Protecting our environmental resources and promoting social justice
“Lawyers say about 1,500 children had been taken from their parents in 2017, while zero-tolerance was being carried out during a secretive pilot program in El Paso. Many more of those parents were deported, never given the option of reuniting with their children in the United States.” Washington Post: The parents of 545 children separated at …
Got FOOD? ”Next time you see someone in the farms, working like this in the ranches, in the campos, honk your horn, honk your horn, let them know you are so thankful for them because without them, no hay vida—without them, there’s no life.” NYT: A Former Farmworker on American Hypocrisy In the pandemic, “illegal” workers are …
Let’s thank undocumented farm workers by putting them on a path to citizenship Read More »
“In the absence of action from the administration, Chef José Andrés once again is taking charge, caring for people in need and unifying the nation,” Pili Tobar of immigrant rights advocacy group America’s Voice said, and doing it while lifting up the working of immigrants, “who continue to harvest, serve, and shelve food so we can eat,” …
Chef wins Time cover:’As an immigrant and a cook, I’m so humbled’ Read More »
Padi Selwyn is one of the founders of Preserve Rural Sonoma County. If you can make a donation this week to show support for her and her fellow activists, that would be great. Another asylum refugee died last week. Dear friends and family, On October 17, I will be traveling to south Texas with two friends from Sonoma …
Local activists go to border with supplies. Can you help? Read More »
Nationwide ‘Close the Camps’ Demonstrations Announced to Protest Horrific Conditions at Trump Detention Centers Published on Saturday, June 29, 2019 by Common Dreams “We need to fight for immigrant families and stop Donald Trump’s racist policies, and we can only do it together.” by Jake Johnson, staff writer A woman holds a sign that says …
The Trump administration has pulled out of the Paris Climate Accord and cut all funding for Central American countries, their children are dying with thwir crops. Climate refugees….. “So the paradox is that American carbon emissions are partly responsible for wretchedness in Guatemala that drives emigration, yet when those desperate Guatemalans arrive at the U.S. …
Opinion ‘Food Doesn’t Grow Here Anymore. That’s Why I Would Send My Son North.’ Read More »