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Latino Commission on AIDS to Release Report Today
9:56 am By Maegan La Mala · Alabama| Georgia| Health| Mississippi| North Carolina| South Carolina · Comments Off
1 Dec 2008
Commemorating the 20th annual World AIDS Day, today at noon EST, the Latino Commission on AIDS will release a new report focusing on the state of HIV/AIDS prevention and care services for Latinos in the Deep South: North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, Tennessee, Mississippi and Louisiana. The report, Shaping the New Response: HIV/AIDS and Latinos in the Deep South, follows 2 years of fact finding.
Date: Monday, December 1st
National Call-In Press Conference: 12:00 PM EST ( English and Spanish). Dial-in number (888) 387-8686 password 4615450
In-Person Press Conference: 1:00 p.m. EST (English and Spanish) Latino Commission on AIDS at 24 West 25th Street 10th Floor, New York City (Bet 6th Avenue & Broadway)
For more information and to arrange interviews, call
Guillermo Chacón (212) 920-1611 or gchacon@latinoaids.org (Spanish)
Tim Frasca (917) 689-9475 or tfrasca@latinoaids.org (English)
For more information visit The Latino Commission on AIDS.
Latinos Make People Sick
1:00 pm By Jennifer Woodard Maderazo · Alabama| Health| Immigration · 1 Comment
12 Oct 2007That’s what an Alabama public health official said. Don Williamson said that a growing immigrant Latino population is bringing with them new cases of TB and chickenpox citing a 2006 statistic that out of the 53 reported cases of tuberculosis en Alabama, half of the infected were from Mexico of Guatemala.
But Williamson wasn’t saying this because he wants a crackdown on immigrants. According to him, he was saying just the opposite, that crackdowns on immigrants would lead to less of them seeking healthcare, creating problems for everyone.
Williamson also blamed immigrants for contributing to a rise in the infant mortality rate because many immigrants do not receive adequate prenatal care.
Via / Univision.com
Alabama Militia Planned Violent Attacks on Mexicans
10:00 am By Jennifer Woodard Maderazo · Alabama| Immigration| Justice · 1 Comment
3 May 2007
Last week six men were arrested accused of being part of the Alabama Free Militia plotting a machine-gun attack on Mexicans. During the arrests federal police recovered truckloads of explosives and weapons, including 130 grenades, an improvised rocket launcher and 2,500 rounds of ammunition. Yesterday five of those arrested were denied bail and the sixth man was granted a $10,000 bond. The charges? No, not terrorism but a pretty weak charge of conspiracy to make a firearm, which carries a maximum penalty of five years in prison and a $250,000 fine.
Now how much you wanna bet if the arrestees were Mexicans the charges would be a little different.
Via / The Decatur Daily and Democracy Now
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