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DESCRIPTION:"Local to Global Justice: Challenging the Criminalization of People of 
 Color"\n\norganized by Dr. Sang Hea Kil\n\nat San Jose State University, 
 Friday April 25th, in the University Room\n\n \n\n10:30am-12:00pm\n\nLocal 
 struggles for Justice and Dignity (Panel 1)\n\nModerated by Dr. William 
 Armaline\n\n\nMiss Major, The TGI Justice Project\nThe Transgender, Gender 
 Variant and Intersex (TGI) Justice Project's mission is to challenge and 
 end the human rights abuses committed against transgender, gender 
 variant/genderqueer and intersex (TGI) people in California prisons and 
 beyond.\nhttp://www.tgijp.org/\n\nCharisse Domingo, YUCA\nYouth United for 
 Community Action, a grassroots community-organization created, led, and run 
 by young people of color, majority from low-income communities, provides a 
 safe space for young people to empower ourselves and work on environmental 
 and social justice issues to establish positive systemic change through 
 grassroots community organizing.\nhttp://www.youthunited.net\n\nRaj 
 Jayadev, De-Bug\nSilicon Valley De-Bug is a collective of writers, artists, 
 organizers, and workers based in San Jose, California.   We are a project 
 of Pacific News Service, a national news service located in San Francisco.  
  De-Bug started in the Spring of 2000 by reporting on the hidden 
 experiences of working people who were employed as low-wage temporary 
 workers.   As we grew as a collective we began exploring all of the issues 
 of our community - in the workplace, schools, streets, relationships, and 
 everything else. 
 http://www.siliconvalleydebug.com/\n\n\n1:15pm-2:45pm\n\nGlobal 
 Perspectives on Migration and Justice (Panel 2)\n\nModerated by Dr. Sang 
 Hea Kil\n\nJennifer Allen, Border Action Network\nBorder Action Network 
 formed in 1999 and works with immigrant families and border communities in 
 rural and urban areas along the Arizona border with Mexico to ensure that 
 our rights are protected, our human dignity upheld and that our communities 
 are healthy and safe places for everyone to live. We are a membership-based 
 human rights community organization that combines grassroots organizing, 
 leadership development, policy advocacy and litigation, when necessary.  We 
 have five staff and nearly 700 members.  Border Action remains unique to 
 Arizona—as a community-based, immigrant-led organization--we continue to 
 build the voice and therefore, the political, social and economic power of 
 immigrant families and border 
 communities.\n\nhttp://www.borderaction.org\n\n\n\nHarjap Grewal, No One is 
 Illegal\nNo One is Illegal - Vancouver is a grassroots anti-colonial 
 immigrant and refugee rights collective with leadership from members of 
 migrant and/or racialized backgrounds.  No One Is Illegal works with 
 migrant, racialized and indigenous communities to organize, educate, act 
 and fight for their own self-determination.\nhttp://noii-van.resist.ca/\n\n 
 \n\n\n https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2008/04/20/18494046.php
SUMMARY:"Local to Global Justice: Challenging the Criminalization of People of Color"
LOCATION:at San Jose State University, Friday April 25th, in the University Room
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2008/04/20/18494046.php
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