New Immigrants

Colorlines magazine have posted a great photo essay about the realities that many new immigrants face after Katrina. Check it out.

VBS.TV

I was checking out YOUR DAILY AWESOME when I ran into an M.I.A. interview that Spike Jonez did of M.I.A. And what even more cooler is that VBS.TV has an interview of the The Black Lips as well. Yall gotta check out VBSTV, it covers news, underground culture, and other swell stuff. No doubt one my favorite sites now.

Immigration March in L.A.

I was about head over to LAPL when I kept hearing loud chants on Broadway. I though it was another downtown filming crew, in actuality it was an immigration march that I was unaware of. This march was due to Elvira Arellano preasents in Los Angeles. If you are unaware who Elvira Arellano is, she is part of the sancturary movement taking place in the U.S. Elvira sought santuary in Chicago church to avoid deportation and separation from her 8-year-old American son.

Here is an article from the Guardian.

Rigoberta Menchú mistaken for bag lady.... say what?

Cancun's five-star Hotel Coral Beach mistaked Nobel prizewinner as a beggar or another street vendor. Thats a trip aint it, they first try to exterminate the indigenous people of america and then use the indigenous image as a sales pitch to visit México.

Thank Feministing for the 411.

Ulises Ruiz Ortiz (URO) will be coming to town

According to La Jornada Ulises Ruiz Ortiz and other mexican governors will be coming to the States due to a comission from the Conferencia Nacional de Gobernadores. The comission will meet with there Mexican consulants in Los Angeles, Chicago, New York, and Dallas to find out what there opinions are on the U.S. immigration reform.

Sunset Junction Neigborhood Alliance

" The Sunset Junction Neighborhood Alliance is a 501(c))3) non-profit organization dedicated to improving the quality of life in the community of Silver Lake, Echo Park and Los Feliz and the greater Los Angeles area. Understanding and acceptance of cultural diversity life styles and gender are the motivation for our efforts.
We provide local youth with the family and school counseling, tutoring, computer training, employment, mural painting, and neighborhood clean-up experience.

We present an annual street fair to celebrate diversity; we also have after school sports and other activities, operate The Tsunami Coffee House, operate a community center and host a certified Farmers' Market.

In harmony with our neighbors. We join together in celebration. "

That being said. If yall have nothing to do this weekend, head on over to Sunset Junction.

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Just realize there is more work to be done than expected. 

Getting Started

Hey Everyone... right now I'm learning the technical aspect of bloging and soon to post up my mission statement on why I created THIS blog..... oi... there is a lot of work to be done.