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Favorite quote from the Bible:
“When an alien resides with you in your land, you shall not oppress the alien. The alien who resides with you shall be to you as the citizen among you; you shall love the alien as yourself, for you were aliens in the land of Egypt: I am the Lord your God.”
-Leviticus 19.33-25Support the Project
Literature/research using "economic refugee" term
- American University International Law Review: unprotected in the U.S. by virtue of an inaccurate label
- Change.org: When an Undocumented Immigrant Is an Economic Refugee
- Huffington Post: Surge in Economic Refugees Will Test Community Resources
- MinnPost.com: Americans living abroad for financial survival
- New York Times: American Evangelical Churches Announce New Policy of Sanctuary for Iraqi Refugees
- PDA: Economic Refugees and Big Petroleum
- The Guardian: Casualties of globalism
- Tikkun Daily: Reagan’s Refugees
- UPROOTED: Refugees of the Global Economy
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environmental justice Archive
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Latinos welcome historic protections against toxic air pollution
Posted on December 25, 2011 | No CommentsLatino groups nationwide support long awaited health protections for mercury and air toxics. -
Building a self-sustaining park in California’s South L.A.
Posted on December 27, 2010 | No CommentsDownload article as PDF As the year comes to a close, reflecting on 2010 on my work as a community organizer locally in Los Angeles, I’ve had the fortune of experiencing a... -
Q’orianka Kilcher: Enviro Youth Leader Rock Star?
Posted on July 30, 2010 | 2 CommentsWho is Q'orianka Kilcher? Are you a fan? Do you thinks she is too radical? Or do you think she's one of the few brave ones that isn't afraid to tell the truth? -
Healthy Neighborhood, Healthy Environment in South L.A.
Posted on May 10, 2010 | No CommentsDownload article as PDF I have been working for the past two years as a community organizer in South Los Angeles with four different community groups. Last April 28 2010,... -
A Healthier Future
Posted on June 16, 2009 | 1 CommentDownload article as PDF Here’s an article I wrote for Heal the Bay’s “Currents” magazine (intro based on previous work of Heal the Bay’s James Alamillo): Read the full post... -
Bring Back the Beach
Posted on May 17, 2009 | No CommentsDownload article as PDF It’s always exciting to see businesses advertise their products through donations to benefit events for worthy causes because it not only promotes social responsibility, but it also...