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Rally to Stop Deportations

On August 6th will take place a gathering of youth, families and allies from across the region to call for a facility wide review of the Broward Detention Center, and to ask that all low-priority deportations there be deferred just like that of Enrique.

Presidential Candidate to Visit Atlanta

ATLANTA, GA - Dr. Jill Stein will be in Georgia next week, most likely  arriving the evening of August 2 and staying through most of August 3. The Georgia Green Party (GGP) has a viable local Green candidate in Atlanta for the state legislature who has been petitioning for ballot access. The Green Party presidential candidate will be an incentive for the needed verified signatures of almost 1600 registered voters that will put Kwabena Nkromo on the ballot in November.

Latino Lobbyist Support Tax Increase in GA

"On July 31st, Georgia voters will be deciding on a transportation referendum, or 1% sales tax to fund crucial transportation projects across metro Atlanta. Georgia Association of Latino Elected Officials (GALEO) supports the passage of this transportation referendum."

287g Must Go

ATLANTA, GA – Georgia civil liberties and community-based organizations yesterday joined organizations from around the country to renew their calls on Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to end 287(g) in Georgia.  In late May, the ACLU Foundation of Georgia, the Georgia Latino Alliance for Human Rights (GLAHR), Coalicion de Lideres Latinos (CLILA), and Georgia Detention Watch submitted specific cases to ICE in each of the four counties currently with a 287(g) Agreement illustrating the harmful impact of the program.

First Friday Prevails

AUGUSTA, GA - From 5pm to 10pm the event will be privately managed. After that period the Richmond County Sheriff Office will take over. On the First Friday of each month, a family-friendly celebration is held in downtown Augusta on Artists' Row; from Seventh Street to Twelfth Street. Galleries and studios remain open on those evenings to debut new works. Arts and craft vendors set up to sell their wares, and music is performed in various outdoor locations. The last First Friday shootings near midnight won't end the festival. 

Augusta is Not Bankrupt

AUGUSTA, GA - The Augusta City government probably is ethically bankrupt, according to some citizen critics, but financially is "clean" with a surplus of more than a million dollars. The city administrator Fred Russell said that people are entitled to their five minutes of fame, that they are crazy and that they have no clue how the government works.

Cashing In On U.S. Congress District 12 Race

GROVETOWN, GA – Conservative farmer and State Representative Lee Anderson, candidate for Georgia’s 12th Congressional District, announced on July 16 that he has raised more than $500,000, with over $255,000 cash on hand. UPDATE: Anderson - a farmer politician - will compete in the run-off of August 22 with Rick W. Allen, a self-declared "businessman not a politician."

Bet On It! Jill Stein for President

Green Presidential Candidate Stein Challenges the "duopoly"

BALTIMORE, MD - The Green Party 2012 National Convention will nominate their presidential candidate Dr. Jill Stein, tomorrow. She is running on a platform called "the Green New Deal" which emphasizes economic justice, tough financial regulation, the repeal of Citizens United "corporate personhood" and a transition to a "green economy." The Green Party expects to be on the 2012 ballot in at least 45 states and plans to spend approximately $1 million on its campaign. Stein is the party’s first candidate to independently qualify for federal matching funds, a milestone for this 11-year-old third party.

Forced Evictions in Haiti

This week we joined with an international coalition, including grassroots groups in Haiti, in calling on the government of Haiti to stop evictions from camps housing people who were displaced by the January 2010 earthquake, until there is a comprehensive national housing plan in place.  There are still 400,000 people living in camps, and over one-fifth (82,000) of whom are facing eviction.  In the absence of a housing plan there is no place for people to go. 

Honorably Discharged for Rape?

I served as a Lance Corporal in the Marines for over three years. During that time, I was raped twice and sexually assaulted twice more. It happened so often that I assumed it must be normal.