Friday, April 29th

3pm – 4:30pm
Larsen 203

Harvard Graduate School of Education

Dr. William Perez, Professor of Immigration & Education at Claremont Graduate University in California will be guest lecturing at the Harvard Graduate school of education to discuss the current immigration climate in addition to exploring the implications of being undocumented relative to mental health issues and how we can prepare to serve the unique needs of undocumented students.

Dr. Perez is the author of “We ARE Americans: Undocumented Students Pursuing the American Dream” Winner of the 2009 Association for the Study of Higher Education (ASHE) Mildred Garcia Prize for Exemplary Research.


Please RSVP:
Dialogue with Dr. Perez (SIGN UP)
Labels: Discussion , Education , Events , Immigration

El Movimiento / The Movement Presents:

Friday May 6th
5:30 PM

33 Harrison St.
Boston MA

$3 at the Door - Food Included

ethnicstudiesnow.org
Labels: Ethnic Studies , Event , Events , Movimiento , Youth

Labels: Event , Events , Immigration

SAVE THE DATE!

Centro Presente to host
Rep. Luis Gutierrez visit to MA

WHEN: Sunday, April 3rd at 11:00 A.M.

WHERE: La Casa de la Cultura, 202 Maverick Street, East Boston, MA


Rep. Gutierrez has been at the forefront of the effort to pass historic, bipartisan immigration reform legislation and helped guide the Development Relief and Education for Alien Minors (DREAM) Act to passage in the House of Representatives in 2010. He is doing a multi-city tour to raise the visibility of the toll of deportations on immigrant families and communities.

We are going to have:
Testimonies of immigrant families affected by the current immigration policy
Testimonies of Local Elected Officials that are advocating against S-COMM

For more information please contact:
Patricia Montes, 617 959 3108
José Palma, 617 629 47 31 ext 233

Centro Presente is a state-wide, membership-based Latino immigrant organization that advocates for immigrant rights and for economic and social justice through the integration of community organizing, leadership development and basic services.
Labels: Events

STAND IN SUPPORT OF YOUTH SUMMER JOBS!

WHAT: RALLY & HEARING
WHEN: TUESDAY APRIL 5TH
WHERE: Boston City Hall
Rally at 3:30pm
Hearing at 5:00pm

Invest in Boston's Future – Let’s work to ensure funding for Summer Youth Jobs!

As a City we are facing massive cuts from the federal government. Everything is on the table for possible cuts. Please join us at this rally, followed by a hearing, as we make it clear that summer youth employment is vital to our City.
For more information please contact: Stuart Rosenberg at stuart.rosenberg@cityofboston.gov or Rosy Gonzalez at rosy.gonzalez@cityofboston.gov or by phone at 617.635.4205
Labels: Rally , Youth , Youth Jobs

BRING DOWN THE WALLS!
A night of music & art to honor our political prisoners/pows!

Saturday, March 26th @ 6pm
Community Church of Boston
565 Boylston Street

$5-15 sliding scale

Performances by:
Taina Asili y La Banda Rebelde
Evan Greer & Friends
Born In A Cent
spiritchild
Danniela
Jalen

Join us for a night of Revolutionary Music, Reflection Wall, Food, Socializing and REMEMBERANCE!
Hear updates/statements from Political Prisoners including Mumia Abu Jamal, Imam Jamil Al-Amin and more!

A flyer for this event is available here:
https://lists.riseup.net/www/d_read/jericho_boston_announce/march%2026b2b%26w.jpg
Labels: Community , Events , Jericho , Music

Silence Broken
Legacies of Repression & Resistance

Sunday April 3rd 2011
11:30am-9:30pm
Northeastern University
Curry Student Center - 346 Huntington Ave.

Workshops * Socializing * Panel * Food * Music

Speakers include:

Ashanti Alston - Former Black Liberation Army Political Prisoner and steering committee member of the National Jericho Movement
Marta Rodriguez - Puerto Rican independence activist and member of the New England Committee to Defend Palestine
Jihad Abdul Mummit - Former Black Liberation Army Political Prisoner and chair of the National Jericho Movement
Viviane Saleh-Hanna - Activist Scholar and Assistant Professor of Crime and Justice Studies at the UMass Dartmouth
Jason Lydon - Minister of the Community Church of Boston as well as anti-racist, abolitionist, queer liberation organizer
Mauri Saalakhan - Director of Operations for The Peace And Justice Foundation; a Muslim-led, grassroots human rights organization.

Performances by:

Taina Asili y La Banda Rebelde
X-Vandals
spiritchild
Tem Blessed
& more

This will be a one day community-building educational event featuring interactive workshops, a panel discussion, time for socializing and networking, and performances by some of the region's best movement artists. The conference will bring together student activists with community members to present a diverse array of voices and an alternative discourse about FBI repression, political prisoners, and the struggle for liberation.
Labels: Event , Events , Jericho , Music , Panel , Workshops