In light of the Immigration debate, our congresswoman Yvette Clarke denounced the Arizona Immigration law. It is a very difficult issue. It is not always black and white. We hope that the U.S Government and Congresswoman Clarke holds Latin American Countries to the same standards that we hold ourselves to, because that is the only way we are truly going to move forward.
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Showing posts with label immigration. Show all posts
Thursday, June 24, 2010
Sunday, March 7, 2010
Join PACC for the Working in the Shadows Book Reading
From PACC
Hosted by the Young Friends of PACC
featuring Gabriel Thompson, author of Working In The Shadows
Tuesday, March 16, 2010 @ 7:30 pm
Greenlight Bookstore
686 Fulton Street
(@ the corner of South Portland)
What is it like doing the back-breaking work of low-wage immigrants? To find out, Gabriel Thompson spent the year working alongside Latino immigrants, who initially thought he was either crazy or an undercover immigration agent. He stooped over lettuce fields in Arizona and worked the graveyard shift at a chicken slaughterhouse in rural Alabama. He dodged taxis as a bicycle delivery “boy” for an upscale Manhattan restaurant and was fired from a flower shop in Chelsea. Combining personal narrative with investigative reporting, Working in the Shadows shines a bright light on the underside of the American economy, exposing harsh working conditions, union busting, and lax government enforcement—while telling the stories of workers, undocumented immigrants and desperate US citizens alike, forced to live with chronic pain in the pursuit of $8 an hour.
Working in the Shadows has been widely featured since its release on February 1st. Check out Gabriel Thompson’s interviews on Tavis Smiley on PBS, Salon.com’s Growers and Producers, and the Leonard Lopate Show on WNYC.
Not so long before he went undercover as part of the low-wage immigrant workforce, Brooklyn-based author Gabriel Thompson was the director of community organizing at PACC. The Young Friends of PACC are thrilled to host this book reading at Greenlight Bookstore in Fort Greene. Light refreshments and wine will be served.
Young Friends of PACC is dedicated to engaging community members in their 20s and 30s in activities supporting affordable housing, tenant rights, community and economic development in Central Brooklyn.
For more info and to RSVP: rsvp@prattarea.org, 718-522-2613 x 14
Travel Info:
C train to Lafayette | G to Fulton
or Atlantic Avenue/Pacific Street Station trains
B25/B26/B38/B52 run near the bookstore
or use www.hopstop.com for door to door directions
Hosted by the Young Friends of PACC
featuring Gabriel Thompson, author of Working In The Shadows
Tuesday, March 16, 2010 @ 7:30 pm
Greenlight Bookstore
686 Fulton Street
(@ the corner of South Portland)
What is it like doing the back-breaking work of low-wage immigrants? To find out, Gabriel Thompson spent the year working alongside Latino immigrants, who initially thought he was either crazy or an undercover immigration agent. He stooped over lettuce fields in Arizona and worked the graveyard shift at a chicken slaughterhouse in rural Alabama. He dodged taxis as a bicycle delivery “boy” for an upscale Manhattan restaurant and was fired from a flower shop in Chelsea. Combining personal narrative with investigative reporting, Working in the Shadows shines a bright light on the underside of the American economy, exposing harsh working conditions, union busting, and lax government enforcement—while telling the stories of workers, undocumented immigrants and desperate US citizens alike, forced to live with chronic pain in the pursuit of $8 an hour.
Working in the Shadows has been widely featured since its release on February 1st. Check out Gabriel Thompson’s interviews on Tavis Smiley on PBS, Salon.com’s Growers and Producers, and the Leonard Lopate Show on WNYC.
Not so long before he went undercover as part of the low-wage immigrant workforce, Brooklyn-based author Gabriel Thompson was the director of community organizing at PACC. The Young Friends of PACC are thrilled to host this book reading at Greenlight Bookstore in Fort Greene. Light refreshments and wine will be served.
Young Friends of PACC is dedicated to engaging community members in their 20s and 30s in activities supporting affordable housing, tenant rights, community and economic development in Central Brooklyn.
For more info and to RSVP: rsvp@prattarea.org, 718-522-2613 x 14
Travel Info:
C train to Lafayette | G to Fulton
or Atlantic Avenue/Pacific Street Station trains
B25/B26/B38/B52 run near the bookstore
or use www.hopstop.com for door to door directions
Wednesday, February 3, 2010
WHO CARES?
From NYCLU
We do. And we know you do, too.
America’s broken immigration system has led to a civil rights crisis:
* Immigrant homes are routinely raided
* Hundreds of thousands of people are imprisoned, some indefinitely and without access to medical care
* Thousands are deported away from their families without a fair day in court
* And now New York Senator Charles Schumer is proposing that all U.S. workers carry a biometric identity card as a way to clamp down on undocumented immigration
Immigration Reform in New York: Who Cares?
That's why it's so important that you contact Senator Schumer, Senator Gillibrand and your Congressional representative now.
Tell them to support comprehensive immigration reform that protects everyone’s rights and liberties this year.
Take Action Now
This is a crisis in every sense.
Year after year, Congress has let the politics of fear stop it from addressing this dire situation. And the window for reform is quickly closing yet again.
The stakes are too high to let that happen.
Visit the NYCLU’s brand new immigration reform website to find out how you can get involved online or join a local NYCLU Activist Task Force. Join with us and our allies across the state to defend civil liberties and put an end to this crisis once and for all.
We do. And we know you do, too.
America’s broken immigration system has led to a civil rights crisis:
* Immigrant homes are routinely raided
* Hundreds of thousands of people are imprisoned, some indefinitely and without access to medical care
* Thousands are deported away from their families without a fair day in court
* And now New York Senator Charles Schumer is proposing that all U.S. workers carry a biometric identity card as a way to clamp down on undocumented immigration
Immigration Reform in New York: Who Cares?
That's why it's so important that you contact Senator Schumer, Senator Gillibrand and your Congressional representative now.
Tell them to support comprehensive immigration reform that protects everyone’s rights and liberties this year.
Take Action Now
This is a crisis in every sense.
Year after year, Congress has let the politics of fear stop it from addressing this dire situation. And the window for reform is quickly closing yet again.
The stakes are too high to let that happen.
Visit the NYCLU’s brand new immigration reform website to find out how you can get involved online or join a local NYCLU Activist Task Force. Join with us and our allies across the state to defend civil liberties and put an end to this crisis once and for all.
Friday, January 29, 2010
Free Temporary Protected Status help
From:
Director of External Relations
Kingsborough Community College
On Saturday, February 6 from 9:30am to 2pm, Kingsborough Community College’s New Americans Center will offer FREE hands-on help to Haitian immigrants seeking Temporary Protected Status (TPS). The U.S. government, at the urging of President Obama, offered this special status after the earthquake in Haiti to the tens of thousands of Haitians living here illegally, allowing them to stay and work in the United States for 18 months. Attorneys and legal advisers will be on-hand at Kingsborough to provide FREE and confidential services. Please bring documents for all seeking TPS including passports, photo identification cards, and any other immigration documents. The event is FREE and open to the public. B49 or B1 bus to last stop. Free parking on campus. Call 718-368-5600 for an appointment.
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