ALTERNA CO-ORGANIZES STEWART VIGIL I (Stewart Detention Center is a for-profit prison in South Georgia that currently houses over 1200 immigrant workers.)
Produced by Artemis Productions. To see more footage of this vigil, visit http://youtube.com/artemisthedrummer
Music
Music/video collage of the September 2007 KKK/anti-immigrant rally in Athens, AL that was "circled by love".
Movies
JUNE 12, 2007 NewsHour debate on immigration reform between Ben Miranda (D - Arizona State Representative) and Chip Rogers (R - Georgia State Senator who is the most vocal anti-immigrant legislator in the State). Alterna member, Anton Flores, had the opportunity to publicly debate Senator Rogers in January 2006 at an event in Atlanta.
PART ONE
PART TWO
Hey, Chip, what really does matter to America???
Television
Arivaca: Life on the Border (Note: Anton traveled to Arivaca as a part of a Christian Peacemaker Teams delegation in March 2008)
This new Freedom Files video short provides a shocking glimpse into conditions at a Texas facility to detain immigrants run by the Department of Homeland Security. Of the approximately 400 detainees at the Hutto Detention Facility, many are children who belong to refugee families seeking political asylum in the U.S. after escaping persecution in their country of origin.
To find out more about The Freedom Files, the ACLU's lawsuits against federal officials on the conditions at Hutto, and the children detained there, go to aclu.tv/hutto (more)
Books
Walter Wink, Schools of Conversion: 12 Marks of New Monasticism, Upside-Down Kingdom, Translation Nation, People's History of the United States
Heroes
Cesar Chavez, Dorothy Day, Gandhi, Dolores Huerta, Jubilee Partners, Martin Luther King, Jr., Clarence Jordan, and any undocumented immigrant whose very journey is a quest for dignity.
Who I'd like to meet: Anyone who loves an undocumented immigrant and, yet, still feels they should be dehumanized, detained and deported. Visit www.alternacommunity.com. To contact us, email anton@alternacommunity.com.
even from afar send your spirit this way and let's roll deep in the a.m. yall.. The first womyn's march in Los Angeles since 1994.
On Saturday, March 8th, womyn in L.A. are taking a stand together as one, to show our strength and support for one another as sisters, mothers, friends, partners, cousins, granddaughters...
Chapinas Unidas: Tea and Banner Making Party
On Wednesday Evening, March 5th, Chapinas Unidas is hosting a tea and banner making party to prepare and represent our presence at the March 8th Womyn's March.
We will be creating a dress/es representing Guatemala for the programming of the march that will highlight 12 war torn countries around the world. We are emphasizing the struggle against femicide and impunity that plagues Guatemalan Womyn from finding peace and justice.
Bring (markers, crayons, posters, paint, spray paint, fabric, construction paper, tea, etc) ideas, creativity, and energy. This is not limited to Chapinas, it's an invitation to womyn from Central America, Mexico, South America and beyond. Come through and represent!
**Contact: MUSE (Ana) on the Chapinas Unidas top friends list for info. .
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What do you think of these newly discovered crime scene photos (viewed at Abu-Jamal-News.com)?
I have been personally contacting every media outlet I could find and still the mainstream media has completely ignored the story. Many independent media outlets have covered it, but the only independent outlet that has actually published one of the photos is the national Black newspaper, The SF Bay View (click here).
This is just the latest episode in a long history of corporate media bias (and arguably racism) towards Mumia and other political prisoners.
Thanks for spending time with us yesterday! It was great talking to you and going out to pizza. Hope you have fun in the great outdoors this weekend. Have a great week! April and Aaron
