This Monday, national civil rights organizations will hold a news briefing to denounce the rise in hate crimes affecting communities of color across the country. Last Friday, November 14 at 7:00 p.m.,… more →
Standing FIRMrachelfirm wrote 7 months ago: This Monday, national civil rights organizations will hold a news briefing to denounce the rise in h … more →
rachelfirm wrote 7 months ago: Yesterday, I posted on an op-ed piece written by the president of NCLR that talked about the current … more →
rachelfirm wrote 7 months ago: I’ve talked a lot recently about the Latino vote and the integral role it played in this month … more →
rachelfirm wrote 7 months ago: From Simon Rosenberg’s Blog at NDN: [Sunday} on Meet the Press, Tom Brokaw cited NDN in asking … more →
rachelfirm wrote 8 months ago: The United Colors of Mississippi The 2008 SCLC-MIRA Unity Conference And Dinner The Mississippi I … more →
rachelfirm wrote 8 months ago: Siler City, North Carolina, once considered the quientessential Southern small town, has become home … more →
rachelfirm wrote 9 months ago: The Accidental American has posted a great video discussing the intersection of race and immigration … more →
rachelfirm wrote 11 months ago: Below is a clip from CNN Newsroom yesterday – I think that the lawyers’ responses speak … more →
rachelfirm wrote 11 months ago: I’m sure you have all seen the now (in)famous cover of the most recent New Yorker depicting Ba … more →
rachelfirm wrote 1 year ago: In our work to reform out-dated immigration laws, it’s important to remember other struggles a … more →
rachelfirm wrote 1 year ago: Today, I read this article from Latina Lista about Tom Horne, a school superintendent in Tuscon, Ari … more →
rachelfirm wrote 1 year ago: From FireDogLake, comes a story about the recent arrests of domestic terrorists with plots to target … more →
nicolawells wrote 1 year ago: When candidates refuse to debate on Univision, it isn’t just about Latinos. Because then they … more →
nicolawells wrote 2 years ago: I love a good editorial that deconstructs and refutes anti-immigrant arguments in a well balanced di … more →
fairimmigration wrote 2 years ago: FIRM works on a broad range of issues related to immigrant rights including civic participation, s … more →