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Detroit Metro Area a Fast Growing Deportation Center
12:44 pm By Maegan La Mala · Detriot|Immigration · 1 Comment
4 Dec 2008
The Detroit Metro area is fast becoming the epicenter for deportations. In the year ending on September 30th, The Office of Detention and Removal Operations in Detroit increased deportations about 45 percent — from 5,057 to more than 7,500. This is a new record and already for the new year are ahead of that pace deporting about one-fourth of that record number in October and November alone.
The Detroit Metro area has more than 400 ICE investigators and their presence and actions are making familias scared, even young children.
This Friday : Protest at Your Local I.C.E. Office
9:26 am By Maegan La Mala · Activism|Detriot|Immigration|Justice · Comments Off
18 Aug 2008
EMERGENCY CALL TO ACTIONFRIDAY, AUGUST 22ND at 4:00 PM
JOIN US IN PROTESTS AT I.C.E. OFFICES ACROSS THE NATION !In DETROIT: Joins us in front of the I.C.E. Office At East Jefferson Ave & Mount Elliot at 4:00PM
It is imperative that we send a message to I.C.E., President Bush and the upcoming Democratic Party Convention that there must be AN IMMEDIATE MORATORIUM ON ALL RAIDS, DEPORTATIONS, INCARCERATIONS AND SEPARATION OF FAMILIES.
On the defensive after congressional hearings that raked I.C.E. over the coals for the cruel, abusive and “Gestapo like” raids in IOWA, I.C.E. responded with a so-called “humanitarian” way to deport half a million people – AND THEIR U.S. CITIZEN FAMILIES!..
I.C.E. announced that it has OVER 100 TEAMS of agents working full time to seek out and arrest these 500,000 people who, even accord ing to I.C.E., have done nothing wrong except come to this country, accepted employment from U.S. companies, pay taxes and support their families.
Already we have witnessed I.C.E. agents waiting outside of schools and day care centers to track down parents. I.C.E. has enlisted police in some states to set up road blocks as people come to church on Sunday. I.C.E. agents are coming into our neighborhoods in the dead of night and knocking on our doors, terrorizing our children.
THIS MADNESS MUST STOP!
On Friday, August 22nd, we call on all organizations and concerned individuals, but especially LATINAS, to organize protests in front of your local I.C.E. office at 4 p.m. (at your local time) to demand an immediate moratorium
on raids, deportations, incarcerations and separations of families until comprehensive immigration reform is finally agreed on in the next Congress
Ask your delegates and especially members of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus to stand with you on Friday, August 22nd, in front of I.C.E.
We call on Hillary Clinton and Barak Obama to make clear their commitment to our community by joining in this call for an immediate moratorium on the convention floor!
FOR MORE INFORMATION IN DETROIT CONTACT:
Latinos Unidos de Michigan
Hypatia (818) 427- 4223 Rosendo (313) 580 – 5474 Ignacio (313) 587- 9285
Pro-Immigration Awareness Movement
Evelyn (313) 258 – 2486
We’re trying to find the location of other protests against ICE and as soon as we know where and when, we will post them.
Via / La Chola
I Am Latino…Ask Me: Americanos ask about the power of the Chancleta…
11:35 am By Maegan La Mala · Bilingualism|Blogs Media|chicago|Cities|Culture|denver|Detriot|Entrepreneurs|Features|houston|language|Las Vegas|Los Angeles|Miami|New Jersey|New York City|Philly|Puerto Rico|San Francisco|Tampa|VivirLatino|Washington DC · 5 Comments
23 Jul 2008
Dear Urban Jibaro,
I work in the toy department of a major retailer in a pretty diverse part of Pennsylvania. I see a lot of Latino families and I am curious about something. Whenever a kid throw a tantrum in my department, I hear their mothers threaten them with “John Kletter” and they immediately start behaving in most cases.
I have 3 kids myself and I would love to know how John Kletter can help me when they act up.
My question is “Who is John Kletter, and why are Latino children so afraid of him?
“Gracias” (thats all the Spanish I know)
Misty (Lancaster PA)
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Ok…so being that fact that I am completely new at this, I honestly did not know what the hell Misty was talking about. I googled “John Kletter” and did not find much…and was about to move on to our next submission…that is until I mentioned the question to one of my friends (she made me swear not to reveal her name) who has a thick accent and she said “que eso de jon kleta?”and then it hit me me like a ton of bricks…we had a phonetic translation issue here….John Kletter doesn’t exist…at least not in the Latino universe what Misty actually witnessed was the power of the almighty “CHANCLETA”.
This whole ASK A LATINO thing is gonna be fun…
So now that we got that squared away…Click below to read my official response to the first “ASK A LATINO” question.
Miercoles Musica : Invincible – Shapeshifters
8:00 am By Jennifer Woodard Maderazo · Activism|Detriot|Music|Women · Comments Off
2 Jul 2008
I’ve only started to deconstruct my trip, a week and a half ago, to the Detroit, to the Allied Media Conference. My girl BeanQueen hooked me up with a CD by an amazing local emcee, Invincible that I just got a chance to listen to. Invincible’s CD, Shapeshifters, is her first full length cd featuring 13 tracks, plus a bonus and a video/documentary. If you miss hip hop’s roots as a voice for social change and a reflection of what is really going down in our communities, Invincible is the answer. And don’t think that music with a message loses it’s edge. Shapeshifters is some damn good music with some damn good beats and Invincible tiene mucho flow.
Check it out:
The Allied Media Conference
5:23 pm By Jennifer Woodard Maderazo · Detriot|Events|Media · 1 Comment
20 Jun 2008
I began this post while I was on my way to the Allied Media Conference and now hours later I am here, being pulled into conversations about the our ideal media and how to get there. In between women are learning how to make their own media from t-shirts to blogs, to photos and films. I’m having amazing conversations on how we raise our children, how we handle our personal relationships and how we take care of each other.
I pride myself on being an independent blogger with strong activist leanings. As we come into our own here at VivirLatino, it’s important to align ourselves with the right bloggers and media activists and always learn new things to make us better. When I say us, I don’t just mean VivirLatino, I mean you the reader, and the larger blogosphere I am privileged to be a part of.
It is with great excitement that I sat in Laguardia airport, with no internet connectivity, watching a near riot when the Starbucks opened 15 minutes passed it’s scheduled time (don’t fuck with people’s cafe, especially at 4:30 am). Why? Because I was headed to Detroit to the Allied Media Conference. Thanks to the generosity of many internet friends, so many people with whom I have been tied to for years via the world wide web, some whom I have never met in real life but interact with on a nearly daily basis, I am able to make this trip, to be part of the Incite! Track for women and trans people of color. To learn new skills and share experiences on how not to fix the media, but how to change the media at its core and be the media.
Too many conferences, claiming to be proponents of Democratic values are inaccessible to indy bloggers like VL. Conference fees in the hundreds of dollars, make these events elite events. I mean if you have $700 to drop on a conference (not including airfare and hotel) then more power to you. But how Democratic is that really?
Stay tuned for more updates. I’m heading into the keynote speech for the event.
VivirLatino Goes to the Allied Media Conference
10:14 am By Jennifer Woodard Maderazo · Activism|Detriot|Media|VivirLatino · Comments Off
2 Jun 2008
The Allied Media Conference is what I consider to be the top grassroots, activist independent media revolutionary event. With activists and activists organizations around the country, and with a commitment to youth, people of color, and GLBT media, I am proud and super psyched to say that I am going to the Allied Media Conference this June 20-22 in Detroit.
There are some awesome workshops that help in terms of technical skills but also critical thinking skills when it comes to making independent media a revolutionary tool for change.
Find out more by visiting the Allied Media Conference Website.
Also, there are some awesome women of color fundraising to get themselves to Detriot. I had to fundraise myself, so represent by helping these mujeres out.
Hola!
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