FRIDAY | MAY 24, 2013
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Ill. Attorney General Joins Opposition to Private Prison
Illinois state Attorney General Lisa Madigan has joined the call for the federal government to end negotiations with the Corrections Corporation of America (CCA) regarding a plan to build a prison in the city of Joliet. Community and religious groups, as well as members of the state’s Congressional delegation, are voicing strong concern that [...] 
Asian American and Pacific Islander community groups are encouraging registered voters in Los Angeles to use their electoral voice on May 21 and cast ballots in the races for mayor, city attorney, city controller and members of the City Council. To help keep voters informed in the nation’s second most populous city, the Asian Pacific [...]
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Mom’s Name: Katherine Moore Home City: Montgomery (area), Ala. Organization affiliation: Federation of Child Care Centers of Alabama Community participation: Youth development Why this Person is a Community Trailblazer: Katherine Moore is the mother of three and grandmother of eight. “I have worked in the public sector for more than 25 years. Every day, I see situations where children are [...]
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Mom’s Name: Lupe Gonzalo Home City: Immokalee, Fla. Organization affiliation: Coalition of Immokalee Worker Community participation: Labor conditions and agriculture Why this Person is a Community Trailblazer: “One of the farmworker leaders of the Coalition of Immokalee Workers (CIW), Lupe is a powerful voice for dignified wages and working conditions in the fields of Florida. Originally from Guatemala, Lupe spent [...]
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After Sept. 11, 2001, Pramila Jayapal launched what is now OneAmerica to address hate crimes and discrimination aimed at Muslims, Arabs and South Asians. Today, the group is the largest immigrant advocacy organization in Washington state – and Jayapal continues her social justice work. Catherine Eusebio, a social justice fellow at Asian American/Pacific Islanders [...]
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California’s Silicon Valley is a microcosm of America’s new extremes of wealth and poverty. Business is better than it’s been in a decade, with companies like Facebook, Google and Apple minting hundreds of new tech millionaires. But not far away, the homeless are building tent cities along a creek in the city of San Jose. Homelessness [...]
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Residents and community organizers talk about the city’s attempt to evict residents at a South Side apartment building. The eviction was delayed due to a Cook County judge’s motion, allowing residents two more weeks to vacate their homes.
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8-year-old Follows Tenn. Lawmaker Until He Drops Bill Linking Welfare to School Grades
April 16, 2013
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Child confronts Tennessee senator over welfare-for-grades bill: Aamira Fetuga, 8, confronts Tennessee Sen. Stacey Campfield, R-Knoxville, at the state legislature Thursday morning, telling him she’s worried about repercussions from his proposed welfare-for-grades bill. Campfield later withdrew the bill.
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