Not exact matches
This film has the potential to inspire not just the African
American community, but also the broader black
American community — including African, Caribbean, and Afro - Latin
American immigrants — and even the African diaspora.
and Senator Chuck Schumer (D — N.Y.), rebuked the list as «anathema to the Dreamers, to the
immigrant community and to the vast majority of
Americans.»
A report from the nonpartisan Fiscal Policy Institute's Immigration Research Center, for instance, looked at data from the Survey of Business Owners and the
American Community Survey and determined that though
immigrants make up 13 percent of the U.S. population in general, they make up 18 percent of small business owners, and that
immigrant - owned businesses account for 14 percent of private sector employment.
In focus groups arranged to test messages for the 2014 midterms, these voters responded to calls for building a new wall to block the entry of illegal
immigrants, to reforms intended to «drain the swamp» of Washington's entrenched political
community and to thinly veiled forms of racism toward African
Americans called «race realism,» he recounted.
Do a personal or group study around Forgive Us: Confessions of a Compromised Faith by Soong - Chan Rah, Mae Elise Cannon, Lisa Sharon Harper, and Troy Jackson This powerful book provides historical information, reflection, and prayers around Christian complicity in sins against God's creation, indigenous people, African
Americans and people of color, women, the LGBTQ
community,
immigrants, Jews and Muslims.
He correctly points out that the Miami Cubans represent no monolith - they are too often portrayed in the media as knee - jerk anti-Communist Republicans - but he fails to grasp fully the
community's views on a whole range of pressing social matters, including its relations with blacks, whites, Haitians, and recent Central -
American immigrants.
We also have a bad habit of ignoring the continued growth of Christianity among
immigrant and ethnic minority
communities in the U.S.. What's something you wish more people knew about Asian
American Christians?
As late as the 1970s, Italian
immigrant communities of Pentecostals were still saying to their
American counterparts «you do not know the Catholic Church» in reference to their experiences in Italy.
In most
American cities, the Buddhist
community is not large, although it has grown with the influx of
immigrants from Southeast Asia.
The poor,
immigrant communities that had reshaped the
American population now helped reconfigure
American letters.
In Forgive Us, authors Soong - Chan Rah, Mae Elise Cannon, Lisa Sharon Harper, and Troy Jackson provide historical information, reflection, and prayers around Christianity's complicity in sins against God's creation, indigenous people, African
Americans and people of color, women, the LGBTQ
community,
immigrants, Jews and Muslims.
Each week, I shared some of the tragic history of the church in how we have sinned against African
Americans,
Immigrants, Women, and the LGBTQ
community.
Along the way, we'll meet an African -
American community of Muslims in Atlanta; a largely Pakistani -
American community in Jacksonville, Florida; and a group of West African
immigrants in Birmingham, Alabama.
The report was produced by Bloomberg's Justin Fox, a famed
American financial journalist from the 2016 U.S. Census Bureau
American Community Survey 2016, to counter White House Chief of Staff John Kelly's comments that most undocumented
immigrants are not easily able to assimilate into the United States, into its «modern society.»
Senator Andrea Stewart - Cousins will hosted the rally in partnership with other elected officials and
community groups throughout Westchester County including the Immigration Justice Clinic at the Elisabeth Haub School of Law at Pace University, the Lower Hudson Valley Chapter of the New York Civil Liberties Union, Cabrini Immigrant Services, Community Voices Heard, the Yonkers Islamic Center, the Muslim American Society of Upper New York, St. Catherine AME Zion Church, Calvary Baptist Church, the Minister's Fellowship Council of White Plains and Vicinity, the Westchester Black Women's Political Caucus, and Temple Beth Shalom in Hastings - on
community groups throughout Westchester County including the Immigration Justice Clinic at the Elisabeth Haub School of Law at Pace University, the Lower Hudson Valley Chapter of the New York Civil Liberties Union, Cabrini
Immigrant Services,
Community Voices Heard, the Yonkers Islamic Center, the Muslim American Society of Upper New York, St. Catherine AME Zion Church, Calvary Baptist Church, the Minister's Fellowship Council of White Plains and Vicinity, the Westchester Black Women's Political Caucus, and Temple Beth Shalom in Hastings - on
Community Voices Heard, the Yonkers Islamic Center, the Muslim
American Society of Upper New York, St. Catherine AME Zion Church, Calvary Baptist Church, the Minister's Fellowship Council of White Plains and Vicinity, the Westchester Black Women's Political Caucus, and Temple Beth Shalom in Hastings - on - Hudson.
Chinese -
American Planning Council, Inc.'s (CPC's) mission is to serve the Chinese
American,
immigrant and low - income
communities in New York City by providing services, skills and resources towards economic self - sufficiency.
Jenny serves as the Board Chair of the Chinese -
American Planning Council (CPC) whose mission is to serve the Chinese -
American,
immigrant and low - income
communities in New York City by providing services, skills and resources towards economic self - sufficiency.
«I'm here because I think it's really important for Asian Pacific
Americans to show solidarity for
immigrant communities to pass comprehensive immigration reform legislation,» said law school graduate Michelle Lee, 25, who lives in Manhattan.
To help our new neighbors achieve their full promise, we created the New
Americans Advisory Committee to more fully integrate our
immigrant population into Erie County life; thereby strengthening the fabric of the
communities where they reside.
Syracuse Mayor Stephanie Miner at a
community meeting about housing Central
American immigrant children entering the United States.
A member of the steering committee of the One New York Coalition: Fighting for Fairness, which promotes dialogue between
immigrants and the African -
American community, he is also on the board of directors of the New York Immigration Coalition.
In focus groups arranged to test messages for the 2014 midterms, these voters responded to calls for building a new wall to block the entry of illegal
immigrants, to reforms intended to «drain the swamp» of Washington's entrenched political
community and to thinly veiled forms of racism toward African
Americans called «race realism,» he recounted.
Espaillat, who served as a state Assemblyman for Inwood and Washington Heights for 14 years, thanked the Dominican -
American community of Upper Manhattan during his address and said his political success was built on the hard work of
immigrants who came before him.
The rally was co-sponsored by members of the Let NY Vote coalition, which includes over thirty organizations, nonprofits, and labor unions, including Common Cause / NY, Public Citizen, New York State United Teachers, SEIU 32BJ, RWDSU, CWA District 1, as well as the statewide NAACP and the National Action Network, grassroots organizations, faith groups, civil liberties, reproductive and
immigrant rights, criminal justice and re-entry groups, New
American, and the LGBTQ
community.
Chin, a
community organizer and
immigrant advocate who speaks three Chinese dialects, is expected to become the first Chinese -
American to represent Chinatown in city council.
The Let NY Vote coalition is made up of over thirty organizations, nonprofits, and labor unions, including Common Cause / NY, Public Citzen, New York State United Teachers, SEIU 32BJ, RWDSU, CWA District 1, as well as the statewide NAACP and National Action Network, civil liberties, reproductive and
immigrant rights, criminal justice and re-entry groups, New
American, and the LGBTQ
community.
NEW YORK, NY (12/18/2017)(readMedia)-- Last week, over thirty organizations, nonprofits, labor unions, including the New York State United Teachers, SEIU 32BJ, RWDSU, CWA District 1, and civil rights organizations, including Statewide NAACP and National Action Network, civil liberties, reproductive and
immigrant rights, criminal justice and re-entry groups, New
American and LGBTQ
community groups sent a letter demanding that Governor Cuomo and the legislative leaders prioritize Early Voting in the 2018 - 19 budget.
In highlighting the state's commitment to
immigrant communities, Rosado referenced Governor Andrew Cuomo's establishment of the Office for New
Americans (ONA) in 2013, which has assisted more than 120,000
immigrants learn English, earn citizenship and get entrepreneurial training.
Organized by: the Center of Cultures, Labor Council for Latin
American Advancement, NYC Chapter and co-sponsored by: Queens
Community House, Queens Pride House, New
Immigrant Community Empowerment (NICE) and Make the Road New York
Sheehans» office has used social media to prominently tout her support of new
Americans and her interactions with the
immigrant community.
The Haitian -
American community is an essential cornerstone of our state & today we talked about how we move our state forward for all
immigrant communities.
Strangio, a staff attorney at the
American Civil Liberties Union's LGBT and AIDS Project, said that despite the
community's advances, «the struggle is real and immediate» for many, especially transgender folks and
immigrants.
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Community Statement to OMB on Science and Government [December 19, 2017] AAAS CEO Response to Media Report on Use of «Science - Based» at CDC [December 15, 2017] Letter from AAAS and the American Physical Society to Iranian President Hassan Rouhani Regarding Scientist Ahmadreza Djalali [December 15, 2017] Multisociety Letter Conference Graduate Student Tax Provisions [December 7, 2017] Multisociety Letter Presses Senate to Preserve Higher Education Tax Benefits [November 29, 2017] AAAS Multisociety Letter on Tax Reform [November 15, 2017] AAAS Letter to U.S. House of Representatives Ways and Means Committee on Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (H.R. 1)[November 7, 2017] AAAS Statement on Release of National Climate Assessment Report [November 3, 2017] AAAS Statement on EPA Science Adviser Boards [October 31, 2017] AAAS Statement on EPA Restricting Scientist Communication of Research Results [October 25, 2017] Statement of the Board of Directors of the American Association for the Advancement of Science on Scientific Freedom and Responsibility [October 18, 2017] Scientific Societies» Letter on President Trump's Visa and Immigration Proclamation [October 17, 2017] AAAS Statement on U.S. Withdrawal from UNESCO [October 12, 2017] AAAS Statement on White House Proclamation on Immigration and Visas [September 25, 2017] AAAS Statement from CEO Rush Holt on ARPA - E Reauthorization Act [September 8, 2017] AAAS Speaks Out Against Trump Administration Halt of Young Immigrant Program [September 6, 2017] AAAS Statement on Trump Administration Disbanding National Climate Assessment Advisory Committee [August 22, 2017] AAAS CEO Rush Holt Issues Statement On Death of Former Rep. Vern Ehlers [August 17, 2017] AAAS CEO Rush Holt and 15 Other Science Society Leaders Request Climate Science Meeting with EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt [July 31, 2017] AAAS Encourages Congressional Appropriators to Invest in Research and Innovation [July 25, 2017] AAAS CEO Urges Secretary of State to Fill Post of Science and Technology Adviser [July 13, 2017] AAAS and ESA Urge Trump Administration to Protect Monuments [July 7, 2017] AAAS Statement on House Appropriations Bill for the Department of Energy [June 28, 2017] Scientific Organizations Statement on Science and Government [June 27, 2017] AAAS Statement on White House Executive Order on Cuba Relations [June 16, 2017] AAAS Statement on Paris Agreement on Climate Change [June 1, 2017] AAAS Statement from CEO Rush Holt on Fiscal Year 2018 Budget Proposal [May 23, 2017] AAAS thanks the Congress for prioritizing research and development funding in the FY 2017 omnibus appropriations [May 9, 2017] AAAS Statement on Dismissal of Scientists on EPA Scientific Advisory Board [May 8, 2017] AAAS CEO Rush Holt Statement on FY 2017 Appropriations [May 1, 2017] AAAS CEO Statement on Executive Order on Climate Change [March 28, 2017] AAAS leads an intersociety letter on the HONEST Act [March 28, 2017] President's Budget Plan Would Cripple Science and Technology, AAAS Says [March 16, 2017] AAAS Responds to New Immigration Executive Order [March 6, 2017] AAAS CEO Responds to Trump Immigration and Visa Order [January 28, 2017] AAAS CEO Rush Holt Statement on Federal Scientists and Public Communication [January 24, 2017] AAAS thanks leaders of the American Innovation and Competitiveness Act [December 21, 2016] AAAS CEO Rush Holt raises concern over President - Elect Donald Trump's EPA Director Selection [December 15, 2016] AAAS CEO Rush Holt Statement Following the House Passage of 21st Century Cures Act [December 2, 2016] Letter from U.S. scientific, engineering, and higher education community leaders to President - elect Trump's transition team [November 23, 2016] Letter from AAAS CEO Rush Holt to Senate Leaders and Letter to House Leaders to pass a FY 2017 Omnibus Spending Bill [November 15, 2016] AAAS reaffirms the reality of human - caused climate change [June
Community Statement to OMB on Science and Government [December 19, 2017] AAAS CEO Response to Media Report on Use of «Science - Based» at CDC [December 15, 2017] Letter from AAAS and the
American Physical Society to Iranian President Hassan Rouhani Regarding Scientist Ahmadreza Djalali [December 15, 2017] Multisociety Letter Conference Graduate Student Tax Provisions [December 7, 2017] Multisociety Letter Presses Senate to Preserve Higher Education Tax Benefits [November 29, 2017] AAAS Multisociety Letter on Tax Reform [November 15, 2017] AAAS Letter to U.S. House of Representatives Ways and Means Committee on Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (H.R. 1)[November 7, 2017] AAAS Statement on Release of National Climate Assessment Report [November 3, 2017] AAAS Statement on EPA Science Adviser Boards [October 31, 2017] AAAS Statement on EPA Restricting Scientist Communication of Research Results [October 25, 2017] Statement of the Board of Directors of the
American Association for the Advancement of Science on Scientific Freedom and Responsibility [October 18, 2017] Scientific Societies» Letter on President Trump's Visa and Immigration Proclamation [October 17, 2017] AAAS Statement on U.S. Withdrawal from UNESCO [October 12, 2017] AAAS Statement on White House Proclamation on Immigration and Visas [September 25, 2017] AAAS Statement from CEO Rush Holt on ARPA - E Reauthorization Act [September 8, 2017] AAAS Speaks Out Against Trump Administration Halt of Young
Immigrant Program [September 6, 2017] AAAS Statement on Trump Administration Disbanding National Climate Assessment Advisory Committee [August 22, 2017] AAAS CEO Rush Holt Issues Statement On Death of Former Rep. Vern Ehlers [August 17, 2017] AAAS CEO Rush Holt and 15 Other Science Society Leaders Request Climate Science Meeting with EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt [July 31, 2017] AAAS Encourages Congressional Appropriators to Invest in Research and Innovation [July 25, 2017] AAAS CEO Urges Secretary of State to Fill Post of Science and Technology Adviser [July 13, 2017] AAAS and ESA Urge Trump Administration to Protect Monuments [July 7, 2017] AAAS Statement on House Appropriations Bill for the Department of Energy [June 28, 2017] Scientific Organizations Statement on Science and Government [June 27, 2017] AAAS Statement on White House Executive Order on Cuba Relations [June 16, 2017] AAAS Statement on Paris Agreement on Climate Change [June 1, 2017] AAAS Statement from CEO Rush Holt on Fiscal Year 2018 Budget Proposal [May 23, 2017] AAAS thanks the Congress for prioritizing research and development funding in the FY 2017 omnibus appropriations [May 9, 2017] AAAS Statement on Dismissal of Scientists on EPA Scientific Advisory Board [May 8, 2017] AAAS CEO Rush Holt Statement on FY 2017 Appropriations [May 1, 2017] AAAS CEO Statement on Executive Order on Climate Change [March 28, 2017] AAAS leads an intersociety letter on the HONEST Act [March 28, 2017] President's Budget Plan Would Cripple Science and Technology, AAAS Says [March 16, 2017] AAAS Responds to New Immigration Executive Order [March 6, 2017] AAAS CEO Responds to Trump Immigration and Visa Order [January 28, 2017] AAAS CEO Rush Holt Statement on Federal Scientists and Public Communication [January 24, 2017] AAAS thanks leaders of the
American Innovation and Competitiveness Act [December 21, 2016] AAAS CEO Rush Holt raises concern over President - Elect Donald Trump's EPA Director Selection [December 15, 2016] AAAS CEO Rush Holt Statement Following the House Passage of 21st Century Cures Act [December 2, 2016] Letter from U.S. scientific, engineering, and higher education
community leaders to President - elect Trump's transition team [November 23, 2016] Letter from AAAS CEO Rush Holt to Senate Leaders and Letter to House Leaders to pass a FY 2017 Omnibus Spending Bill [November 15, 2016] AAAS reaffirms the reality of human - caused climate change [June
community leaders to President - elect Trump's transition team [November 23, 2016] Letter from AAAS CEO Rush Holt to Senate Leaders and Letter to House Leaders to pass a FY 2017 Omnibus Spending Bill [November 15, 2016] AAAS reaffirms the reality of human - caused climate change [June 28, 2016]
«This budget, if enacted, would jeopardize our nation's educational, scientific and health enterprises and limit access to critically needed mental and behavioral health services,» said Antonio E. Puente, president of the
American Psychological Society (APS) in Washington, D.C. «These cuts would disproportionately affect people living in poverty, people with serious mental illness and other disabilities, women, children, people living with HIV / AIDS, older adults, ethnic and racial minorities,
immigrants, and members of the LGBTQ
community.»
In America, the Chinese
community is represented by all walks of life educated and unschooled, Buddhist and Christian,
immigrant and
American - born, first generation to sixth.
What fails about the exercise is the idea that Behrani and his family are made to be the noble image of the hard - working
immigrant, that last bastion of the
American Dream, and the memory of the values of a
community unencumbered by a sense of entitlement.
Our society and its schools ought to celebrate the rich history of our
communities and aim to build on
immigrant experiences to produce the latest example of an
American success story.
Public schools can serve as powerful anchors to local
communities, instituting a cycle of achievement and self - development at the grassroots level and instructing
immigrants on the expectations placed on them as participants in
American society.
The United Neighborhood Organization (UNO), the
community group that I lead in Chicago, and its network of charter schools provide Hispanic
immigrant families with access to a high - quality education, thereby challenging them to fulfill their great potential while promoting
American values, ideals, and our collective successes.
In a conservative Virginia
community, traditional
immigrant parents strive to shield their children from
American values.
This would prove helpful in Boston, where long - established African
American and Hispanic
communities have in recent years been joined by
immigrants from the Caribbean and elsewhere.
While many factors contribute to this problem, it is a reality in
American public education that students who have fallen behind are disproportionately in families with low incomes and disproportionately members of
communities that have been on the wrong side of inequities and injustice in our society, including people of color, recent
immigrants, and members of the LGBTQ
community.
WHEREAS the president's harmful campaign promises included building a wall and deporting 11 million undocumented
immigrants, creating a registry for Muslims living in the U.S. and implementing stop and frisk policies that have targeted the African
American community and will accelerate the school to prison pipeline.
If educators assume that the main purpose of working with families is to promote academic achievement in the classroom and at home, they can miss other important ways in which Mexican
American and other
immigrant families support their children's development, such as by seeking out advice from trusted members of the
community or by participating in church or other
community organizations (Poza, Brooks, & Valdés, 2014).
In the United States, in late 19th and early 20th centuries,
American Eskimo puppies and adult dogs were often found in German
immigrant communities.
Because the
American Community Survey pulls from a sample of 3 million households yearly and averaged over 5 years to attain estimates for each Census tract, Walker emphasizes that the map only represents estimates of
immigrant population in the U.S. and is, therefore, subject to a margin of error.
The artist makes portraits of undocumented Latin
American immigrants, and of other distinct
communities, using the focused attention of observational painting to mark those who are socially unmarked in society, along with the apparently anonymous goods that constitute a transnational trade in quotidian objects such as flowers, garments, handcrafts and letters.
The socially and politically engaged art of Cuban -
American Tania Bruguera, whose
Immigrant Movement International Project takes the form of a
community center in Queens, New York.
Finally, in our special column, Inside Burger Collection, Bharti Lalwani discusses ideas of home and inclusion within South - Asian -
American immigrant creative
communities, through the framework of the recent group exhibition «Lucid Dreams and Distant Visions: South Asian Art in the Diaspora» at the Asia Society Museum in New York, and the three - day convention titled «Fatal Love: Where Are We Now?»
Grounded in Parlá's personal first - generation Cuban
American immigrant family story and an ever - evolving practice that concerns exiled
communities and their contribution to America, Roots offers a new visual relationship with its pictorially contemplative environment in order to consider connections between local history and the past, present, and future.