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Momentum, Confirmations and Success - A Week in the Life of Community Organizers
Campaign for Community Values' Weekly Update, April 30, 2009
Born out of a mass rejection of the failed policies of
individualism and divisiveness, the Campaign for Community Values
is a return to the beliefs our country was founded on: shared responsibility,
shared sacrifice and shared success.
Take a look at the great work our partners across the country have done since we last updated you:
Immigration Radar
What every immigration reporter should know
Next Step Toward Winning Immigration Reform This Year: President’s Meeting with Members of Congress
WASHINGTON – Less then two weeks after the impressive launch of the Reform Immigration FOR America campaign, the movement toward realizing just and humane immigration reform takes another giant step when President Obama meets with various members of Congress to discuss immigration reform on June 17.
“The American public is ready for reform,” said Deepak Bhargava, executive director of the Center for Community Change. “Now Congress has to show they, too, are ready to tackle one of the nation’s most pressing issues.”
The Reform Immigration FOR America campaign is sponsored by a diverse coalition of advocates and organizations from faith, labor, law enforcement, business and immigrant communities committed to winning the votes needed to enact a just and comprehensive immigration reform bill in this session of Congress. The campaign advocates for reform that offers a path to earned citizenship, protects workers, enhances our nation’s security, promotes immigrant integration and keeps families together.
Highlights of last week’s launch included:
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Over 100,000 faxes delivered to Congress
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500 grassroots leaders descended on Capitol Hill and participated in 140 meeting with members of Congress and their staffs.
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Members of Congress, the White House and key leaders from every field of American life addressed the summit.
For video of the launch, please visit http://www.youtube.com/user/RI4AVideo
For pictures of the press conference, Town Hall and Summit,
please visit: http://www.flickr.com/photos/ri4a
For more a more detailed summary of the Reform Immigration
for America campaign
launch, please visit http://fairimmigration.wordpress.com/2009/06/10/ri4a-summit-roundup-and-a-reminder/,
or contact Mary Moreno at mmoreno@communitychange.org or 202-339-9316.
Other immigration news:
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New York
Immigration Coalition is encouraging immigrants to be counted in the 2010
census
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Voces de
la Frontera makes the case of why immigration reform and the Employee Free
Choice Act are needed improve workers’ bargaining power.
Resistance to Public Health Insurance Plan and Contributions from Insurance Companies Seem to go Hand in Hand
Center for Community Change Executive Director Deepak
Bhargava points out in blog post published by The Huffington Post that one of
the most public figures against a public health insurance option has also been
on the receiving end of health insurance giants’ largesse.
“Americans don't trust private health insurance companies to
stay honest. Sen. Ron Wyden apparently does,” writes Bhargava. “Why? Is it
because Sen. Wyden has taken some $1.5 million in contributions from health and
insurance interests?”
Read Bhargava’s post here: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/deepak-bhargava/health-care-lobbyists-blu_b_213922.html
Read more on Wyden’s stance:
What’s hot in health
care news:
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Obama Administration Finds Health-Care Model in Green
Bay
· Doctors’ Group Opposes Public Insurance Plan
Center for Community Change Lauded as a Leader in Community Organizing
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Washington Life Magazine names the Center’s
Executive Director Deepak Bhargava as one of the 100 more powerful people in Washington,
DC.
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America’s
Future Now! awarded the Center and Bhargava the Paul Wellstone Award for being
a leader in the progressive movement, building the field of community
organizing with hundreds of grassroots groups nationwide
See highlights from
the Campaign for Community Values:
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BLOG:
The Campaign to Reform Immigration FOR America Launches!
Ø BLOG: Immigrants’ rights violated in Connecticut Raid
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BLOG:
Public Health Insurance is Not a Bargaining Chip
