Every year, the Day of the Dead Parade & Festival in New Haven honors community heroes and ancestors who are too often forgotten. In previous years, the festival has honored the 43 students disappeared in Ayotzinapa, Mexico, and women victims of state violence and patriarchal violence,: Claudia Gómez González, the 20-year-old Mayan woman shot to …
Unidad Latina en Accion (ULA) has been working on codifying a New Haven sanctuary city ordinance for over 2 years. ULA has gathered over 2000 signatures for a petition from city residents, met with over 20 sitting alders, and met with Mayor Harp to discuss the merits of passing a sanctuary city ordinance. New Haven …
COMUNICADO DE PRENSA, para difusión inmediata Para mayor información: John Jairo Lugo | 203-606-3484 Charla Nich | charla3@gmail.com | 203-209-1511 MANIFESTACIÓN: miércoles, 14 de agosto a las 5:30 pm Se manifestarán para que New Haven apruebe una nueva ordenanza de Ciudad Santuario ¡YA! “Mientras Trump alimenta la violencia contra los latinos y los inmigrantes, es …
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Media Contacts: Charla Nich | charla3@gmail.com | 203-209-1511 John Lugo | 203-606-3484 RALLY: Wednesday, August 14 @ 5:30 pm New Haven will rally for Board of Alders to approve Sanctuary City Ordinance “As Trump fuels violence against Latinos and immigrants, New Haven must affirm that all residents have access to safety and …
After living in the basement of an Old Lyme church for nearly seven months, a New Britain couple facing deportation to Pakistan has decided to leave their sanctuary. Malik Naveed bin Rehman, 50, and his wife, Zahida Altaf, 42, have learned that Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) is granting them a stay of deportation so …
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