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2024
May 16, 2024
The Met high school hosts leadership conference for Chicanx youth
The MEChA program at The Met high school in Sacramento held a Chicanx Youth Leadership Conference on Saturday, May 11, sponsored by Sacramento City Councilmember Katie Valenzuela, NorCal Resist and Sol Collective. At the conference, students and community from the Sacramento area took part in activities and unique workshops, including tin art making, Chicanx history, community organizing, a know-your-rights training and a financial wisdom workshop, among others. Read more...
The Met high school hosts leadership conference for Chicanx youth
The MEChA program at The Met high school in Sacramento held a Chicanx Youth Leadership Conference on Saturday, May 11, sponsored by Sacramento City Councilmember Katie Valenzuela, NorCal Resist and Sol Collective. At the conference, students and community from the Sacramento area took part in activities and unique workshops, including tin art making, Chicanx history, community organizing, a know-your-rights training and a financial wisdom workshop, among others. Read more...
April 9, 2024
Political rhetoric aims ‘vitriol and hatred’ at immigrant asylum-seekers, California advocates say
Brian Lopez recently drove more than 500 miles from Northern California to Tijuana, Mexico, just south of the border, where he and other legal experts gathered to offer free guidance to people seeking asylum in the United States. Lopez, a Sacramento-based immigration attorney, said it’s important work — especially because only a small fraction of asylum seekers can obtain legal help as they formally submit their cases to the immigration courts. Read more...
Political rhetoric aims ‘vitriol and hatred’ at immigrant asylum-seekers, California advocates say
Brian Lopez recently drove more than 500 miles from Northern California to Tijuana, Mexico, just south of the border, where he and other legal experts gathered to offer free guidance to people seeking asylum in the United States. Lopez, a Sacramento-based immigration attorney, said it’s important work — especially because only a small fraction of asylum seekers can obtain legal help as they formally submit their cases to the immigration courts. Read more...
February 9, 2024
Building Solidarity with Asylum Seekers in Sacramento
On this episode of the It’s Going Down podcast, we speak with NorCal Resist, a group based out of Sacramento, California organizing around mutual aid, community solidarity, and building movement infrastructure. During our discussion, we talk about how the group has begun to organize and work with asylum seekers, mainly from Venezuela, Afghanistan, and the Ukraine, and the struggles that they have faced along way and the economic and imperial forces which pushed them to carry out such dangerous journeys. Read more...
Building Solidarity with Asylum Seekers in Sacramento
On this episode of the It’s Going Down podcast, we speak with NorCal Resist, a group based out of Sacramento, California organizing around mutual aid, community solidarity, and building movement infrastructure. During our discussion, we talk about how the group has begun to organize and work with asylum seekers, mainly from Venezuela, Afghanistan, and the Ukraine, and the struggles that they have faced along way and the economic and imperial forces which pushed them to carry out such dangerous journeys. Read more...
January 2, 2024
Sac Bee: Sacramento Deputies stopped Black drivers for minor violations 5 times more than white drivers
Deputies in Sacramento, California, stopped Black drivers at a rate five times higher than white drivers in 2019, an ACLU report found. Read more...
Sac Bee: Sacramento Deputies stopped Black drivers for minor violations 5 times more than white drivers
Deputies in Sacramento, California, stopped Black drivers at a rate five times higher than white drivers in 2019, an ACLU report found. Read more...