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Todavía hay más de 500 niños migrantes separados de sus padres | Un Nuev...
Parents of 545 Children Separated at the Border Cannot Be Found
A new report shows hundreds of cases in which migrant children were taken from their families, and their parents, who were deported, cannot be located.
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/21/us/migrant-children-separated.html?
Monday, October 19, 2020
Trump's Immigration Plan Is Worse Than You Think
Trump’s Overhaul of Immigration Is Worse Than You Think
This administration has attacked every aspect of the immigration system — and it won’t be easy to undo.
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/10/opinion/sunday/trump-immigration-child-separations.html
NY Times Editorial Board
SCUSD - Historical Failure
Thousands of Sacramento City Unified students are being
left behind in distance learning during coronavirus pandemic
Marcheri Smith hovers behind her son Tulley as he strains to hear his teacher’s instructions on Zoom and worries, like many parents at Sacramento City Unified schools, whether her son is falling behind.
With spotty internet, tight budgets, glitchy devices and piling responsibilities, Smith’s family is just trying to make it through each day.
“I don’t sleep at all,” she said.
Parents, school experts and educators say their worst predictions of the coronavirus pandemic’s effect on children are being revealed with each passing day of learning from home: Despite sincere efforts by teachers, aides and administrators, the Sacramento City Unified School District is failing to step up and help its most vulnerable students.
Most of the district’s 46,000 students live in low-income families; about 72 percent qualify for free or reduced lunch. The financially strained district must not only educate through distance learning, but also offer healthy meals to thousands of students, provide after-school programming and outdoor exercise, create safe spaces for foster and homeless youth, and help English learners and children with special needs thrive…
Earlier this year, Sacramento Regional Transit outfitted 10 buses with wireless hotspots and parked them in neighborhoods with low internet access, including at some Sac City Unified schools. That pilot program, which served 140 locations each week, ended in July.
Educators and families are worried that thousands of children are falling behind in Sacramento, and that they’ll never have a chance to catch up.
“The district has not been honest and truthful with the public and itself about its historical failure to provide quality education for all kids,” said Carl Pinkston of the Black Parallel School Board.
Marcos Bretón described in the BEE what he thinks are the facts of the SCUSD budget. Most of the data he uses are cut and pasted from prior articles he wrote. , The title is deceptive. It is not factual.
SCUSD is not going broke, SCUSD has a $93 million surplus at the end of this year. Remember they said they were going broke last year.
And, they claim they will spend $100 million on books and supplies.
They usually spend $ 10 million.
His is an opinion piece. It is irresponsible reporting.
The Bee Editorial Board supports the School Board incumbents. But, at least they should accurately report on the budget. Frankly the current Board members do not understand the budget.
California itself has a major problem of underfunding of schools. The state has been doing so since 1988. You can resolve this. The funding issue is on the ballot as Prop. 15.
See the Prop 15 video below. http://choosingdemocracy.blogspot.com/2020/10/what-is-prop-15-explained.html
The Sacramento USD funding crisis is not in teachers’ salaries, or health benefits. The district is mismanaged- and the Board is responsible.
California under funds its schools and that produces large classes- the largest in the nation. We have few counselors and almost no school nurses.
Sacramento USD suffers from under funding and mismanagement. Please vote accordingly.
Saturday, October 17, 2020
Wednesday, October 14, 2020
Mijente; Fuera Trump Caravan
Last week we announced our #FueraTrump Caravana.
Our volunteers are going door-to-door in Arizona and Florida — two of the most crucial battleground states that will decide the election — to make sure our gente heads to the polls.
And already, our amazing team began this past weekend in the predominantly Black and Latino community of South Phoenix, Arizona.
Our volunteers arrived and underwent COVID-19 safety and door knocking trainings. Since we began, we’ve been able to door knock on 7,000 doors, 2,000 just this past weekend.
You and I both know how important Arizona is, especially as Latinos make up 25% of the expected vote. With folks like you, we’re turning Arizona against Trump.
More volunteers are signing up and we’re hosting informational webinars to answer any questions potential volunteers might have about the Fuera Trump Caravana.
We’ll be sure to keep you in the loop as door knocking continues in these key battleground states.
In Solidarity,
Jacinta González
Senior Campaign Organizer
Saturday, October 10, 2020
Voices : Immigrants Struggles in the Time of Covid Video recording
Video recording of Webinar.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dv8lydONtJk
https://www.facebook.com/demsocialists/videos/257058545706994
Join us for a webinar: Immigrants’ Struggles in the Time of Covid/La lucha en los tiempos de Covid! by the Immigrants’ Rights Working Group of DSA. Hear from comrades on the front lines of the immigrants’ rights movement discussing the resistance in the concentration camps, struggles on the job, and find out ways for you to get involved!
Moderator: Alexander Hernandez – IMWG Steering Committee
Adelina Nicholls, Executive Director, Georgia Latino Alliance for Human Rights (GLAHR). GLAHR educates, organizes and trains the Latino community in Georgia to defend and promote their civil and human rights. Their work has been crucial in exposing the atrocities taking place in Georgia ICE detention centers.
Rossy Alfaro from Migrant Justice. Migrant Justice is a grassroots organization founded and led by immigrant farmworkers sustaining Vermont's dairy industry. Our mission is to build the voice, capacity, and power of the farmworker community and engage community partners to organize for economic justice and human rights.
Jorge Mujica, IMWG Steering Committee. Organizador de trabajadores inmigrantes y de bajos ingresos con Arise Chicago/ Immigrant and low-income workers Organizer with Arise Chicago. Arise Chicago builds partnerships between faith communities and workers to fight workplace injustice through education, organizing, and advocating for public policy changes. Committee,
Edgar Franks, Political Director, Familias Unidas por la Justicia (FUJ). FUJ is an independent farmworker union of indigenous families located in Burlington, WA representing over 500 Triqui, Mixteco, and Spanish speaking workers at Sakuma Bros. Berry Farm. FUJ formed on July 11th, 2013 with the hopes of securing a better future for hand harvesters in the local berry fields of Whatcom and Skagit County.
In solidarity,
Alexander Hernandez
Immigrants' Rights Working Group SE co-chair
Join us for a webinar: Immigrants’ Struggles in the Time of Covid/La lucha en los tiempos de Covid! by the Immigrants’ Rights Working Group of DSA. Hear from comrades on the front lines of the immigrants’ rights movement discussing the resistance in the concentration camps, struggles on the job, and find out ways for you to get involved!
Be sure to fill out this form to receive the webinar Zoom info.
Join us for an evening of discussion.
MONDAY, OCTOBER 12, 2020 • 8:00 PM • EASTERN DAYLIGHT TIME (US & CANADA) (GMT-04:00)
Moderator: Alexander Hernandez – IMWG Steering Committee
Adelina Nicholls, Executive Director, Georgia Latino Alliance for Human Rights (GLAHR). GLAHR educates, organizes and trains the Latino community in Georgia to defend and promote their civil and human rights. Their work has been crucial in exposing the atrocities taking place in Georgia ICE detention centers.
Rossy Alfaro from Migrant Justice. Migrant Justice is a grassroots organization founded and led by immigrant farmworkers sustaining Vermont's dairy industry. Our mission is to build the voice, capacity, and power of the farmworker community and engage community partners to organize for economic justice and human rights.
Jorge Mujica, IMWG Steering Committee. Organizador de trabajadores inmigrantes y de bajos ingresos con Arise Chicago/ Immigrant and low-income workers Organizer with Arise Chicago. Arise Chicago builds partnerships between faith communities and workers to fight workplace injustice through education, organizing, and advocating for public policy changes. Committee,
Edgar Franks, Political Director, Familias Unidas por la Justicia (FUJ). FUJ is an independent farmworker union of indigenous families located in Burlington, WA representing over 500 Triqui, Mixteco, and Spanish speaking workers at Sakuma Bros. Berry Farm. FUJ formed on July 11th, 2013 with the hopes of securing a better future for hand harvesters in the local berry fields of Whatcom and Skagit County.
In solidarity,
Alexander Hernandez
Immigrants' Rights Working Group DSA