Organizaciones en Florida piden se descarte acuerdo con bonistas de Cofina
Organizaciones en Florida piden se descarte acuerdo con bonistas de Cofina
“Las organizaciones que encabezan esta campaña son Diáspora en Resistencia, Alianza for Progress, la Puerto Rico Alliance of Florida, el Puerto Rico Leadership Council en Florida y el Center for...
“Las organizaciones que encabezan esta campaña son Diáspora en Resistencia, Alianza for Progress, la Puerto Rico Alliance of Florida, el Puerto Rico Leadership Council en Florida y el Center for Popular Democracy. Estas demandan una renegociación de este acuerdo, el que consideran injusto, pues supone medidas de austeridad extrema que rayan en violaciones a los derechos humanos.
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Moschino has been accused of using the code word “Serena” to refer to black shoppers
Moschino has been accused of using the code word “Serena” to refer to black shoppers
Similarly, the Center for Popular Democracy in 2015 accused Zara of using racial code words for black and Latinx customers (which Zara denies). The advocacy group surveyed 251 Zara employees in...
Similarly, the Center for Popular Democracy in 2015 accused Zara of using racial code words for black and Latinx customers (which Zara denies). The advocacy group surveyed 251 Zara employees in New York City about the retailer’s practices. Poll respondents said that when the term “special order” was used at the store, employees were to find the location of the shoppers in question and follow them around. Black customers were most often described as “special orders,” according to the survey results.
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Episode 63: Gambling and Neoliberal Rot - How Our Most Regressive Tax Flies Under the Radar
Episode 63: Gambling and Neoliberal Rot - How Our Most Regressive Tax Flies Under the Radar
“Nima: Yeah. So we will shift now from the academic to the more advocacy side of this and so we will be speaking now with Les Bernal, National Director of Stop Predatory Gambling, a broad...
“Nima: Yeah. So we will shift now from the academic to the more advocacy side of this and so we will be speaking now with Les Bernal, National Director of Stop Predatory Gambling, a broad coalition that has filed lawsuits alongside progressive groups such as the Center for Popular Democracy, United for a Fair Economy and the Public Health Advocacy Institute. Les is going to join us in just a sec. Stay with us.”
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Yes, Low Unemployment Does Raise Wages
Thankfully, Janet Yellen, who was then Fed chair, agreed with this position. (It helped that our friends with the Fed Up Coalition were also pushing hard in this direction.) Her replacement,...
Thankfully, Janet Yellen, who was then Fed chair, agreed with this position. (It helped that our friends with the Fed Up Coalition were also pushing hard in this direction.) Her replacement, Jerome Powell, seems to be following the same path, more or less.
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Mainers thank Pingree for sponsoring Medicare for All, urge Golden to sign on
Mainers thank Pingree for sponsoring Medicare for All, urge Golden to sign on
“Lisa Wesel of Bowdoinham, a mother of an adult daughter with disabilities, said she’s been lobbying for her daughter’s healthcare for 22 years. Wesel is a member of the grassroots organization...
“Lisa Wesel of Bowdoinham, a mother of an adult daughter with disabilities, said she’s been lobbying for her daughter’s healthcare for 22 years. Wesel is a member of the grassroots organization Mainers for Accountable Leadership, which took part in the national lobby day organized by the Women’s March, the Center for Popular Democracy, and National Nurses United.
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Seattle council members give New York a lesson on what comes with Amazon
Seattle council members give New York a lesson on what comes with Amazon
Monday's event was facilitated by labor-friendly groups Local Progress and The Center for Popular Democracy, and sponsored by Make the Road.
...
Monday's event was facilitated by labor-friendly groups Local Progress and The Center for Popular Democracy, and sponsored by Make the Road.
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The Badass 50: Meet the Women Who Are Changing the World
The Badass 50: Meet the Women Who Are Changing the World
25. Ana Maria Archila: Last September the sexual-violence survivor confronted Sen. Jeff Flake in an elevator on live TV moments before he was to vote on Brett Kavanaugh’s Supreme Court nomination...
25. Ana Maria Archila: Last September the sexual-violence survivor confronted Sen. Jeff Flake in an elevator on live TV moments before he was to vote on Brett Kavanaugh’s Supreme Court nomination. “In a split second I made the decision to use my voice and my story,” she says. “It forced him to grapple with the gravity of the message he’d send to women by voting to install in the Supreme Court someone accused of sexual assault.
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School Suspension Hearings: New Pro Bono Project Gives Students Representation
School Suspension Hearings: New Pro Bono Project Gives Students Representation
Throughout law school I worked with the Suspension Representation Project (SRP) as an advocate in New York City public school suspension hearings, and am now helping to coordinate a new project at...
Throughout law school I worked with the Suspension Representation Project (SRP) as an advocate in New York City public school suspension hearings, and am now helping to coordinate a new project at Proskauer through our partnership with SRP and The Center for Popular Democracy. This post will examine the school suspension process in New York City, and the great need for increased attention to this issue and representation for the students in these hearings.
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There Is a Real Border Crisis. A Wall Would Only Make It Worse.
There Is a Real Border Crisis. A Wall Would Only Make It Worse.
Trump’s call for a “wall” then is, as Ana María Archila, from the Center for Popular Democracy, wrote in a press release, the “latest in a series of racist, anti-immigrant attacks that are meant...
Trump’s call for a “wall” then is, as Ana María Archila, from the Center for Popular Democracy, wrote in a press release, the “latest in a series of racist, anti-immigrant attacks that are meant to fuel hatred.”
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Puerto Rican and Allied Groups Decry Trump’s Plan to Raid Disaster Funds for Puerto Rico and Other Stricken Areas as “reposterous” and “an abominable sleight of hand”
Puerto Rican and Allied Groups Decry Trump’s Plan to Raid Disaster Funds for Puerto Rico and Other Stricken Areas as “reposterous” and “an abominable sleight of hand”
01.11.2019
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Contact: Carolina Gonzalez (929) 287-4263 cagonzalez@seiu32bj.org; Marlene Peralta (646) 601-4267 marlene.peralta@progressivecities.com
New York –Advocacy and community groups working on behalf of Puerto Rican families in the states and on the island expressed outrage today at news reports of the Trump Administration’s plan to illegally raid disaster relief funding designated for Puerto Rico and other areas in the US hit by devastating storms and fires, to fund the building of a barrier along the border with Mexico.“This preposterous plan to take crucial funding from Puerto Ricans, Texans, Californians and others who are far from recovered from storms, fires and other disasters last year represents yet another escalation of Trump’s persecution of Black and Brown communities,” said Julio López Varona, Director of Community Dignity Campaigns, Center for Popular Democracy, and steering committee member of VAMOS4PR. “Once again, he wants to circumvent the law and all principles of common decency, insisting on walls of hate to divide us instead of rebuilding homes and businesses in our communities.”
“Trump’s proposal is an abominable sleight of hand, taking resources that millions of hardworking people in Puerto Rico and in states across the country need to rebuild their lives, and turning them into a weapon to further his racist and xenophobic agendas,” said Héctor Figueroa, president of SEIU 32BJ and member of the steering committee of VAMOS4PR. “This idea mocks the will of the majority of people in this country, who understand that we need to help people in need, instead of playing with tax dollars to prove a point.”
"Every day we see our displaced Puerto Rican families and our immigrant families fighting to survive through community building and sharing,” said Bárbara López, Director, Make the Road CT. “This latest attack by president Trump is an attempt to pit brown communities against each other and fund hate. Our communities in Connecticut will not stand for this."
"Trump’s racist agenda is in full force as he continues to threaten Black and Brown communities from getting the resources they need to recover from natural disasters while pushing for a more persecution and death at the border,” said Patricia Zapata, a member of CASA. “CASA will continue fighting against any efforts from the administration to hurt communities of color and we demand that our representatives stand strong against the funding of the wall of hate."
“We will continue to welcome and support Puerto Ricans displaced by the hurricane, and do all in our power to help them while the island rebuilds,” said Debbie Soto, President of Organize Florida. “Donald Trump's actions are appalling. The Trump administration must stop the persecution of our communities and increase funding for real national emergencies, like the humanitarian crisis created by Hurricane Maria.”
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Los grupos puertorriqueños y sus aliados condenan como "absurdo" y "un juego de manos abominable" el plan de Trump de robar fondos para desastres destinados a Puerto Rico y otras áreas afectadasNueva York: Grupos comunitarios y de abogacía que trabajan en defensa de familias puertorriqueñas en los estados y en la isla expresaron su indignación hoy frente a los informes noticiosos de un plan de la Administración de Trump para ilegalmente vaciar los fondos de ayuda para desastres designados para Puerto Rico y otras áreas en los Estados Unidos, azotados por devastadoras tormentas e incendios, para financiar la construcción de una barrera a lo largo de la frontera con México.
"Este plan absurdo para quitarle fondos claves a puertorriqueños, tejanos, californianos y otros que les falta mucho para recuperarse de las tormentas, incendios y otros desastres que han sufrido el año pasado, representa otra escalada más de la persecución de Trump a las comunidades de color", dijo Julio López Varona, Director de Dignidad Comunitaria. Campañas, Center for Popular Democracy y miembro del comité directivo de VAMOS4PR. "Una vez más, quiere ignorar la ley y todos los principios de decencia humana, insistiendo en que nos dividan los muros del odio, en lugar de reconstruir los hogares y negocios en nuestras comunidades".
"La propuesta de Trump es un juego de manos abominable, que toma recursos que millones de personas trabajadoras en Puerto Rico y en varios estados necesitan para reconstruir sus vidas, y las convierte en un arma para promover sus agendas racistas y xenófobas", dijo Héctor Figueroa, presidente de SEIU. 32BJ y miembro del comité directivo de VAMOS4PR. "Esta idea se burla de la voluntad de la mayoría de las personas en este país, quienes comprenden que necesitamos ayudar a las personas necesitadas, en lugar de jugar con los impuestos que pagamos para probar un punto".
"Todos los días vemos a nuestras familias puertorriqueñas desplazadas y a nuestras familias inmigrantes luchando para sobrevivir mediante la construcción y el intercambio de la comunidad", dijo Bárbara López, Directora de Make the Road CT. "Este último ataque del presidente Trump es un intento de poner a las comunidades de color en conflicto las unas con las otras y de financian el odio. Nuestras comunidades en Connecticut no aceptarán esto".
"La agenda racista de Trump está en plena vigencia, ya que continúa amenazando a las comunidades de color para detener los recursos que necesitan para recuperarse de los desastres naturales, al tiempo que promueve una mayor persecución y muertes en la frontera", dijo Patricia Zapata, miembro de CASA. "CASA continuará luchando contra cualquier esfuerzo de la administración para hacerle daño a las comunidades de color y exigimos que nuestros representantes se mantengan firmes contra la financiación del muro del odio".
"Organize Florida continuará dándole la bienvenida y apoyando a los puertorriqueños desplazados por el huracán y haremos todo lo que esté a nuestro alcance para apoyarlos mientras la isla se reconstruye", dijo Debbie Soto, Presidente de Organize Florida. “Las acciones de Donald Trump son espantosas. Trump necesita detener su persecución a nuestras comunidades y aumentar los fondos para verdaderas emergencias nacionales, como la crisis humanitaria creada por el huracán María ".
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