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		<title>MIRA EN ACCIÓN Oct., Nov., Dec.</title>
		<description><![CDATA[December 20, 2011
 
Fresh off the press, here is the latest newsletter.
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Story highlights are:
Ethnic Cleansing coming to Mississippi?
Initiative 27 Has Passed, So Now What?
Food Facts:  Why People Migrate
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Download to read more.  For past issues, please click to view the archive.
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		<link>http://www.yourmira.org/2011/12/20/mira-en-accion-oct-nov-dec/</link>
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		<title>Occupy the Capitol</title>
		<description><![CDATA[by Patrica Ice
December 20, 2011
 
Please  join MIRA, OCCUPY Jackson, OCCUPY Mississippi, the Mississippi  Unity Caucus, Southern Echo, the United Auto Workers and numerous other  organizations when we “Occupy the Capitol” on Tuesday, January 3, 2012  as we show solidarity on the issues that are important to the 99%.  Meet  us at Smith Park at the corner of Amite and Congress Streets at 10am in  Jackson, then walk with us to the Mississippi State Capitol to deliver  Declarations of Concern to members of ...]]></description>
		<link>http://www.yourmira.org/2011/12/20/occupy-the-capitol/</link>
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		<title>Black Leaders Get Closeup View of Alabama’s New Jim Crow</title>
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by Elon James White

November 22 2011, 11:01 AM EST
 
Recently I was invited to be a part of a delegation of labor leaders heading down to Alabama to speak out against one of the worst immigration laws in the country. I found it interesting, because the trip was billed as a “black” labor leader delegation. I’ve heard a lot about the black-brown discussion over immigrant rights, so I was ecstatic that this delegation of specifically black folks was going down to witness this law’s impact first hand. As a commentator on race ...]]></description>
		<link>http://www.yourmira.org/2011/11/27/black-leaders-get-closeup-view-of-alabama%e2%80%99s-new-jim-crow/</link>
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		<title>Joaquin Luna, a Texas DREAMer who took his life</title>
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by Jose Antonio Vargas
November 27, 2011


An 18-year-old in Texas took his own life fearing he didn&#8217;t have much of a future.
Shortly after kissing his family members goodbye, and dressed in a suit and tie, Joaquin Luna shot himself with a small handgun the night after Thanksgiving, according to KGBT-TV Action 4 News. Letters Joaquin left behind showed he was frustrated and anxious about his immigration status. His older brother told the Rio Grande Valley station that Joaquin was counting on the passage of the federal DREAM Act, which would provide a path to ...]]></description>
		<link>http://www.yourmira.org/2011/11/27/joaquin-luna-a-texas-dreamer-who-took-his-life/</link>
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		<title>Interview with Victor, An Alabama DREAMer</title>
		<description><![CDATA[by Jesus 
November 22, 2011
 
Victor is kind of an intense guy. At 19 years old, he speaks with honesty and grace beyond his years. It’s very difficult to not be awed by him; His baby face is unsuspecting, his demeanor light, his smiles genuine and deep. But when he speaks, it’s a different story.
We met him out in Texas during the United We Dream congress, and as we fell into conversations with him, we understood the importance of capturing some of his thoughts on film for the purpose of ...]]></description>
		<link>http://www.yourmira.org/2011/11/22/victor_dreamer/</link>
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		<title>Time To Regroup</title>
		<description><![CDATA[To: MIRA and Allies,
 
As  you may know, Mississippi made national news over the defeat of the  “Personhood Amendment” to the state constitution, a result of a split  white vote here.  Thanks to an aggressive NO campaign waged by the ACLU,  Planned Parenthood and many others it went down to defeat by a  substantial majority.  However the “Voter ID” amendment passed with a  typical breakdown of 90%+ Black voters against, and around 10% of whites  voting NO—which is consistent with the latent racism ...]]></description>
		<link>http://www.yourmira.org/2011/11/14/time-to-regroup/</link>
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		<title>MIRA Weekly Action 11/6</title>
		<description><![CDATA[*Special Immigration Debate Between MIRA Executive Director Bill Chandler and Mississippi State Senator Joey Fillingane*
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When:  Thursday, November 10, 2011
Where:  Mississippi College School of Law, 151 E. Griffith Street, Jackson, MS
Time:  11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
Cost:  Free with light lunch
Contact:  MIRA Office at 601-968-5182
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Domestic Violence Workshop Sponsored by El Pueblo and MIRA


 
When:  Tuesday, November 15, 2011
Where:  El Pueblo, 696 Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Blvd., Biloxi, MS
Time:  6 to 8 p.m.
Cost:  Free with refreshments
Learn,  Collaborate and Live!  Come join staff members of El Pueblo and the  MIRA ...]]></description>
		<link>http://www.yourmira.org/2011/11/06/mira-weekly-action110611/</link>
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		<title>A New Southern Strategy</title>
		<description><![CDATA[By Susan Eaton
August 10, 2011
One year after Arizona’s dread SB 1070 took effect, progressives have transferred their fear and loathing to the 2011 winner in the mainstream media’s toughest-immigration-law-in-the-nation contest: Alabama’s HB 56. Its unconstitutionality and inhumanity go further than Arizona’s law by requiring children to prove legal residence before enrolling in public school and making it a crime to give an undocumented person a ride in your car.
The good news is that Alabama and Arizona are still immigration policy outliers. While legislators in at least twenty-four states filed Arizona-like ...]]></description>
		<link>http://www.yourmira.org/2011/08/11/a-new-southern-strategy/</link>
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		<title>Café MIRA</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Our monthly Third-Thursday evening of politics, art and conversation
Thursday August 18, 2011
6:30pm-9:30 
This month: Viewing of the new feature film &#8220;The Help&#8221;
A story about race relationship in 1960s Jackson, MS
 WHERE : Meet at 6:30 p.m. sharp at the 
United Artists Parkway Place 10 Movie Theater
1075 Parkway Boulevard (at Lakeland)
Flowood, MS 39232
PRICE:  You must pay for your own movie ticket
Movie Ticket Prices:
$5.50 Senior-Over 60
$7 Student with College ID card
$8 Adult
CONTACT:
RSVP to i.cruz@yourmira.org or call Ingrid Cruz for information:
[MIRA Office Phone] 601-968-5182  
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		<link>http://www.yourmira.org/2011/08/11/cafe-mira/</link>
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		<title>NATIONAL COPY CAT LANDSCAPE</title>
		<description><![CDATA[While 2010 proved fruitless for states seeking to imitate Arizona SB 1070, the 2011 legislative sessions has been more challenging for defeating or delaying these misguided measures.  The 2010 elections changed the composition of many statewide chambers, with a number of states electing candidates who campaigned on the promise that they would introduce copycat legislation.  Despite the fact that some copycats have gained traction in a handful of states, many more of these bills have been failing across the country.  Below is a summary of the states that pose the ...]]></description>
		<link>http://www.yourmira.org/2011/07/05/national-copycat-landscape/</link>
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