Archive for the ‘Organizing Latino Immigrants for Social Justice’ Category

Family values and journalism shaped ACLU of Arizona director’s life, leadership

Alessandra Soler-Meetze, director of the ACLU of Arizona, talks about her beginnings in journalism, her family influences, and her transition from a reporter’s job with a major daily to becoming the leader of an strategic affiliate of the national civil liberties organization. Phoenix, Arizona...

October 25th, 2010 | Featured, Immigration, Latinos, Organizing Latino Immigrants for Social Justice, US | Read More

Closing the educational gap

Latino families have the highest workplace participation rates in the country. In most recent years, they have worked more hours per week than other Americans. Their median family income is higher than that of Black families, but only because they tend to have more adults working in each household. The...

July 8th, 2010 | Education, Featured, Immigration, Organizing Latino Immigrants for Social Justice, Politics, Racial Equity, Talk About Race, US | Read More

The unsung heroes of workplace safety

By Cheryl Staats, Research Assistant at the Kirwan Institute In the midst of the uproar surrounding comprehensive immigration reform and the devastating new law in Arizona that seemingly legalizes racial profiling, immigrants and their advocates and organizers are shouldering the strains of these significant...

May 14th, 2010 | Organizing Latino Immigrants for Social Justice | Read More

Why immigrant rights advocates need to understand history

By Lilia Fernandez, Department of History, Ohio State University As immigrants rights activists and organizers know well, immigrants do much of the labor that feeds the nation—from the migrant workers who pick our strawberries, spinach, and grapes to those who process those foods and others, immigrants...

May 13th, 2010 | Organizing Latino Immigrants for Social Justice | Read More

The Coalition Immokalee Workers’ “Modern Day Slavery Museum” and 2010 Farmworker Freedom March

By Heide Castañeda, PhD, Assistant Professor, University of South Florida “I like how we were informed about current injustices that persist today because it inspires me to want to do something meaningful with my education and my life.” This is how one undergraduate student in my Cultural Anthropology...

May 13th, 2010 | Organizing Latino Immigrants for Social Justice | Read More

Mississippi Chicken production stills

[album: https://race-talk.org/wp-content/plugins/dm-albums/dm-albums.php?currdir=/wp-content/uploads/dm-albums/Mississippi Chicken Stills/] Questions of race, workers’ rights and exploitation form the crux of this intriguing documentary about Latin American immigrants living in rural Mississippi,...

May 13th, 2010 | Organizing Latino Immigrants for Social Justice | Read More

Not easy becoming legal

By Raúl Ernesto Márquez Applying to become a naturalized citizen in this country is not easy. Those who are lucky enough to meet the requirements have to deal with a series of steps that often take years to complete. But the legal aspects of becoming a citizen are only half of the process. There is...

May 12th, 2010 | Organizing Latino Immigrants for Social Justice | Read More

An introduction to Mississippi Chicken and the immigration issues it portrays

This essay first appeared in the Mississippi Chicken DVD insert. Reprinted with permission of the author and filmmaker. By Steve Striffler, Professor of Anthropology and Geography, University of New Orleans Mississippi Chicken is a true gem. By letting us into the lives of immigrant poultry workers...

May 12th, 2010 | Organizing Latino Immigrants for Social Justice | Read More