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Border Action Network's annual Human Rights Abuse Documentation Campaign is taking off on September 23rd, 2008. We are excited to welcome Yaya Ruiz, our new Human Rights Abuse Documentation Campaign Coordinator, who will be heading this year's campaign. We have ambitious goals of training 100 volunteers who will be encouraging and assisting fellow community members to write down incidents of abuse by authorities. The campaign will span Douglas, Naco, Sierra Vista, Bisbee, Nogales, Sahuarita, Summit, Tucson, Phoenix and the Yuma area. Saturday, September 6, 2008
Friday, September 15, 2008 Border Action's First Ever Major Gifts Campaign to Raise $30,000!
This month Border Action will reach out to individuals throughout Arizona and the country to participate in our first annual major gifts campaign. From September 15 to November 15, Border Action plans to raise $30,000 to strengthen the organization's on-going efforts to protect civil and human rights and promote human dignity in immigrant and border communities in Arizona.More information about our first ever Major Gifts Campaign... Friday, September 15, 2008  The Progressive States Network (PSN) announced its release of a state-by-state analysis of state level immigration policy as of the close of the 2008 legislative session. The report demonstrates how the anti-immigrant movement is faltering at the state level. The report documents how most anti-immigrant legislation failed to pass last year, while positive policies that integrate new immigrants into our communities have fared far better in states around the country, particularly in those where most undocumented immigrants actually live.
Read more and download reports... Border Fence Is Not Likely to Be Done by Year's End  Make a contribution to support immigrant organizing for human and civil rights. |
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More than 15,000 families from across the country committed themselves to a new vision for America's working families on September 6, 2008 in a multi-city convention in Los Angeles, Chicago and Birmingham. A group of 25 Border Action leaders and their families were fortunate to be part of such an exciting event in Los Angeles. The convention marked the release of the "Equal Voice for America's Families" National Family Platform. The Marguerite Casey Foundation brought everyone together to discuss the future of America and to call for the adoption of a national family platform that includes child care, a criminal justice reform, education, employment and job training, healthcare, housing, immigration reform, and safe and thriving communities.
