Thursday, August 21, 2008

Movimiento News and Events

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UPCOMING EVENTS   

Wed, Aug 20th                         TEXAS / EL PASO: El Paso Border Wall-k

Wed, Aug 20th                         TEXAS / EL CALABOZ: Encuentro Nican Tlaca

Wed, Aug 20th                         TEXAS / NNIRR workshop on trade, globalization, migration policies, and local organizing

Thu, Aug 21st                           TEXAS / EL PASO: El Paso Border Wall-k

Thu, Aug 21st                          TEXAS / EL CALABOZ: Encuentro Nican Tlaca

Thu, Aug 21st, @6:00pm        TEXAS / AUSTIN: ICE out of the Travis County Jail meeting

Fri, Aug 22nd - 30th                   TEXAS / EL PASO: El Paso Border Wall-k

Sat, Aug 23rd, @12:00pm      TEXAS / HOUSTON: PROTEST US BORDERWATCH HARASSMENT OF DAY LABORERS

Sat, Aug 23rd, @6:30pm        TEXAS / SAN ANTO: Mission Against Terror Film Screening - Aug 23

Sat, Aug 23rd, @7:00pm        TEXAS / SAN JUAN: Screening of "Iron Giant"

Mon, Aug 25th                          TEXAS / AUSTIN: Beyond the Bars: Local Struggles Against the Prison Industrial Complex

Sat, Aug 30th                           TEXAS / Youth Program Benefit for Kilombo Njinga Center

Sat, Aug 30th, @4:00pm         TEXAS / DENVER: Quetzalli Movie Night & Jam Session

Sat, Aug 30th, @7:00pm         TEXAS / AUSTIN: Capoeira Da Rua Fundraiser

Sun, Aug 31st                           TEXAS / EL PASO: March for Peace and Unity Against the Wall

Wed, Sep 3rd, @6:00pm        TEXAS / Noche de Fiesta - The South Texas Civil Rights Project Event

 

AUSTIN ANNOUNCEMENTS

Seeking interns for documentary on school reform in East Austin

Upcoming Events at Resistencia Bookstore

ICE out of the Travis County Jail meeting - Aug 21

Youth Program Benefit for Kilombo Njinga Center - Aug 30

General Meeting of the Austin Immigrant Rights Coalition - Sept 16

Beyond the Bars: Local Struggles Against the Prison Industrial Complex (August 4-25th)

Austin ISO Weekly Announcements

Capoeira Da Rua Fundraiser - Aug 30

Talleres de Liderazgo "Proyecto Monarca"

 

EL PASO ANNOUNCEMENTS

EL PASO: March for Peace and Unity Against the Wall / Aug 27-31

El Paso-Border Wall-k...in August 19-23

 

HOUSTON ANNOUNCEMENTS

PROTEST US BORDERWATCH HARASSMENT OF DAY LABORERS SAT AUG 23

HOUSTON PEACE AND JUSTICE CENTER'S CALENDAR OF PROGRESSIVE EVENTS

Upcoming Underground Merger Sat 8/16/08

Education without the Box - Open Dialogue / Aug 23

NNIRR workshop on trade, globalization, migration policies, and local organizing

Houston Detainee Dies in Custody

Houston Coalition of Working People Announcements

 

RIO GRANDE VALLEY ANNOUNCEMENTS

Noche de Fiesta - The South Texas Civil Rights Project Event - Sep 3

SAN JUAN: Screening of "Iron Giant" - Aug 23

A Gathering among people of this land - Sep 19-21

 

SAN ANTO ANNOUNCEMENTS

Mission Against Terror Film Screening - Aug 23

 

ANNOUNCEMENTS FROM ACROSS AZTLAN

DENVER: Quetzalli Movie Night & Jam Session - Aug 30

OPERATION ENDGAME: Their Plan for Us In Writing

 

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VIDEOS OF INTEREST

Congressman Grijalva talks with Eloisa Tamez about the Border Wall

A Divided Friendship; Border Field State Park

 

LATEST RADIO SHOW

Feminist Magazine, Wed, August 13, 2008

Nuestra Palabra, Tue, August 19, 2008

A message to the Hip Hop Grassroots from former Political Prisoner & Black Panther Dhoruba...

 

 

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