Archives for March, 2008
MALDEF: Celebrate César Chávez Day with Action
MALDEF today marked the 81st anniversary of the birth of César Chávez with a call to action.
“Cesar Chavez was not just a Latino leader, a labor leader or a civil rights leader. He was an American leader reaching the conscience of the times and toiling for those whose daily struggles providing the fruits and [...]
Legislative Briefing on Impact of Prop 209
In 1996, Proposition 209 eliminated affirmative action in public education, employment, and contracting. Recent research conducted by the Thelton E. Henderson Center for Social Justice, the Insight Center for Community Economic Development, and the Chief Justice Earl Warren Institute on Race, Ethnicity and Diversity will provide legislators and staff with information regarding the impact of [...]
Assemblyman Wants Prisons to Verify Immigration Status
Republican Assembymember Van Tran (Costa Mesa) wants to help the state’s budget crisis by having Califorinia prisons verify the immigration status of new prisoners.
Caroline B. Sanders of the California Immigrant Policy Center has written a letter to Assemblymember Jose Solorio, who chairs the Assembly Committee on Public Safety, in opposition to Tran’s bill, AB 2141. [...]
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