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Mexica Movement: Arizona Campaign Fundraiser and teach-in, on April 2

Posted on April 2, 2011 by Editor Posted in Entertainment, immigration, Latinos, Mexico, Santa Ana 1 Comment

Join us for a night of education on the issues affecting our people in Arizona. Learn of the recent attacks on our people in Arizona with racist laws like SB 1070. This night will be dedicated to fundraise for our ongoing activities in Arizona.

Time: Saturday, April 2 · 8:00pm – 11:00pm
Location: Centro Cultural De Mexico 310 W 5th Street Santa Ana, CA 92701

$5 entrance

We will have posters, t-shirts and other items for sale.

All funds will be used for our ongoing activities in Arizona.

The event will include:

* A brief introduction to the racist laws in Arizona
* How white supremacy is being legalized
* Mexica Movement Videos in Arizona
* Poetry
* Naui videos on Arizona

Click here to RSVP on Facebook.

Protest next year’s MLB All Star Game in Arizona, today at the Anaheim Stadium

Posted on July 13, 2010 by Editor Posted in Anaheim, Civil Rights, immigration, Latinos, Mexico, Orange County, Racism, Republican Party, Santa Ana, Working Families, Youth Activities Leave a comment

The 2010 Major League Baseball All Star Game arrives with much fanfare today in Anaheim, where Boston Red Sox slugger David Ortiz won the Home Run Derby yesterday.

I expect that some of Orange County’s wealthiest elite will be there, along with folks who bought season tickets and a lot of out of town visitors. There will also be protesters there.

Activists will be there today to protest next year’s MLB All Star Game, which is scheduled to be in Phoenix, Arizona, home of the dreadful SB 1070 racial profiling law.

MLB Commissioner Bud Selig predictably issued a statement indicating that MLB has no intention of moving the game elsewhere. However, many of his own players and managers disagree with that notion.

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Santa Ana youth block access to federal building in immigration reform protest

Posted on June 4, 2010 by Editor Posted in immigration, Latinos, Mexico, Politics, Santa Ana, Youth Activities 2 Comments

UPDATE: The Santa Ana 8 have all been released from jail!

Santa Ana students engaged in a civil disobedience action with the purpose of shutting down all activity in the Santa Ana Federal Detention Center, today.

At 10 am eight students blocked the driveway entrance to the detention center where buses full of detained immigrants enter and exit. Students sat down in the middle of the street and locked their arms using lockboxes so as to not be removed by the police or I.C.E. agents. Soon afterwards a large crowd of 300 supporters began to gather around the protestors declaring, “We are all Arizona!”

The protesters are not releasing their identities or carrying identifications in solidarity with undocumented people who are discriminated against and dehumanized because of discriminatory legislation and policies such as SB1070 in Arizona and Costa Mesa’s “Rule of Law.” Continue reading→

Mayor Miguel Pulido takes a stand against Arizona’s SB 1070

Posted on April 30, 2010 by Editor Posted in Civic Affairs, immigration, Latinos, Mexico, Politics, Santa Ana 8 Comments

Has Mayor Pulido finally remembered his raza?

Can you believe it? Santa Ana Mayor Miguel Pulido is standing up against the racial profiling bill in Arizona!

Pulido, along with Council Members Claudia Alvarez and Vince Sarmiento, has put an item on the agenda for Monday night’s City Council meeting in opposition to Arizona’s SB 1070. I am told that the City Council will also direct the City administration to not do business with any companies from Arizona.

The motion also asks the federal government for comprehensive immigration reform. Click here to download the City Council meeting agenda. Continue reading→