out white ribbons as a symbol of opposition to this law. Unite AZ will be outside Chase Field asking fans to don white ribbons in protest of SB 1070 and as a reminder to Commissioner Selig that baseball needs to exhibit leadership. Online, National Council of la Raza is running a twibbon campaign and you can edit your Twitter avatar to include the Unite AZ graphic. Additionally NCLR NCLR has changed its facebook profile for today and tomorrow and is asking friends and supporters to do the same.

All of that is good and well and I think some act of presencia should be made at all public events as people inside Arizona and all over the country really struggle against polices that target and seek to mass deport. Pero this age y trend of internet petitions, twitter ribbons, and reposted status updates replacing good old fashioned good organizing and acts of disobedience and resistance has me worried for the state of our communities. What are the peeps on the ground in Arizona doing now – those who have to deal with the Arpaios and checkpoints? Que hacen los familias? The mothers driving their kids to school, going to work? They certainly aren’t handing out ribbons.

Little has also been heard about the boycott of Arizona based companies and products. Is anyone still boycotting Arizona (besides me)? Why or why not? Has the boycott lost it’s power or are we unable to sustain long term commitment?