COMMUNITY JUSTICE RESOURCE CENTER NEWSLETTER ARCHIVES
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FEATURES Organizing in Katrina's Wake The headquarters of ACORN (the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now) were submerged in New Orleans, its staff and members scattered across the country. But barely one week after the hurricane, ACORN met with evacuees in Houston, TX to start organizing for better conditions in the cities where they have landed, and a voice in the future of New Orleans and the Gulf Coast. As Kevin Whelan of ACORN reports, the wind may have died down, but the storm over the future of New Orleans's is just beginning. To read this article, click here. Estranged in a Strange Land The media coverage of Hurricane Katrina presented a graphic picture of racial inequality. But it's no longer just a portrait in black and white: Katrina has displaced as many as 230,000 immigrants from Louisiana and Mississippi, including large Latino and Vietnamese populations. What can be done to help immigrants weather the storm? To read this article, click here. Letter in Support of the Movement in New Orleans and the Gulf Coast - Notes on Strategy and Tactics Eric Mann, author of Letter in Support of the Movement in New Orleans and the Gulf Coast - Notes on Strategy and Tactics, has been involved in the Civil Rights Movement since 1964, and is now the director of the Labor/Community Strategy Center and a member of the Bus Riders Union Planning Committee. His article promotes the idea of publishing more strategy papers that will push the left closer to the goal of achieving unity by enjoying and employing winning strategies and tactics. To access this article visit: http://www.frontlinespress.com/Letter_in_Support_web.pdf. Post-Katrina Fact Sheets: Workers' Rights The National Employment Law Project has created a series of fact sheets and a policy paper addressing various employment-related concerns stemming from the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. These documents address a muriad of issues related to workers' rights in the rebuilding efforts in the Gulf, such as: the impact of classifying workers as "independent contractors;" the negative effects of subcontracting; fair compensation and; workplace health and safety. To access this information visit: www.nelp.org/. |
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POINTS OF INTEREST JustDemocracy Blog For the latest racial justice news, visit Advancement Project's blog. It's designed to give progressive voices an up-to-the-moment way to share news, exchange views, and stay in touch. Keep up with the latest on voting rights, education equity, immigrant rights, criminal justice, economic justice, and policing. Visit: www.justdemocracyblog.org. Day Labor Bear Brunt of Anti-Immigrant Backlash An anti-immigrant sentiment is sweeping the country, and day laborers are becoming a target of opportunity for hate groups and opportunistic politicians. Immigrant workers are being attacked under the pretext of protecting American tax dollars and values; but the underlying prejudices, xenophobia, and racism are bubbling to the surface. To read this article, click here. The Shame of a Nation: The Restoration of Apartheid Schooling in America By Jonathan Kozol (Crown, 2005) Has integration in our public schools taken one step forward and two steps back? The truth is every bit as bad as you feared. Today the likelihood that a Black child will attend a segregated school is higher than it was in 1968. Kozol visited schools in eleven states over a five-year period; in an effort to expose the terrible conditions he found and the devastation of public education, especially in poor communities of color. We Are All Suspects Now - Untold Stories from Immigrant Communities After 9/11 By Tram Nguyen (Beacon, 2005) This book puts a human face on the "war on terror" by bringing together the stories of individuals affected by the growing anti-immigrant sentiment post September 11th. It uncovers the story of Mohammad Butt, the first to die in detention after 9/11, and sheds light on Chris Simcox, ringleader of the vigilante Minutemen who are now patrolling the U.S.-Mexico boarder. Visit: www.wearesuspects.com. Barriers to Employment facing young Black and White Men with Criminal Records By Devah Pager and Bruce Western (Department of Sociology, Princeton University) Successful prisoner re-entry has long been recognized as a process fraught with barriers and inequities. Does race have a bearing on the opportunities afforded to the formerly incarcerated? Will a White person with a felony conviction be extended a job offer before a Black person with felony convictions? Visit: http://www.princeton.edu/~pager/auditnyc_offenders_draft.pdf or http://www.princeton.edu/~pager/pager_ajs.pdf. |
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CASE STUDIES/SUCCESS STORIES AUTO: A Driving Force For Change in Alexandria Institutionalized racism is not immune to change! The struggle against entrenched inequities may be long and difficult, but a persistent group of immigrant taxi drivers took on the city of Alexandria, VA unfair taxi ordinance and won. A synergy of community leadership, creative collaborations, and community-based lawyering brought the giant to its knees. How did they do it? To read this article, click here. |
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FUNDING RESOURCES AND EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES Funding/Resource/Job Opportunities for Community Justice Practitioners This updated list provides information about a few of the funding resources and job opportunities are available to community justice practitioners. We plan to update this resource periodically as we learn of new opportunities. Please contact us with any opportunities of which you know and we will add them to this new resource. This list includes programs with upcoming deadlines as well as a few opportunities with rolling deadlines. |
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CJRC CALENDAR Please email us at cjrc@advancementproject.org with information on events of interest. |
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MAPPING THE LITERATURE We encourage you to visit our updated bibliography (partially annotated) of recent publications and articlesof interest to racial justice advocates. This bibliography features a dynamic array of publications spanning several exciting topics. The subject areas for this volume are as follows:
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This newsletter is supported in part by grants from the Program on Law & Society of the Open Society Institute, Ford Foundation and The Rockefeller Foundation. |
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