DEMONSTRATION at the Mining Association of BC reception:
Wednesday October 21st @ 6:00 pm
Fairmont Waterfront
900 Canada Place Way
The destruction of Teztan Biny (Fish Lake) and the surrounding area goes against every single traditional law and value that has been instilled in us since time immemorial. It is our responsibility to protect the wildlife, our land, the lakes, the rivers and the air for future generations. It is time to stand up and speak out against this proposed development.
UNITY is the key. Please assist in making this demonstration a success and pass this message on to your friends and family who may be interested in joining our group.
The demonstration has been called by the Tsilhqot'in Nation in defense of Teztan Biny (Fish Lake) and other lakes threatened by mining development, and in defense of indigenous sovereignty, title and rights. Please come and stand in solidarity with the Tsilhqot'in and demand justice! (Loretta Williams, TNG Mining Coordinator) Chief Marilyn Baptiste and others will be there. Please note: If you are there and have any photos you'd like to share, please email them to info@fonv.ca
Taseko Mines EIS on Prosperity deficient a second time; First Nations suggest investors and public take note.
Williams Lake, October 19, 2009 -- The federal panel reviewing the proposed Taseko Mines Prosperity Gold-Copper Mine Project sent the mining company's revised environmental impact statement (EIS) back a second time, saying the EIS is still deficient. In the panel's letter to Taseko,it notes deficiencies in information requested about the proposed tailings storage facility and in traditional Aboriginal use of the area.
Taseko Mines has gone public trying to point a finger at First Nations for delaying this important process, notes Chief Bernie Elkins, of the Tsilhqot'in National Government. However, it is Taseko that has held up the process by failing to provide the panel with the information it needs to go to public hearings.
The Panel noted that Taseko Mines still has not provided the information it has requested on traditional Aboriginal Fishery Usage and First Nation and Cultural Heritage. Taseko was required as part of its EIS to describe First Nations use of the area that its project will impact if approved.
Despite spending tens of millions of dollars on its EIS, Taseko's treatment of First Nation's impacts is shamefully poor, as the panel pointed out back in June, the first time it found the EIS deficient,states Chief Marilyn Baptiste, of the Xeni Gwet'in First Nation. The Panel encouraged Taseko to work with us and to fund traditional use studies to deal with this deficiency, but despite spending millions Taseko refused to approve a very modest budget for this work.
Chief Baptiste goes on to point out that as a result, the Panel found Taseko's EIS deficient a second time because it still does not provide sufficient information on the use of the area by First Nations. By trying to skimp, save and understate the potential impacts of this project for First Nations, Taseko has delayed the review process. And the Panel continues to hold them accountable for this.
Taseko is now paying for its refusal to work with First Nations.
Chief Elkins also notes that even if the First Nation's traditional use information had been provided, Taseko would still be holding up the process because of deficiencies in critical hydrology informationidentified by the Panel.
The Tsilhqot'in National Government says it is important that the public realize this process is not one that should be rushed through because of a bottom line. We are in a process to decide the fate of an ecosystem and watershed, something that took thousands of years to create, says Chief Elkins. This process should take time because we have serious concerns that this mine represents a disastrous precedent for mining policy in Canada and puts all lakes in Canada at risk of destruction for the storage of contaminated mining waste.
First Nations are not the only ones with grave reservations about this proposed mine, confirms Chief Baptiste. This project is far from a done deal.
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For further information, please contact:
TNG Communications DepartmentChief Bernie ElkinsTelephone: 250-392-3918Email: chiefesdilagh@gmail.com
October 21, 2009
Women fight mining companies
Women fight South American mines
Guardian
http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2009/oct/12/women-fight-south-ameri
can-mines
Photo: Goldcorp Terrorism by mimundo.org
UK urged to pressure South American governments to refuse mining licences
Women say mining is damaging their homes and environment
Kathryn Hopkins
12 October 2009
A group of South American women arrived in Britain this week to highlight the plight of indigenous people around the world fighting international mining companies.
In a desperate attempt to save their land and livelihoods, women from Ecuador, Peru and Guatemala will lobby the UK government and European parliament to put pressure on their governments to refuse mining licences. Maria Sian, 40, from San Juan Sacatepéquez in Guatemala, said: "What I'm looking for is for people here to press our government to not give out licences to international mining companies because the results that I see are death and destruction."
Carmen Mejia, 25, from a village called Agel in the San Miguel region of Guatemala, has been protesting against Montana, a wholly owned subsidiary of Canadian mining company Goldcorp Inc. She alleged that explosions, dust and the vibrations of heavy trucks to and from the open-pit gold mine have changed the face of her village.
Another woman, Gregoria, who cannot give her full name for legal reasons, said: "As the mine advances and occupies more land, some families find that their houses have cracks and are now on the edge of a precipice. There are armed security guards everywhere."
She said people faced chronic skin infections, hair loss and feared for the safety of their children living in houses which may collapse due to substantial cracks. The women were harassed by miners and intimidated by the police, she said they "cry in desperation, feel constantly depressed". "Life has become very difficult. Sometimes suicide becomes an option," said Gregoria. "The authorities don't want to know, we don't count." The Guardian was unable to reach a representative of Goldcorp for comment.
Lina Solana, 40, from Ecuador has a similar story. She has several charges against her for protesting against Canadian mining company Corriente Resources. "The company's activities damage the Amazonian ecosystem."
She said the exploration caused environmental damage and problems with the water but also social problems such as corruption and the criminalisation of protests. "There is a lot of verbal aggression from the police towards females protesting against the mines. They call us sluts and smelly Indians."
The Guardian was unable to reach Corriente for comment.
The women have been aided by the Latin American Mining Monitoring Programme. It said: "Women often feel that life in the community is so transformed by the mining conflict that 'peace is gone, there is no more happiness'. Another worrying development for women is that abuse against them becomes 'normal' and unworthy of police attention."
Guardian
http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2009/oct/12/women-fight-south-ameri
can-minesPhoto: Goldcorp Terrorism by mimundo.org
UK urged to pressure South American governments to refuse mining licences
Women say mining is damaging their homes and environment
Kathryn Hopkins
12 October 2009
A group of South American women arrived in Britain this week to highlight the plight of indigenous people around the world fighting international mining companies.
In a desperate attempt to save their land and livelihoods, women from Ecuador, Peru and Guatemala will lobby the UK government and European parliament to put pressure on their governments to refuse mining licences. Maria Sian, 40, from San Juan Sacatepéquez in Guatemala, said: "What I'm looking for is for people here to press our government to not give out licences to international mining companies because the results that I see are death and destruction."
Carmen Mejia, 25, from a village called Agel in the San Miguel region of Guatemala, has been protesting against Montana, a wholly owned subsidiary of Canadian mining company Goldcorp Inc. She alleged that explosions, dust and the vibrations of heavy trucks to and from the open-pit gold mine have changed the face of her village.
Another woman, Gregoria, who cannot give her full name for legal reasons, said: "As the mine advances and occupies more land, some families find that their houses have cracks and are now on the edge of a precipice. There are armed security guards everywhere."
She said people faced chronic skin infections, hair loss and feared for the safety of their children living in houses which may collapse due to substantial cracks. The women were harassed by miners and intimidated by the police, she said they "cry in desperation, feel constantly depressed". "Life has become very difficult. Sometimes suicide becomes an option," said Gregoria. "The authorities don't want to know, we don't count." The Guardian was unable to reach a representative of Goldcorp for comment.
Lina Solana, 40, from Ecuador has a similar story. She has several charges against her for protesting against Canadian mining company Corriente Resources. "The company's activities damage the Amazonian ecosystem."
She said the exploration caused environmental damage and problems with the water but also social problems such as corruption and the criminalisation of protests. "There is a lot of verbal aggression from the police towards females protesting against the mines. They call us sluts and smelly Indians."
The Guardian was unable to reach Corriente for comment.
The women have been aided by the Latin American Mining Monitoring Programme. It said: "Women often feel that life in the community is so transformed by the mining conflict that 'peace is gone, there is no more happiness'. Another worrying development for women is that abuse against them becomes 'normal' and unworthy of police attention."
October 19, 2009
Mohawk Nation News: Where has the Great Law gone?
CONFUSION BETWEEN KAIANEREH’KO:WA & HANDSOME LAKE CODE
Mohawk Nation News
http://www.mohawknationnews.com
MNN. Oct. 16, 2009. PART I. Kaianereh’ko:wa, our way, is meant to help us regulate our lives and resolve issues peacefully to everybody’s benefit. It isn’t a law. There are no police, jails or judges. It’s not a religion. Everything is scientific and based on natural law, which is provable. Handsome Lake followers are lead to believe they are traditional. They are unaware their ideas come from a foreign ideology on how a people behave that is not based on natural but on the unproveable supernatural.
The Kaianereh’ko:wa provides that everyone is equal and has a voice. The opening thanksgiving outlines the relations between all elements of the natural world. People are the power base. Issues are resolved through a complex system of consensual decision making.
The longhouse is a symbol of the Kaianereh’ko:wa and the world around us, which covers all of Great Turtle Island. The Rotinoshonni’on:we are the people who make the longhouse. The ceiling is the sky, the four directions are our walls and our mother the earth is our floor. The people are sacred. Literally longhouses are shelters to live in, places to meet or where we put away our stuff. It is not a place to worship a god up in heaven that has created us!
We have stories about our creation to connect us to the natural world. We will not know the face or place that the power of creation dwells, only the evidence of that power which we acknowledge. Everything was based on what we could see and observe, not blind faith and control of information by a few.
Has anybody listened closely to the thanksgiving rituals being done? Predominance is given to one creator, a god, who made us, before thanking the rest of creation. Has anybody noticed some of our speakers now talk about going to heaven instead of returning to our mother the earth?
Our people have a lot of mental and physical energy. We don’t want to fight because we care about each other. Our energies are being redirected against each other instead of strengthening our family ties.
What happened to the excitement of a few years ago when the longhouses were full of people, activities, socials and fun. Why aren’t people attending?
Is there a disagreement between those who stick to the Kaianereh’ko:wa and those who follow or are influenced by the Handsome Lake Code? Does anybody wonder why young people aren’t going to the longhouse for answers to political, social or economic questions? They go there to have their babies named.
What is stopping us from standing up for our true way? Young and old need the Kaianereh’ko:wa to keep us on the right path. Handsome Lake Code seems like the easy way out through pacification and avoidance. When the Kaianereh’ko:wa is defended, questioners are called trouble makers by self-appointed leaders.
In the early 1800s Skaniatario, or the Handsome Lake Code, was created using native culture combined with Christian undertones. Skaniatario is a Seneca family title in the Confederacy. He was an alcoholic and committed wrongs against his people. He used witch hunts and other superstitions to scare the people. He forfeited and alienated himself and was banished. When he left he had no name, no clan and no birthright.
The Handsome Lake Code is a hierarchical order of spirits. They even arrange nature according to some idea of power reflecting the colonial system where a few are on top while the rest are left in the dark.
The conflict is between the inner directed people who are guided by the Kaianereh’ko:wa and the knowledge we have to figure things out. The Handsome Lake followers base their decisions on faith and prayers like a religion. The beauty of listening to a speaker is to hear their words coming from their mind, not just to hear a recital. Discussions are avoided about the violations of the Kaianereh’ko:wa.
Religion weakens, confuses and controls people. After every so-called native resistance the colonists push religion to pacify us. After the War of 1812 it was the Handsome Lake Code. After the American Revolution it was the Quakers. At Lakota it was the medicine power of Wovoka and the Ghost Dance. White people became afraid and murdered the people during the ceremonies. Since the 1990s the religion has been the healing circles.
The Kaianereh’ko:wa advocates co-existence as a separate nation. The Handsome Lake Code advocates integration and compromise.
The main issues are always sovereignty, respect for our nation, land claims and Indigenous jurisdiction. US and Canada know that any legitimate agreement has to be made with us. The colonial band and tribal councils are working with longhouses that will validate the band council’s authority.
Elder Karonhiaktajeh always said that we’re always trying to stop them from putting a steeple on our longhouse, which, he said, makes it comfortable for Christians to come in and take it over.
Maybe we should all refresh our memory of the Kaianereh’ko:wa. Weren’t we taught to question everything and ask for proof? Remember that the Handsome Lake Code is highly influenced by foreign dogmas. The Two Row Wampum is very clear that we can’t have one foot in the canoe and one in the ship.
Kahentinetha MNN Mohawk Nation News, http://www.mohawknationnews.com/ kahentinetha2@yahoo.com Note: Your financial help is needed and appreciated. Please send your donations by check or money order to “MNN Mohawk Nation News”, Box 991, Kahnawake [Quebec, Canada] J0L 1B0. Or go to PayPal on MNN website. Nia:wen thank you very much. Go to MNN AKWESASNE category for more stories; New MNN Books Available now!
Mohawk Nation News
http://www.mohawknationnews.com
MNN. Oct. 16, 2009. PART I. Kaianereh’ko:wa, our way, is meant to help us regulate our lives and resolve issues peacefully to everybody’s benefit. It isn’t a law. There are no police, jails or judges. It’s not a religion. Everything is scientific and based on natural law, which is provable. Handsome Lake followers are lead to believe they are traditional. They are unaware their ideas come from a foreign ideology on how a people behave that is not based on natural but on the unproveable supernatural.
The Kaianereh’ko:wa provides that everyone is equal and has a voice. The opening thanksgiving outlines the relations between all elements of the natural world. People are the power base. Issues are resolved through a complex system of consensual decision making.
The longhouse is a symbol of the Kaianereh’ko:wa and the world around us, which covers all of Great Turtle Island. The Rotinoshonni’on:we are the people who make the longhouse. The ceiling is the sky, the four directions are our walls and our mother the earth is our floor. The people are sacred. Literally longhouses are shelters to live in, places to meet or where we put away our stuff. It is not a place to worship a god up in heaven that has created us!
We have stories about our creation to connect us to the natural world. We will not know the face or place that the power of creation dwells, only the evidence of that power which we acknowledge. Everything was based on what we could see and observe, not blind faith and control of information by a few.
Has anybody listened closely to the thanksgiving rituals being done? Predominance is given to one creator, a god, who made us, before thanking the rest of creation. Has anybody noticed some of our speakers now talk about going to heaven instead of returning to our mother the earth?
Our people have a lot of mental and physical energy. We don’t want to fight because we care about each other. Our energies are being redirected against each other instead of strengthening our family ties.
What happened to the excitement of a few years ago when the longhouses were full of people, activities, socials and fun. Why aren’t people attending?
Is there a disagreement between those who stick to the Kaianereh’ko:wa and those who follow or are influenced by the Handsome Lake Code? Does anybody wonder why young people aren’t going to the longhouse for answers to political, social or economic questions? They go there to have their babies named.
What is stopping us from standing up for our true way? Young and old need the Kaianereh’ko:wa to keep us on the right path. Handsome Lake Code seems like the easy way out through pacification and avoidance. When the Kaianereh’ko:wa is defended, questioners are called trouble makers by self-appointed leaders.
In the early 1800s Skaniatario, or the Handsome Lake Code, was created using native culture combined with Christian undertones. Skaniatario is a Seneca family title in the Confederacy. He was an alcoholic and committed wrongs against his people. He used witch hunts and other superstitions to scare the people. He forfeited and alienated himself and was banished. When he left he had no name, no clan and no birthright.
The Handsome Lake Code is a hierarchical order of spirits. They even arrange nature according to some idea of power reflecting the colonial system where a few are on top while the rest are left in the dark.
The conflict is between the inner directed people who are guided by the Kaianereh’ko:wa and the knowledge we have to figure things out. The Handsome Lake followers base their decisions on faith and prayers like a religion. The beauty of listening to a speaker is to hear their words coming from their mind, not just to hear a recital. Discussions are avoided about the violations of the Kaianereh’ko:wa.
Religion weakens, confuses and controls people. After every so-called native resistance the colonists push religion to pacify us. After the War of 1812 it was the Handsome Lake Code. After the American Revolution it was the Quakers. At Lakota it was the medicine power of Wovoka and the Ghost Dance. White people became afraid and murdered the people during the ceremonies. Since the 1990s the religion has been the healing circles.
The Kaianereh’ko:wa advocates co-existence as a separate nation. The Handsome Lake Code advocates integration and compromise.
The main issues are always sovereignty, respect for our nation, land claims and Indigenous jurisdiction. US and Canada know that any legitimate agreement has to be made with us. The colonial band and tribal councils are working with longhouses that will validate the band council’s authority.
Elder Karonhiaktajeh always said that we’re always trying to stop them from putting a steeple on our longhouse, which, he said, makes it comfortable for Christians to come in and take it over.
Maybe we should all refresh our memory of the Kaianereh’ko:wa. Weren’t we taught to question everything and ask for proof? Remember that the Handsome Lake Code is highly influenced by foreign dogmas. The Two Row Wampum is very clear that we can’t have one foot in the canoe and one in the ship.
Kahentinetha MNN Mohawk Nation News, http://www.mohawknationnews.com/ kahentinetha2@yahoo.com Note: Your financial help is needed and appreciated. Please send your donations by check or money order to “MNN Mohawk Nation News”, Box 991, Kahnawake [Quebec, Canada] J0L 1B0. Or go to PayPal on MNN website. Nia:wen thank you very much. Go to MNN AKWESASNE category for more stories; New MNN Books Available now!
October 18, 2009
Latin leaders in US demand CNN drop Lou Dobbs
October 16, 2009
Tucson Contact: Derechos Humanos: 520.770.1373 520.770.1373
National Media Contact (English): Brandon Hatler: DobbsMustGo@gmail.com
National Media Contact (Spanish): Natali Fani: 301.442.8459 301.442.8459 / natali@mateagroup.com
Press Conference
Wednesday, October 21, 2009
11:00am
El Tiradito Shrine
356 South Main Avenue, Tucson, Arizona
Latino Leaders Across U.S. Demand CNN Drop Controversial Host Lou Dobbs for Extremist Ties
Dobbs' participation in event organized by hate group FAIR sparks Latinos nationally to launch unprecedented bilingual campaign using email and text messaging
TUCSON -- Coalición de Derechos Humans and other Tucson allies have joined with organizations from 25 U.S. cities with the largest Latino populations today to mount a national technology-driven campaign to demand that CNN drop Lou Dobbs from its program offering. Citing his links to extremist groups and his ongoing promotion of dangerous anti-Latino and anti-immigrant rhetoric, Tucson groups will join the call for CNN to drop Dobbs.
The campaign launches as Dobbs broadcasts his radio show this week from a national lobbying conference sponsored by the Federation for American Immigration Reform (FAIR), which was founded by white nationalist John Tanton and is designated as a "hate group" by the Southern Poverty Law Center. Earlier this year, FAIR was linked to Shawna Forde, head of the Arizona-based Minutemen American Defense, who is charged with killing 9-year-old Brisenia Flores and her father. Recent studies have tied anti-immigrant hate speech to increased violence against Latinos in America.
"Enough is enough. CNN has allowed Dobbs to spout hate on its network for too long, and his alignment with a hate group like FAIR should be the last straw," said Roberto Lovato of Presente.org, the national online group that is organizing the effort. "We are calling on CNN President Jon Klein to drop Dobbs if he and his network are to maintain any semblance of credibility in the fast-growing Latino media market."
The appearance at this year's FAIR event is the latest in Dobbs' long career of aligning with white supremacist groups and using his platform on CNN to spread lies and conspiracy theories about Latinos and immigrants.
"We see the effects that Dobbs and other hate radio jocks have on our communities on a daily basis," says Kat Rodriguez of Derechos Humanos. "Hate speech should never be tolerated, especially from a news personality associated with a supposedly unbiased network like CNN."
Presente.org and its partners are using a combination of traditional and new media in English and Spanish to educate Latinos across America about Dobbs' anti-Latino history. Efforts will include Spanish-language radio PSAs that connect to a text-message campaign, email petitions and a bilingual website hub.
The campaign includes local partner organizations in the 25 U.S. cities with the largest Latino populations, listed below. These same cities account for more than 75 percent of the Hispanic television audience in the country. Latinos are the fastest-growing demographic group in the nation at 44 million, representing about 15 percent of the total U.S. population.
http://www.bastadobbs.com/
Text Message: BASTA or ENOUGH to 3-0-6-4-4
List of Groups & Cities
Accion America (Dallas, TX)
Alma de Mujer Center for Social Change (Austin, TX)
American Friends Service Committee (AFSC) (San Diego, CA)
CARECEN (San Francisco, CA)
Center for Media Justice (Oakland, CA)
Centro Presente (Boston, MA)
Chicano Consortium (Sacramento, CA)
Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights of Los Angeles (CHIRLA)(Los Angeles, CA)
Coalicion de Derechos Humanos (Tucson, AZ)
Colorado Latino Forum (Denver, CO)
CRECEN (Houston, TX)
Desis Rising Up & Moving (DRUM), (New York City, NY)
Dolores Street Community Services (San Francisco, CA)
Esperanza Peace & Justice Center (San Antonio, TX)
Families for Freedom (New York, NY)
Florida Immigrant Coalition (Miami,FL & Tampa, FL)
Georgia Latino Alliance for Human Rights (Atlanta, GA)
Hermandad Mexicana (Las Vegas, NV)
La Comunidad, Inc. (Everett, MA)
La Pena (Austin, TX)
Latino Leadership, Inc. (Orlando, FL)
Main Street Project (Minneapolis, MN)
Massachusetts Jobs with Justice (Boston, MA)
Mexicanos Sin Fronteras (Washington, DC)
National Alliance of Latin American and Caribbean Communities (Chicago, IL & Nationwide)
National Network for Immigrant and Refugee Rights (Oakland, CA)
New Mexico Media Literacy Project (Albuquerque, NM)
No Border Wall (Brownsville, TX)
Project Voice New England/American Friends Service Committee of New England (Boston, MA)
Somos un Pueblo (Chicago, IL); The Chelsea Collaborative (Boston, MA)
The New Santuary Coalition of New York City (New York, NY)
Tonatierra Community Development Institute (Phoenix, AZ)
William C. Velasquez Institute, San Antonio, TX & Nationwide
Blog Endorsers
CitizenOrange.com
VivirLatino.com
CultureKitchen.com
LatinaLista.com
TheUnapologeticMexican.org
XicanoPwr.com
LatinoPoliticsBlog.com
DosCentavos.net
Coalición de Derechos Humanos
P.O. Box 1286 Tucson, AZ 85702
Tel: 520.770.1373 520.770.1373
Fax: 520.770.7455
www.derechoshumanosaz.net
Tucson Contact: Derechos Humanos: 520.770.1373 520.770.1373
National Media Contact (English): Brandon Hatler: DobbsMustGo@gmail.com
National Media Contact (Spanish): Natali Fani: 301.442.8459 301.442.8459 / natali@mateagroup.com
Press Conference
Wednesday, October 21, 2009
11:00am
El Tiradito Shrine
356 South Main Avenue, Tucson, Arizona
Latino Leaders Across U.S. Demand CNN Drop Controversial Host Lou Dobbs for Extremist Ties
Dobbs' participation in event organized by hate group FAIR sparks Latinos nationally to launch unprecedented bilingual campaign using email and text messaging
TUCSON -- Coalición de Derechos Humans and other Tucson allies have joined with organizations from 25 U.S. cities with the largest Latino populations today to mount a national technology-driven campaign to demand that CNN drop Lou Dobbs from its program offering. Citing his links to extremist groups and his ongoing promotion of dangerous anti-Latino and anti-immigrant rhetoric, Tucson groups will join the call for CNN to drop Dobbs.
The campaign launches as Dobbs broadcasts his radio show this week from a national lobbying conference sponsored by the Federation for American Immigration Reform (FAIR), which was founded by white nationalist John Tanton and is designated as a "hate group" by the Southern Poverty Law Center. Earlier this year, FAIR was linked to Shawna Forde, head of the Arizona-based Minutemen American Defense, who is charged with killing 9-year-old Brisenia Flores and her father. Recent studies have tied anti-immigrant hate speech to increased violence against Latinos in America.
"Enough is enough. CNN has allowed Dobbs to spout hate on its network for too long, and his alignment with a hate group like FAIR should be the last straw," said Roberto Lovato of Presente.org, the national online group that is organizing the effort. "We are calling on CNN President Jon Klein to drop Dobbs if he and his network are to maintain any semblance of credibility in the fast-growing Latino media market."
The appearance at this year's FAIR event is the latest in Dobbs' long career of aligning with white supremacist groups and using his platform on CNN to spread lies and conspiracy theories about Latinos and immigrants.
"We see the effects that Dobbs and other hate radio jocks have on our communities on a daily basis," says Kat Rodriguez of Derechos Humanos. "Hate speech should never be tolerated, especially from a news personality associated with a supposedly unbiased network like CNN."
Presente.org and its partners are using a combination of traditional and new media in English and Spanish to educate Latinos across America about Dobbs' anti-Latino history. Efforts will include Spanish-language radio PSAs that connect to a text-message campaign, email petitions and a bilingual website hub.
The campaign includes local partner organizations in the 25 U.S. cities with the largest Latino populations, listed below. These same cities account for more than 75 percent of the Hispanic television audience in the country. Latinos are the fastest-growing demographic group in the nation at 44 million, representing about 15 percent of the total U.S. population.
http://www.bastadobbs.com/
Text Message: BASTA or ENOUGH to 3-0-6-4-4
List of Groups & Cities
Accion America (Dallas, TX)
Alma de Mujer Center for Social Change (Austin, TX)
American Friends Service Committee (AFSC) (San Diego, CA)
CARECEN (San Francisco, CA)
Center for Media Justice (Oakland, CA)
Centro Presente (Boston, MA)
Chicano Consortium (Sacramento, CA)
Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights of Los Angeles (CHIRLA)(Los Angeles, CA)
Coalicion de Derechos Humanos (Tucson, AZ)
Colorado Latino Forum (Denver, CO)
CRECEN (Houston, TX)
Desis Rising Up & Moving (DRUM), (New York City, NY)
Dolores Street Community Services (San Francisco, CA)
Esperanza Peace & Justice Center (San Antonio, TX)
Families for Freedom (New York, NY)
Florida Immigrant Coalition (Miami,FL & Tampa, FL)
Georgia Latino Alliance for Human Rights (Atlanta, GA)
Hermandad Mexicana (Las Vegas, NV)
La Comunidad, Inc. (Everett, MA)
La Pena (Austin, TX)
Latino Leadership, Inc. (Orlando, FL)
Main Street Project (Minneapolis, MN)
Massachusetts Jobs with Justice (Boston, MA)
Mexicanos Sin Fronteras (Washington, DC)
National Alliance of Latin American and Caribbean Communities (Chicago, IL & Nationwide)
National Network for Immigrant and Refugee Rights (Oakland, CA)
New Mexico Media Literacy Project (Albuquerque, NM)
No Border Wall (Brownsville, TX)
Project Voice New England/American Friends Service Committee of New England (Boston, MA)
Somos un Pueblo (Chicago, IL); The Chelsea Collaborative (Boston, MA)
The New Santuary Coalition of New York City (New York, NY)
Tonatierra Community Development Institute (Phoenix, AZ)
William C. Velasquez Institute, San Antonio, TX & Nationwide
Blog Endorsers
CitizenOrange.com
VivirLatino.com
CultureKitchen.com
LatinaLista.com
TheUnapologeticMexican.org
XicanoPwr.com
LatinoPoliticsBlog.com
DosCentavos.net
Coalición de Derechos Humanos
P.O. Box 1286 Tucson, AZ 85702
Tel: 520.770.1373 520.770.1373
Fax: 520.770.7455
www.derechoshumanosaz.net
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