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Moving Immigration and Health Care Reform Forward
Week in Community Values for June 11, 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:
v
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
o http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/11/us/politics/11health.html
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!
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BLOG:
Immigrants’ rights violated in Connecticut Raid
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BLOG:
Public Health Insurance is Not a Bargaining Chip
