"Today we march, tomorrow we vote." Our Movement took part in making that slogan, popular during the immigrants' rights mobilizations of 2006 and 2007, into action in 2008. Nationally, the Latino vote increased by nearly 40% and swung sharply to Democratic candidates. "Today we march, tomorrow...
How an immigrant-based movement has taken a “do-it-ourselves” approach to Latino voter organizing in an area where Latinos are numerous but Latino voters are not. The title, “Where There Aren’t [Very Many] Voters,” invokes the popular community manual “Donde No Hay Médico”...
Tells the story of the small, dilapidated wooden structure that served as our headquarters from 1980 to 1988 and then as a residence for volunteers. The building’s de-construction began in June 2008, the first step to prepare the site for the CAPACES Leadership Institute building....
A concise de-construction and critique of what the word “illegal” has come to mean and how we might reframe and re-label “earned legalization” and “amnesty” and possibly employ “civil compromise” in their place....