tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-194977432011-12-03T01:14:22.716-08:00The National Network for Immigrant & Refugee Rights (NNIRR) is a national U.S. organization composed of local coalitions and immigrant, refugee, community, religious, civil rights and labor organizations and activists committed to immigrant rights. For more information about NNIRR, visit www.nnirr.org. This blog documents NNIRR's efforts and experiences in various international arenas including the WTO ministerial meetings, the World Social Forum, the United Nations etc.National Network for Immigrant & Refugee Rightshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05551016152729866428noreply@blogger.comBlogger571100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19497743.post-32043481784610219042011-03-04T14:12:00.000-08:002011-03-11T12:36:56.710-08:00

by Colin RajahFebruary 25th, 2011Preface: Long time followers of Migrant Diaries will recall that we closed this esteemed blog at the end of last year. NNIRR is launching a new website which houses a new and improved blogging space, and we anticipate future postings to be anchored there. As it turns out however, our prediction of the next NNIRR travel blog to be published there was a bit

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By Colin RajahDecember 10th, 2010[Left: Our delegation meeting in our "HQ" preparing for the day of action.]So here it is, the last and final installment of Migrant Diaries. We started this blog 5 years ago for the World Trade Organization (WTO) mobilization in Hong Kong. It seemed like it was important to quickly jot down thoughts, share pictures, report on events, and "write home" during our

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By Colin Rajah, reporting from Cancun, MexicoDecember 6th, 2010The international farmers' movement, La Via Campesina (LVC) began its Global Forum for Life, Environment and Social Justice this past weekend with a dynamic march through downtown Cancun and a series of plenaries denouncing the carbon markets that governments are trying to legitimize in their negotiations at COP 16 (see previous post.

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By Colin Rajah, reporting from Cancun, MexicoDecember 3rd, 2010For faithful readers of Migrant Diaries, we apologize for the long silence. Most of our recent postings have been deposited on NNIRR's other blog Immigrant Rights News. We'll also be transitioning to a newer, better blog in the coming months with the anticipated launch of our brand-spankin' new website in the new year. Stay

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VERSION EN ESPANOL SIGUE/In English and Spanish (Spanish follows)News ReleaseDecember 18, 2008Contact:* Laura Rivas (510) 465-1984 ext. 304 lrivas@nnirr.org* Colin Rajah (510) 465-1984 ext. 305 crajah@nnirr.orgOn International Migrants Day:U.S. Immigrant Rights Groups Call for End To Immigration Raids,Urge Humanitarian Policies(Oakland,CA) Immigrant rights groups urged today, International

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By Nunu Kidane Priority Africa NetworkBlack Alliance for Just Immigration I must admit, coming to Manila, I was convinced that the Africa agenda would be nowhere and participants from the region would be few – at least much fewer than last year in Brussels. Was I wrong. Not only was the process intentionally inclusive of Africa focused issues, but the were about 20 participants from

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By Arnoldo Garcia(Tuesday, October 28, 2008, Manila, Philippines) Some 2,000 mainly women with youth, elders and men, converged on the Plaza Olivia Salamanca to speak out and march as part of "Women Migrants' Action Day against the GFMD" as part of the People's Global Action on Migration, Development and Human Rights.Voices of Migrant WomenThe women's day of action began with a press conference

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by Colin RajahOct 25-26, 2008The People’s Global Action on Migration, Development and Human Rights (PGA), reached its programmatic climax with a candle-light protest march and the global opening ceremonies this past Saturday evening, and convergence workshops, reporting, and adoption of its Joint Declaration on Sunday.What was particularly unique and inspiring about these days, was the

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By Arnoldo Garcia(October 27, 2008, Manila, Philippines) Today, convened by unions under the banner of "Solidarity Action of Labor against the GFMD," (SALAG), thousands of members of national and international civil society, workers, migrants, trade unions, migrant rights and human rights groups, women's rights, lgtb rights groups, working class political parties, youth and families "massed-up"

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by Colin RajahOct 24th, 2008Workshops and other events continued today at the People’s Global Action on Migration, Development and Human Rights (PGA), including the opening of a couple of large forums as well as other smaller but equally critical workshops.Migrant Forum in Asia’s (MFA’s) annual Regional Conference on Migration (RCM) kicked off its 2-day forum, this year with the theme “The Right

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by Colin RajahAs reported yesterday, the People’s Global Action on Migration, Development & Human Rights (PGA) has become a target of the local government and police here in Manila, in order to prevent it drawing undue attention to the Philippine government's hosting of the Global Forum on Migration and Development (GFMD) later next week. In spite of the increased repression, including the

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by Colin Rajah One of the unique facets of a formerly-colonized country such as the Philippines is that there are still a number of clear reminders of popular resistance, even embedded in such commonplace affairs as public parks. All public parks in Metro Manila are thus designated “Freedom Parks”, i.e. for the use of the Filipino people. Since the People’s Global Action on Migration,

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by Colin RajahIts been a while since we've posted on this NNIRR travel blog, so for avid readers (yes, both of you!) we sincerely apologize for the sensory drought! Nonetheless, this month we are on the cusp of one of the most critical developments in international migrant rights, so we thought it an opportune time to revive our Migrant Diaries.As many of you know, the appointment of Peter

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Building Coalitions and MovementThis weekend, Friday, Sept 7 - 9, 2007, was the Tongue to Tongue Conference (http://www.tonguetotongue.org/) in Los Angeles, California. The conference was held at the Gay and Lesbian Center, called The Village, in West Hollywood.I went to the trans history workshop, a useful backgrounder on the elite establishments vision of tranny hirstory, a medicalized view of

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this past labor day, i spent with generations of organizers and activists at the Highlander Research and Education Center's 75th Anniversary in New Market, TN.We celebrated 75 years of organizing with poor white folk in rural Appalachia, black folk throughout the South, and more recently, with some Latino leaders in the rural South, using tools of cultural organizing, participatory research,

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There is a hunger in our movement for discussing the state of the movement, and future directions. Every session that I've attended today that had part of its focus as immigrant rights also wanted to focus on national strategy, especially now given that the Senate Bill, is as far as we can see, dead.There was the first press conference this morning from 9:30 am - 10:00 am at the Immigrant Rights

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what arelief to walk out of the MARTA station at 2:30 yesterday in the afternoon, in the sweltering heat, and hear and see this from the inside of the train station!

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how do we do the things we do? and why?I think the way we do things reflects a lot about our real beliefs and values. Not just the values in terms of words, but because the way we do things is what has been made real and visceral, made it into the body and the heart, beyond the intellect.and so that's why I appreciate the way we opened up the orientation, a chance for all of us to meet new people

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Immigrant rights in flight and on the road from Oakland to the U.S. Social Forum in Atlanta by arnoldo garcíaI asked him if he knew the name of the mountain range visible in the distance, as our jet-plane sauntered along towards the runway. He said, “No; I’m not from here.” He smiled a sheepish smile adding in self-defense, “But I do come here once a week.” Our plane turned into the headwinds,

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by Colin Rajah Its been a long time coming – more than 3 years since the April 2004 meeting in Washington DC that launched the United States Social Forum (USSF) process! NNIRR has been at the heart of that process, even before that historic meeting in DC, in consultation meetings with the World Social Forum (WSF) International Council in Miami back in November 2003. From the Central and

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Tuesday, May 29 -- a long flight to RDU (Raleigh Durham International) from Oakland, leaving early morning, over packing for two weeks away. ... looking forward to NOT living my nightmares about the upcoming gathering. Chapel Hill seems so much smaller than I remember it, and less glamorous ... the 15-501 is the same highway I remember from my days in Durham, and Durham, must have grown, but

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Overview of the Senate ProposalBorder Security and Immigration Reform Act of 2007 – S. 1348Provisions in the Senate bill for legalization and a guestworker program would not launch until a number of conditions were met for greater enforcement mechanisms and practices – the “trigger” process demanded by legislators who believe in an “enforcement first” approach to immigration reform. Although

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Statement of the National Network for Immigrant and Refugee RightsOn May 1, 2007 - International Workers DayFair & Just Legalization with Equality, Justice & LibertyFor all immigrant and native-born workers, families and communitiesStop the Raids and DeportationsEnd Migrant Deaths at the BorderUphold Our Human, Civil, Labor and Economic RightsMillions of working class people, lead by immigrant

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Network News On-Line!Network News is back! Long overdue, this on-line installment of Network News provides a snapshot of views and voices looking backward and forward after the unprecedented immigrant community-led mass mobilizations of 2006.We conducted a series of interviews immigrant rights movement leaders and groups to get their take on the roots of the 2006 upsurge and mobilizations; what

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‘Our movement needs a vision and goals that address broader social and political change’Interview with Monami Maulik of DRUM by Arnoldo GarcíaMonami Maulk: For years DRUM has understood that undocumented workers, in the U.S. and globally, are major forces for social change. 2006 was a culmination and realization of the power and ability of the immigrant community, chipping away at the legitimacy

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Reframing the Debate: From creative strategies and alliances to human rightsBy Gerald LenoirThe main catalyst for the 2006 upsurge has been the increased violations of immigrants’ civil liberties and human rights and the threat posed by pending immigration legislation, especially the infamous Sennsenbrenner bill. Successive waves of marches in the winter and spring of last year inspired

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Organizing Documented Immigrants to Fight for the Rights of the UndocumentedBy Gordon MarMy comments focus on the challenges and opportunities to engage documented immigrants in this current juncture of the immigrant rights movement, which has existed in different forms since the creation of this country by brutal force and economic exploitation of immigrant labor including most extremely slaves

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Demanding and Organizing for Our Rights and Our CommunitiesAn interview with Hamid Khan of the South Asian Network by Arnoldo GarcíaWhat do you believe were the root causes of the 2006 mobilizations?Hamid Khan: The 2006 mobilizations reflected the ongoing assault on immigrant communities, the overt racism, the enforcement issues and how people were experiencing them, with different communities

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‘We fight for what is reasonable and meaningful.’Interview with Isabel Garcia, Coalicion de Derechos HumanosBy Colin Rajah, NNIRRMovements have highs and lows – moments in history when certain energy and specific events converge and that’s what happened in 2006. Not only did marches stem from the hard work of folks working on human rights for many years, but the marches also reflect the current

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Elvira Arellano: Resisting Deportation, The New Frontier of Civil Disobedience.By Maricela GarcíaThe act of seeking refugee in a holy place in search of immunity from the law is ancient. Churches have been providing sanctuary to people escaping persecution since medieval times. What is new about Elvira Arellano’s seeking sanctuary last August is that by defying her deportation order she brings

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World Social Forum on the Road from Nairobi to Atlanta:Who Does the WSF Belong to?By Michael Leon GuerreroFebruary 13, 2007The 2007 World Social Forum (WSF) was probably the most challenging WSF to date. Many contradictions surfaced and became tensions in Nairobi. There are criticisms that NGOs (non-governmental organizations) and churches dominated the process, and that local Kenyan movements

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‘This Wall Must Fall’Palestinian Delegation At the U.S. Mexico Border Joins in Call for Demilitarization of CommunitiesBy Alexis MazónPalestinian community leaders of nonviolent resistance to the Israeli Apartheid Wall visited the U.S.-Mexico border March 2-3, 2007 as part of a “Wall-to-Wall Solidarity” delegation organized by NNIRR and the Coalición de Derechos Humanos (DH) with Middle East

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Keeping our communities at the center of the demand for justiceInterview with Trishala Deb of the Audre Lorde ProjectInterviewed for Network News Online by Diana Pei WuWhat are some of the lessons learned from the last year’s mobilizations? Some of the lessons from last year, and looking forward to the next year, are how important it is for some folks within the broad immigrant rights movement to

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By Arnoldo GarciaNotes from the U.S.-Mexico border April-May 2007: Here you can see how ridiculous, impractical and deadly the strategy of militarizaton, resulting in wall-building and almost head-to-toe placement of Border Patrol agents along the border is.At the edge of border wall, you can can see how it artificially separates the land, harms wildlife and divides people. Every several hundred

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Invitation to the Night of a 1,000 Conversations / Invitacion a la Noche de las 1,000 ConversacionesDear NNIRR Members, Partners, Allies & Supporters of the Liberty & Justicefor All campaign,First, we want to thank the many individuals and organizations who have for endorsedthe principles of the Liberty & Justice for All Campaign. Your pledge is helpingstrengthen and build the movement with

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By Colin Rajah So its been 4 days since the 7th edition of the World Social Forum (WSF) concluded in Nairobi. But some things still remain fresh on many of the minds of those in our US grassroots delegation, as well as on the minds of many of the local Nairobians, I’m sure. Since even before the opening of this year’s WSF, there have been objections from locals (primarily slum residents)

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By Colin RajahReporting from the WSF, NairobiMany apologies to those of you who had been waiting anxiously for my next installment of news from Nairobi – yes both of you. The bout with extreme food poisoning I encountered on Tuesday that left me writhing in pain and unable to even stand, the power-outage last night, and the hectic 16-hour days of looking for workshops, walking to workshops,

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from Nairobi, Kenyaby Colin RajahYesterday, the World Social Forum (WSF) arrived on the African continent and Nairobi, Kenya for the first time. Shaking the Western media image of a basket case of a continent, is a challenge. Inevitably, the question about the AIDS epidemic has arose in our delegation more than once. Pharmaceutical companies have waged an extremely successful and profitable

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NNIRR Report from the Border Social Forum (October 13-15, 2006)by Arnoldo Garcia & Colin Rajahtranscribed by Diana Pei WuThe Border Social Forum (Foro Social Fronterizo), part of the World Social Forum process, was held in Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua México, on the US-Mexico border with EL Paso, TX from Oct 13th-15th, 2006. Some 1000 people, representing social justice, immigrant rights and labor

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La Red Nacional se fue al Foro Social Fronterizo, para El Paso y luego para pasar a Ciudad Juárez hoy, el viernes 13 de octubre.

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¡Matrículate ahora!Register now!Las solicitudes de beca y formularios de matriculación para el3er Instituto Nacional de Capacitación ed Derechos Inmigrantes y Refugiados se deben entregar para el dia 18 de octubre.3rd National Immigrant and Refugee Rights Training InstituteRegistration & Scholarship Application Forms are due October 18!You can register in many ways. / se lo puedes hacer en varias

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Versión en español sigue Stop the Sensenbrenner Anti-Immigrant Laws!Call Your Two Senators and Representative Now The Senate is poised to debate and vote on their counterpart legislation to the recently passed House Bill, the Secure Fence Act, H.R. 6061, which would build 700 miles of walls on the U.S.-Mexico border and would require the Department of Homeland Security to achieve "

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For immediate release:September 13, 2006 Immigrant Communities in New Yorkand Migrant Leaders from Around the World rally to pressure UN High Level Dialogue on Migration & Development What: Migrant Rights Rally & Media Briefing – rain or shine New York, NY -- Organizational representatives and participants of the Community Dialogue on Migration, Development and Human Rights will gather on

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Activities under the Civil Society Parallel Events on Migration, Development and Human Rights*September 12, 2006(1) Lobbying/Embassy HoppingSeptember 12 is dedicated to conducting lobbying work with key permanent government missions (embassies) in New York so that the civil society could raise its concerns about the UNHLD process, deliver position papers and discuss key issues on migration and

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[Sigue en espanyol]September 12, 2006Migrants’ advocates to meet UN Permanent Mission to push for migrants rights in the upcoming UN High-Level Dialogue(New York City) Civil Society leaders and migrants’ rights advocates from the United States, Asia, the Middle East, Latin America and Europe gather in New York City today to meet with permanent mission representatives to the United Nations (UN) to

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASESeptember 11, 2006Migrants rights advocates pay tribute to undocumented migrant workers killed in 9-11; saying no human being is illegal (New York City) Migrant workers and migrant rights organizations from the United States, Asia, Africa and Europe will converge at the Ground Zero this evening and join the New York-based immigrant rights advocates to recognize the heroism of

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by Colin Rajah reporting from Caracas, VenezuelaHave I mentioned that this is NNIRR's 4th direct participation in the WSF? One would assume that we would be "World Social Forumed-out" by now. But there is something different this time, a growing energy, a building strength, a burning hope that change CAN and WILL come about.Maybe its the growing recognition (finally!) that immigrants face some of

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by Colin Rajah reporting from Caracas, VenezuelaThe logistics were a nightmare. The main highway from the airport runs across a bridge that collapsed significantly a week ago. Timing could not be worse (and rumors of sabotage are rampant), as over 100,000 people from around the Americas converge into Caracas for the World Social Forum this week.Most of our Grassroots Global Justice (GGJ)

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by Colin RajahThe National Network for Immigrant and Refugee Rights (NNIRR) and a number of its members (CAAAV - Organizing Asian Communities, Committee for Humane Immigrant Rights in Los Angels - CHIRLA, Domestic Workers United - DWU, Farmworkers Association of Florida, Filipinos for Affirmative Action - FAA, Mujeres Unidas y Activas - MUA etc.) will be among the 120+ person grassroots US

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by Colin RajahThe media coverage of this WTO meeting has been relatively impactful. But the unfortunate focus on sensationalist stories, such as supposed threats of "riots" and "violence" by protestors, especially the large Korean farmers delegation, have been gravely exagerated. At the opening march and rally, the farmers staged a "swim" to the WTO's convention center - hardly a case of "rioting

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by Colin RajahMy nerves began tensing up in that familiar way as I walked up to the immigration officer. Been through this a hundred times before but each time it seems like holding my breath becomes almost a reflex reaction. My papers were in order, I had been informed by the Chinese Embassy in San Francisco that, like U.S. passport holders, I wouldn't need a visa if I entered Hong Kong for less

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by Colin RajahColin Rajah, the International Migrant Rights Program Coordinator of the National Network for Immigrant & Refugee Rights (NNIRR), will be representing the National Network at the upcoming World Trade Organization's (WTO) 6th Ministerial Meeting in Hong Kong, December 13th - 18th, 2005.Part of the San Francisco Bay Area WT-No delegation, and in close collaboration with similar

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