From Alternet :
“Our Vote is Power… Our Vote is Power,” chant the hundreds of immigrants, elected officials, and leaders in the fight for immigration reform who gathered to celebrate the national “New Americans Democracy Day” (http://icirr.org/node/2882) this past Saturday. In a sweaty auditorium on Chicago’s Northwest side, an audience of over 300 listens as Senator Dick Durbin and Congresswoman Jan Schakowsky speak about their efforts to pass immigration reform. Elected officials from both parties and community leaders share the stage and the excitement.
The diverse crowd fans themselves between cheers with posters that bear several dozens of logos- a reminder of the many non-partisan, community organizations that will be working around-the-clock to turn out the immigrant vote this fall. In a nearby classroom, dozens of South Asian, South American, and Eastern European immigrants fill out the final paperwork to become citizens. Local Spanish and Polish TV and bus ads around the city ask the simple question, “What are you waiting for?”
The message has never been clearer: Become a citizen and vote… before it’s too late.
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pro-migrant blogosphere, pro-migrant movement, pro-migrant sanctuarysphere, save act, dream act, new immigrants, immigration, raids, detention, ut fence dispute « American Humanity // July 2, 2008 at 9:44 am
[...] Immigrant Ballot Power at Standing FIRM on our newest voters. Also check out the great series of articles at The New Bedford Times in Series Spotlight: The New Immigrants. In Op-Ed: Real Change Happens Off-Line we learn one person’s belief that while the internet brings us together it is not in a “real” way. I do believe we have to be active in person as well as on-line, but they can certainly work well together. What do you think? [...]