Civil Rights Advocates Meet in L.A. to Discuss Voter Suppression Laws
 

Civil Rights Advocates Meet in L.A. to Discuss Voter Suppression Laws

New America Media, News Report, Jose Luis Sierra & Zaineb Mohammed, Posted: Jan 27, 2012

With the 2012 elections looming, states are passing laws that make it tougher for ethnic minorities and the poor to cast a ballot.

 

Teleconference - Conservation views and opinions of Western voters - Monday, Jan. 30th 1pm ET

 

New America Media, News Report, Dana Levine, Posted: Jan 27, 2012

COLORADO SPRINGS, CO – The results from the 2012 Colorado College State of the Rockies Conservation in the West poll will be released on a call with pollsters Lori Weigel (Republican) and Dave Metz (Democrat) on Monday, Jan. 30, 2012, at 1 p.m. EST. The survey reveals that voters across the political spectrum - from Tea Party supporters to those who identify with the Occupy Wall Street movement - support upholding regulations and strengthening protections for clean air, clean water, and America’s parks and public lands for the sake of the economy, and their way of life. Poll results include voter attitudes toward statewide elected officials in all six states (AZ, CO, MT, NM, UT, WY) and current preferences in key “toss-up” western Senate races.

 

A CALL TO ACTION: RECLAIMING THE RIGHT TO VOTE

 

New America Media, Event, Dana Levine, Posted: Jan 19, 2012

On Tuesday, January 24th, NAM and California Common Cause will co-host a briefing in Los Angeles where a coalition of good government, civil rights, and progressive organizations will brief ethnic and mainstream media on the current state of voting rights. Bob Edgar, President and CEO of Common Cause, will moderate a panel of speakers who will highlight recent changes to laws across the country created to suppress voter turnout and efforts to restore voting rights. Additionally, speakers will discuss recent developments in redistricting.

 

A Wish for the Holidays -- NAM Teleconference Wed. Dec. 7, 9:30 am PST

 

New America Media, News Report, Posted: Dec 06, 2011

New America Media and the We Belong Together campaign are hosting a teleconference on Dec. 7 on a campaign to keep families together.

 

National Telebriefing - Study findings on the future of immigrant integration

 

New America Media, Event, Dana Levine, Posted: Nov 21, 2011

Anti-immigrant laws are based on the idea that immigrants don't integrate into American society -- but a new study by the Center for American Progress finds that this is not true.

 

Sacramento - News Briefing - An update on the Affordable Care Act - Thursday, Nov. 10th

 

New America Media, Event, Dana Levine, Posted: Nov 07, 2011

Polls show most people still don't know what the benefits are and how to access them. Seniors, women, patients with pre-existing conditions, young people, uninsured children, small businesses, vulnerable populations all stand to gain but need information our media can provide.

 

Alabama Ethnic Media Hold First Convening on Immigration Law HB 56 - Tuesday, Nov. 1st

 

New America Media, Event, Dana Levine, Posted: Nov 01, 2011

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – New America Media, with support from the Alabama Coalition for Immigrant Justice, is hosting the first-ever convening of Alabama’s ethnic media to discuss how to build stronger cross-racial communications in the wake of immigration law HB 56. The meeting, to take place today, Nov. 1 at the Birmingham Civil Rights Institute, represents the first time the state’s ethnic media have come together across all communities, including news outlets serving Alabama’s Hispanic, African American, Asian American, Arab American, Jewish and Native American residents. Leaders of the state’s ethnic media will strategize with representatives of immigrant rights, civil rights and women’s rights organizations on how to work together to document the effects of the immigration law and to protect the civil rights of all Alabamans.

 

LA - News Briefing - An update on the Affordable Care Act - Thursday, Oct. 27th

 

New America Media, Event, Dana Levine, Posted: Oct 26, 2011

Polls show most people still don't know what the benefits are and how to access them. Seniors, women, patients with pre-existing conditions, young people, uninsured children, small businesses, vulnerable populations all stand to gain but need information our media can provide.

 

Phoenix, Arizona - Redistricting Briefing - Protecting Minority Rights for the Next 10 Years - Tuesday, Oct. 18th

 

New America Media, Event, Dana Levine, Posted: Oct 10, 2011

As Arizona redraws its political maps to reflect the results of the 2010 Census, the state once again finds itself in the center of the U.S. debate over immigration, voting rights and the political power of the minorities. The state's population grew 26 percent over the past decade-much of that due to Latinos-resulting in one new congressional seat, but the Arizona Independent Redistricting Commission has been under attack by the GOP.

 

Ethnic Media Convening Breaks Down Florida’s Complex Redistricting Process

 

Florida Center for Investigative Reporting, News Report, Ralph de la Cruz, Posted: Oct 08, 2011

Members of Florida's diverse ethnic media sector gathered in Miami to learn more about how redistricting will impact their communities.

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