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Hearing Tonight in Dallas on Secure Communities
10:17 am By Maegan La Mala · Immigration|Politics|Secure Communities|Texas · 2 Comments
9 Aug 2011Tonight Dallas County Sheriff Valdez will hold a public hearing on the “Secure Communities” program as part of her role on a controversial national taskforce critics claim was convened by the administration to dampen recent opposition to the deportation program.
The hearing, scheduled from 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm, and to be held at Dallas County Community College is happening in a county where 30% of those deported under the program are people with no criminal conviction while 63% either have not been convicted of any crime or have committed only a minor offense. This pattern, which flies in the face of Obama administration claims of targeted deportations of “dangerous” immigrants, is one that is repeated across the country as the deportation expands.
The hearing also comes almost immediately following last Friday’s announcement by the Department of Homeland Security, nullifying the 40 contracts it had negotiated with states and affirming the questioned mandatory status of the program.
Remember how we reported that activists in Dallas were working to get a street named after Chicano hero, Cesar Chavez? Well, I just found out (a little late) that Dallas city council decided to adopt the measure, and the Expressway will be renamed! From the Dallas Morning News:
The Dallas City Council voted unanimously this afternoon to rename South Central Expressway between Pacific Avenue and Grand Avenue for civil rights hero Cesar Chavez.
Chavez’s work on behalf of American farm laborers became a key part of the American civil rights movement and he is revered by many for advancing the rights of minorities and the poor.
The council’s path toward honoring Chavez, and acknowledging the influence of Dallas’ growing Hispanic population, was far from smooth.
The council rejected efforts to rename more prominent streets in Industrial Boulevard and Ross Avenue for Chavez. A short-lived plan to rename Young Street never made it to the full council.
The council was clearly united in the plan to rename the short stretch of surface street that runs past the Dallas Farmers Market.
Although it sounds like the renaming of this particular stretch of road wasn’t exactly what the activists calling for a name change wanted, it does show promise that they were able to push through the measure at all. I know several cities across the country, including in my own Michigan, where even renaming the worst street in the worst part of town has been met with hostility and sometimes even violence.
Congratulations to Dallas activists on a job well done!
Ask Dallas To Name A Street After Cesar Chavez
10:15 am By la Macha · history|Labor · 3 Comments
10 Feb 2010Got this note in a message on facebook. For those of you in Dallas, turn up if you can!!
Host:
LULAC District III
Type:
Meetings – Club/Group Meeting
Network:
Global
Date:
Wednesday, February 10, 2010
Time:
12:00pm – 3:00pm
Location:
Dallas City Hall
Street:
1500 Marilla St., 6th Floor Council Chambers
City/Town:
Dallas, TXDescription
Join us:
Wednesday, Feb. 10, Noon to 3 p.m.
Dallas City Hall, 6th Floor Council Chambers
1500 Marilla St., Dallas, TX 75201
RSVP: jessegarciadallas@gmail.comPlease come show your support and urge Dallas City Council members to vote in favor of renaming a portion of South Central Expressway (from Pacific Avenue on the north to Grand Avenue on the south) to César Chávez Boulevard.
Cities around the nation including Austin, El Paso, Los Angeles, Milwaukee, Salt Lake City, Kansas City, Boise, Portland, San Francisco, San Diego, Albuquerque and many others, have already honored César Chávez with a street. It is time that Dallas step up and recognize an individual that means a lot to the Hispanic community, a community that makes up 40 percent of the city.
On his way out the door President Bush has already got new digs for his post-presidential life, pero not all his soon to be neighbors are thrilled with the idea of having Georgie on their block.
George Bush has bought a new house in a wealthy part of Dallas, called Preston Hollow. The impending presence of a former President is ratcheting up security fears. “I am afraid with all the negative press the president has been getting, the whole neighborhood is going to be a target,” said a woman, who wouldn’t give her name. She carried her King Charles spaniel Friday past the Bushes’ new abode.
Other vecinos include Dallas Mavericks’ owner Marc Cuban and former presidential candidate Ross Perot.
Via / The Huffington Post
Dallas store chain to accept pesos
11:44 am By Jennifer Woodard Maderazo · business|Money · 1 Comment
17 Jul 2007
When Texas-based pizza chain Pizza Patron began accepting Mexican pesos as a form of payment for its pizzas last year, there was outrage among right-wingers who despised this “catering to” Mexican residents in the state. Well, the publicity must have worked well for Pizza Patron as another Texas business is replicating its model. Value Giant, a Dallas-area retailer, announced that it will also be accepting pesos at its stores.
Just a publicity stunt or a sincere attempt to better serve their Mexican customers? What do you think?
Via / Dallas Observer Blogs
School district to Latinos: get out of the picture
6:45 pm By Jennifer Woodard Maderazo · children|Controversia|Education|Texas · 2 Comments
11 Aug 2006
Latino parents are outraged at a Dallas public school’s attempt to limit how many Latino children were pictured in a brochure as part of their plan to attract whites to the institution. As if that weren’t enough, the parents are also accusing the school of employing racial segregation tactics, like keeping fluent English-speaking Latino children in ESL classes:
Latino parents at mostly Hispanic Preston Hollow Elementary School filed a federal lawsuit against principal Teresa Parker and the Dallas Independent School District in April. The suit alleges that Hispanic and black students were kept in English as a Second Language classes even when they tested out and that multiage courses with almost all white students were created.
Why Jenny Is Not Doing Dallas
8:15 am By Jennifer Woodard Maderazo · Celebrities|Chismes|Controversia|Movies · 4 Comments
8 Aug 2006
Last week our own Jenny from the block reported that Jennifer Lopez was not doing the film version of Dallas. This week we may know why. Various bochinche websites are reporting that the NYC rag, the NY Post wrote that J. Jo. thought…:
The script sucks. And John Travolta? If it had been a man’s man like Ed Harris or Tommy Lee Jones, but you don’t just go from doing ‘Hairspray’ to ‘Dallas’.
Jennifer Lopez is widely known for her careful script selection. Right?
Via / FemaleFirst
JLo quits Dallas
12:45 pm By Jennifer Woodard Maderazo · Celebrities|Chismes|Controversia|Movies · Comments Off
3 Aug 2006
Months ago we told you that JLo had been cast in the movie remake of the hit 70s TV drama Dallas. Well, that didn’t last long, as apparently Jenny abruptly left the set this week, never to return:
Dallas the TV series was the site of endless dramas, abrupt disappearances and untoward reappearances. Early evidence suggests that Dallas the motion picture will be no different after star Jennifer Lopez mysteriously bailed from the project this week.“She is out of Dallas,” confirmed Lopez’s representative Leslie Sloane Zelnick yesterday. Lopez had been due to play the boozy, woozy Sue Ellen opposite John Travolta (as JR). Other possible cast members include Luke Wilson (as Bobby) and Shirley MacLaine (as Miss Ellie).
The UK’s Guardian also reports that JLo isn’t the first casuality of this production, which also lost its original director earlier in the year.
Via / The Guardian
Deep in the heart of Texas: How do we get them to vote?
3:13 pm By Jennifer Woodard Maderazo · Politics · Comments Off
20 Jun 2006
That’s what Latino leaders are asking themselves, and why they will be convening in Dallas this week. The issue of boosting the Latino vote is a huge one, and if Latino turnout is finally increased, it’s anyone’s game to win or lose. Who will get the Latino vote, the Democrats or the Republicans?
More than 1,500 elected Latino leaders from across the nation will come to Dallas this week to discuss issues such as how to boost Latino voter registration and turnout, officials said.The National Association of Latino Elected and Appointed Officials will host its 23rd annual convention in Dallas for the first time Thursday through Saturday. The association chose Dallas to “showcase a city where phenomenal political progress is happening,” Executive Director Arturo Vargas said.
Wave of protests nationwide: birth of a movement?
11:26 am By Jennifer Woodard Maderazo · Activism|Immigration · Comments Off
10 Apr 2006
Large-scale “immigration justice” protests are slated for today in numerous cities across the country. CNN reports:
On what is dubbed a “national day of action for immigration justice,” Atlanta’s was one of 30 marches in the South alone as focus on the immigration issue turned from Congress to the streets.Other large protests are planned in New York, Philadelphia, Indianapolis, Seattle, Washington, D.C., and Los Angeles.
According to CNN, protesters in New York will cross the Brooklyn Bridge into Manhattan and march on City Hall. The Nation’s blog reports:
…even more massive pro-immigration demonstrations are scheduled for 140 more American cities in a national day of protest. Once again Los Angeles is predicted to be the epicenter of the day’s activities. As many as a quarter million of a people are expected there as well as an equal number in New York and Washington DC– perhaps a total of two million or more nationwide.
Half a million people took to the streets in Dallas yesterday in solidarity with immigrant workers. From The Nation:
The Dallas demonstration –- which mushroomed to ten times the size anticipated by authorities — rivaled the scope of the so-called “Gran Marcha” in Los Angeles two weeks ago – an event that to many observers marked the birth of a new civil rights movement.
Do these protests indicate the birth of a new civil rights movement or a knee jerk reaction which will likely die down? Leave your comments and debate.
Via / CNN.com and The Nation
Photo: AP
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