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"Profiles in Strength & Dignity" showcases the
extraordinary women of La Colectiva. In striking photographs and moving
narratives, the exhibit offers a glimpse into these... Visit website
In San Francisco, a collective of Latina domestic workers has developed a social marketing campaign advocating fair pay, respect for the profession, and healthier working... View video
Evidence is growing that immigration encourages more business activity.IN the campaign season now drawing to a close, immigration and globalization have often been described as... read more
Excerpted from an article on international working women's rights by By IPS/TerraViva correspondents on the Inter Press News Agency Website. New Routes Leader Guillermina Castellanos... read more
Chinatown restaurant workers in conjunction with the Chinese Progressive Association (CPA)
and key research partners will release a study that exposes sweatshop
conditions in restaurant... read more
The New York State Senate has just passed a domestic workers’ bill of rights,
with an array of guarantees that most workers take for granted,... read more
The boats are docked, the processing plants closed, and no one knows
when they will be up and running again. That means Louisiana’s
hardworking Vietnamese... read more
Cities with thriving immigrant populations — with high-earning and lower-wage workers — tended to be those that prospered the most.
“Economic growth in urban areas has... read more
The social media campaign, Communicating Our Strengths and Our Hopes" was 2 years in the making. Colectiva Member Yesenia Perez said she is proud to... View video
This week on "Stories from the Ethnic Media": Immigrants are critical to the country's economic recovery. Visit website
(Nicky Trasvina spoke at the November 11 Launch of a unique social media campaign designed by members of La Colectiva de Mujeres of La Raza... read more
At the launch of a unique social media campaign in November 2009, domestic worker and La Colectiva member Raquel Botello spoke with pride about being... View video
La Colectiva de Mujeres (Women's Collective) in San Francisco has launched a media campaign unveiling striking posters, billboards, bus ads and postcards depicting domestic workers... read more
ZeroDivide is taking an innovative approach towards securing a share of the federal stimulus funding for its communities by coordinating a proposal to the Broadband... read more
Jesus Rodriguez, a Mexican who can't read or write, sometimes mixes up the numbers that identify the cows that he milks. But he can easily... read more
Postville, Iowa - This town tucked in the black-loam corner of northeastern Iowa has long been a bustling, polyglot place. If it was a morning... read more
The health care industry is considered relatively recession proof, but not for everyone; In Los Angeles, many Asian immigrants are struggling to keep their health... read more
ASIANWEEK, San Francisco's English-language weekly for Asian Americans, and San Francisco Bay View, which has served the black community there for three decades, both have... read more
Hate does not emerge in a vacuum writes the editorial staff of El Diario/La Prensa [translated by New America Media]. Nor could it thrive there,... read more
A new video premiers December 5th at the Santa Fe Film Festival on the remarkable career of former UFW leader and current SEIU Executive Vice-President... read more
American RadioWorks documentary, Pueblo, USA explores the nation's largest wave of
immigration happening right now. About 35
million of us were born in other countries. That's one... Visit website
The Coalition of Immokalee Workers (CIW) is a community-based organization that strives for equal worker rights. Their members are largely Latino, Haitian, and Mayan Indian... Visit website
The Yakama Nation of Washington has approved a guest-worker program to keep track of non-citizens who work on the reservation.
Former council member Wendell Hannigan came... read more
View a trailer from the movie San Papye (Undocumented). The producer, Hans Patrick Domercant writes that this is "the story of a young Haitian professional... View video
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