American RadioWorks documentary, Pueblo, USA explores the nation's largest wave of immigration happening right now. About 35 million of us were born in other countries. That's one in eight residents of the United States. Now immigrants come from all over the globe, but Latino immigration is remaking the country. And it's not just in big cities or in the Southwest.
Follow the link to download the radio program, listen online, or read the transcript. There is a Spanish language version of this site. Follow links to learn more about immigration in the United States.
Barack Hussein Obama was elected the 44th president of the United States, as the country chose him as its first black chief executive. (Source: New York Times. Registration required.)
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Topics: Citizenship, Civic Life, Ending Racism, Policy, Politics
Topics: Citizenship, Civic Life, Ending Racism, Policy, Politics
CAAAV: Organizing Asian Communities (also known as Committee Against Anti-Asian Violence) founded by Asian women in 1986 mobilizes Asian communities to counter anti-Asian violence in the New York City area. CAAAV focuses on institutional violence that affects immigrant, poor and working-class communities such as worker exploitation, concentrated urban poverty, police brutality, Immigration Naturalization Service detention and deportation, and criminalization of youth and workers. CAAAV is a volunteer-driven organization led by members of low-income Asian immigrant communities.
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The Asia Society posted a YouTube callout for Asian Pacific American Heritage Month, 2008. Join Sandra... Read More
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Topics: Building Community, Civic Life, Ending Racism, Family, Leadership, Storytelling
Topics: Building Community, Civic Life, Ending Racism, Family, Leadership, Storytelling
Hundreds, perhaps thousands, of people of Mexican descent were subjected to unreasonable and arbitrary demands to prove that they are citizens of the United States before getting a passport. Read More at the New America Media Web site
With increasing frequency, Latino residents of Pennsylvania like Vicente Mercado, a Mexican gardener in Hazleton, feel they are the object of racial hatred. Read More at the New America Media Web site
“One Nation is a philanthropic collaborative with the vision of fostering a national conversation about the common values we share as Americans, regardless of how we choose to express our spirituality. One Nation sponsors projects--such as this Web site--that challenge stereotypes and misperceptions of Muslims and Islam by shining a spotlight on our shared values, beliefs and responsibilities.” (Source: One Nation)
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Topics: Building Community, Cultural Competence, Ending Racism, Immigrant Integration, Religion
Topics: Building Community, Cultural Competence, Ending Racism, Immigrant Integration, Religion
This story from Mark Schuller, who teaches at Vassar, is about the food riots in Haiti that took place in April. Although it is not about Haitians in the U.S. Read More
The day-long event featured three concurrent sessions on Identity, Health, and Activism. The keynote speaker was UW Prof. Michael Thornton, director of Morgridge Center and professor of Afro-American Studies and Sociology. Read More
On Monday, May 12, Postville, a tiny town in Northeastern Iowa experienced the largest ICE raid in US history. 390 workers at North America’s largest Kosher meat processing plant were loaded into buses and taken away for a different kind of processing. Read More
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