Posts Tagged ‘Activism’
Eva Longoria speaks up for immigrants
3:20 pm By Jennifer Woodard Maderazo · Activism|Celebrities|Immigration · Comments Off
21 Apr 2006
Eva Longoria is winning her stars back in my book. After pissing off a bunch of people when she allegedly made some negative comments about a Latino cop, Eva’s bounced back. First, news that she was producing a documentary about the plight of farmworkers. Now she’s proving us wrong when we said that no celebs were stepping up to talk about the immigration debate; she did just that on today’s edition of the CBS Morning Show:
It’s a shame,” she told Smith, “because we’re the land of immigrants. I think it’s kind of an oxymoron to be fighting this battle about immigrants when everybody is traced back to an immigrant at one time or another. And you (Smith) wouldn’t be here if your ancestors hadn’t had a chance.
“So why not give these people a chance? And you know, I grew up in South Texas (Corpus Christi), where I didn’t cross the border. The border crossed us. So we were Mexicans. And then, one day, we were Americans. And that doesn’t change who you are.
“The border crossed us” — I love it. Reminiscent of the famous “Plymouth Rock landed on us” quote by Malcolm X.
Where are the Hollywood stars when you need them?
5:03 pm By Jennifer Woodard Maderazo · Activism|Celebrities|Immigration · Comments Off
13 Apr 2006
Actors and other performers — Latino or not — are shutting up about the immigration issue. AP reports on how, with a few rare exceptions (George Lopez, EJ Olmos, and Eva Longoria), Hollywood is keeping its trap shut with regard to this hot button issue for fear of “career suicide”:
Fear of career damage, confusion over a complex issue abruptly supercharged by waves of nationwide protests, and historic detachment from Hispanic realities are among the explanations offered by industry insiders and observers.Not that the movement has needed famous standard bearers – it has been notable for its bottom-up genesis that has left it without recognizable leaders.
Images speak louder
11:00 am By Jennifer Woodard Maderazo · Activism|Immigration|San Francisco · 1 Comment
13 Apr 2006The rhetoric, punditry and backbiting stirred up in the media and swirling around the immigrant rights movement is getting to be a bit much. Sometimes images are more eloquent than words, so I’m posting this one.
My Flickr friend Franciscophile snapped this one at our local SF protest. It gave me a peaceful feeling in the midst of all of this hostility.
Got a picture of the protests that you consider different from what the media is showing us? Send it to us at press@vivirlatino.com
Via / Flickr
History Channel Celebrates Cesar Chavez
4:32 pm By Jennifer Woodard Maderazo · Activism|history|TV · Comments Off
28 Mar 2006
This Friday, March 31, marks the birthday of legendary farmworkers’ rights leader Cesar Chavez. To commemorate the date, The History Channel en Español will be featuring a documentary about Chavez’s life, called “La lucha en el campo” (“The Fight in the Fields”):
The Fight in the Fields: Cesar Chavez and the Farmworkers’ Struggle, produced, directed and written by Rick Tejada-Flores and Ray Telles, covers the full arc of Cesar Chavez’s life.A social history using archival footage, newsreel, and interviews with Ethel Kennedy, former California Governor Jerry Brown, Dolores Huerta, and Chavez’s brother, sister, son and daughter, among others, the documentary traces the remarkable contributions of Chavez and others involved in this epic struggle for safer working conditions, equality, and better pay for farm workers.
The compelling two-hour documentary, which originally premiered at the Sundance Film Festival, garnered numerous awards including a CINE Golden Eagle, a Gold Apple from the National Educational Media Network, an ALMA award from National Council of La Raza, and was also named Best Documentary at the San Antonio CineFestival.
It’s nice to see cable networks such as HBO and The History Channel honoring Latino history for once. I’m used to having to rely on PBS for that.
The film airs on The History Channel en Español this Friday at 8:00 pm EST – 5:00 pm PST
Via / Yahoo! Finance
Mobilizing for fair immigration
9:05 pm By Jennifer Woodard Maderazo · Activism|Immigration · Comments Off
23 Mar 2006
Tens of thousands Latinos and supporters took to the streets today in Milwaukee to protest against harsher immigration legislation:
“We want to be treated with equality”, Hernández added. Some 90 businesses, run by Latin Americans in the southern sector of the city were closed during the day or for several hours in support of the protest.
The protestors are opposed to legislation, approved in December by the House of Representatives that would make being in the USA illegally a crime.
Accordingly, employers who take on illegal immigrants would be subject to new sanctions and the law would provide support for the construction of a wall along a third of the border with Mexico.
Meanwhile, Latino business owners in Atlanta are calling for a boycott which would shut the doors of their businesses tomorrow, to protest new immigration legislation in Georgia:
“They’ll see what type of effect it would have on the economy if they would take us all, like they say, ship us to Mexico or Guatemala or El Salvador,” Covarrubias said.
Community leaders say it’s a way to force Metro Atlanta to recognize the importance of Latin workers.
Business leaders have organized, and are encouraging Latin immigrants living in Metro Atlanta to spend their Friday without spending at all.
In understand the not spending, but shutting one’s own business seems a bit counter-productive to me.
Photo via Channel 11 Atlanta
Via / Daily Journal and Channel 11 Atlanta
Jay Hernández loves his dog, hates fur
2:24 pm By Jennifer Woodard Maderazo · Activism|Celebrities|Movies · 1 Comment
1 Mar 2006
Up-and-coming Latino actor Jay Hernández loves his dog, his cat and all animals; and he’s joined animal rights group PETA for an ad campaign to discourage the use of fur for clothing:
Jay Hernandez would never wear his dog—or anyone else’s dog, for that matter—and he doesn’t think you should either. In fact, the Hostel star feels so strongly about fur that he and his canine compadre, Donner, took time out of their busy movie-star schedules to pose for the latest “If You Wouldn’t Wear Your Dog, Please Don’t Wear Any Fur …” ad.
Jay, who will next be seen on the big screen in Oliver Stone’s upcoming movie, World Trade Center, looks sexy and striking in our new anti-fur campaign.
Other famous Latino “fur foes” (celeb endorsers of PETA) include Fernanda Tavares, Vanessa Olivarez and pseudoLatino Joaquin Phoenix.
Via / furisdead.com
Catalan artist to play in honor of Juarez desaparecidas
10:40 am By Jennifer Woodard Maderazo · Activism|mexico|Music · Comments Off
13 Jan 2006
Joan Manuel Serrat, a pop icon from Barcelona with a huge following in Mexico, has announced his participation in a concert in support of the fight against the brutal murders of women in the Mexican border town of Ciudad Juarez:
Conceived to last nearly 10 hours, the concert in homage to the victims and a protest against discrimination of women will take place in Mexico City and count on performances of Benny Ibarra, Elefante, Tres de Copas, Pablo Abraira, Fabgoria and Cristina del Valle, among others.
According to La Jornada daily, presidential candidates will also attend the spectacle, an attempt by the coordinators to get them to commit to an integral law against discrimination of women.
Joan Manuel Serrat will tour seven Mexican cities from January 20 to February 18, including two presentations for street children as closing performances.
Via / Latin Music News and Prensa Latina
Gael Garcia Bernal Uses His Fama Against GMO Corn and NAFTA
6:38 pm By Maegan La Mala · Activism|Celebrities · Comments Off
14 Dec 2005
Gael Garcia Bernal is much more than a pretty face and a talented actor, he is using his fame to speak out about causes that he cares about and feels strongly about. Today in Hong Kong, Garcia Bernal joined on a fair trade campaign run by the humanitarian aid organization Oxfam. Specifically the 27 year old actor spoke about the negative impact genetically modified corn exported from the U.S. under NAFTA was having on the agricultural economies of countries like his own native Mexico.
Via / Hoy Internet
NYC Boricuas Remember Filiberto
7:30 am By Maegan La Mala · Events|New York City|Politics|PR · Comments Off
21 Nov 2005
On Friday, November 18th, nearly 600 people filled the Martin Luther King, Jr. Labor Center of New York City to remember slain Puerto Rican nationalist leader Filiberto Ojeda Rios. Filiberto was killed by the FBI on September 23. The keynote speaker of the evening was another Puerto Rican nationalist leader Rafael Cancel Miranda, who received a standing ovation. Other Nationalist leaders including Edwin Cortés and Antonio Camacho Negrón were also present. A message from the widow of Don Filiberto, Elma Beatriz, who was present at the FBI raid that took her husband’s life, was read.
Anti-Arnold: We have to drive to survive
6:00 pm By Jennifer Woodard Maderazo · California|Immigration|Los Angeles|Politics · 1 Comment
14 Oct 2005
California Latino activists are not happy with the Governator this month (neither are teachers, nurses or gays) after his October 7th veto of a bill that would allow drivers’ licenses for undocumented immigrants. Perhaps where the pang of such a denial is most deeply felt is in Los Angeles. To call L.A. a sprawling metropolis is an understatement. It is the definition of sprawl, and the painful reminder of the failure of American urban planning and the automotive industry’s death vice on this country since cars were invented.
To live in L.A., to survive, means to drive. Angelinos spend A LOT of time in their cars. You need a car to get to work, and to drive that car legally, you need a license. Immigrants are here to work, yet they are being denied that necessary piece of documentation. Activists are speaking out and saying just that:
“The people need driver’s licenses. They are workers, not terrorists, and deserve respect and dignity,” said Cedillo, who pledged to reintroduce the bill as many times as it takes to get it passed. “Broken promises” are unacceptable, he said. “On Nov. 8, we will vote no on Propositions 74, 75, 76 and 77!”
Props 74, 75, 76 and 77 refer to the various state propositions being made by the Governor which will be voted on next month. The anti-Arnold rally for immigrants’ rights is set for October 27th at 4:00 pm in Los Angeles’ Pershing Square.
Via / Indybay.org and Google News
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