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 Activist San Diego presents:\nWhat's Happening on the Border???\n\nBORDER 
 ANGELS, BORDER REALITIES, FRIENDSHIP PARK  \n\n"Immigration 'Reform': are 
 things really getting much better?"\n\n\nMonday Sept 21, 2009  7pm\n\nJoyce 
 Beers Community Center\n\n1090 Vermont St, Hillcrest, 1 block north of 
 University Ave, San Diego\n\n(Ralph's Shopping Center, next to Trader 
 Joe's)\n\nSpecial guests: \n\nEnrique Morones\n\nDavid Schmidt \n\nEnrique 
 Morones, San Diego native and long time human rights activist will share 
 stories about  the realities along the border and what is happening with 
 imigration reform today. \n\nEnrique is the president and founder of BORDER 
 ANGELS "saving migrant lives" ; LATINO ANTI DEFAMATION ALLIANCE "exposing 
 racism, hate and hate groups"; Founding member of FRIENDS OF FRIENSHIP 
 PARK" reopening the heart and soul of operation gatekeeper "MARCHA 
 MIGRANTES  "taking it to the streets" where he  was part of   caravan back 
 and forth from San Diego to DC and told president Obama, "we marched, we 
 voted now  its time to deliver immigration reform" .\n\nDavid Schmidt  will 
 present a critical view of the current discussion of "immigration reform", 
 the changes that are on the table in immigration policy and enforcement, in 
 light of the last reform (1986 Amnesty) and the recent history of 
 enforcement on the border. He  will consider the future of immigration and 
 immigrants. Unless the US Government drastically increases the ability to 
 legally immigrate to the US and drastically changes US trade policies like 
 NAFTA which push massive migration, the fundamental problems facing 
 immigrants will continue. \n\nDavid  has been involved in urban and rural 
 indigenous communities in Mexico over the last decade, and has witnessed 
 firsthand the devastating effects of lopsided trade policies and neoliberal 
 economics on the poorest communities in the world. Schmidt is involved in 
 efforts to promote fair trade and collectively-owned workers' co-ops, and 
 has published a number of articles in English and Spanish regarding the 
 struggle of marginalized peoples for cultural and economic survival. \n\nAs 
 the great-grandchild of immigrants from Russia, David is struck by the 
 inherently biased nature of US immigration policy. He notes that his 
 ancestors immigrated for the same reasons as today's immigrants; they were 
 able to do so legally, by no virtue of their own, but simply because US 
 policy favored immigrants from Europe, at the same time as immigrants from 
 Asia and elsewhere were being deported by the thousands. \n\nFriendship 
 Park, at the border,  is a unique venue of great historical significance to 
 both Mexico and the United States, and has served as the centerpiece of 
 California's Border Field State Park since its inauguration by then-First 
 Lady Pat Nixon in 1971. Friends of Friendship Park have worked tirelessly 
 to decriminalize the Border, restore Friendship Park  & promote  peaceful 
 dialogue with our neighbors.\n Across two years, grassroots leaders have 
 built a broad coalition to save Friendship Park, the historic location 
 overlooking the Pacific Ocean where people from San Diego and Tijuana have 
 met for generations to visit with friends and family at the border fence. 
 \n\nHaving secured the support of California politicians at every level of 
 office, leaders from this coalition are now negotiating with San Diego 
 Border Patrol to restore public access to Friendship Park.   \n\n\n\n   
 About Friendship Park  http://www.friendshippark.org  &  Border Angels 
 (founded in 1986) www.borderangels.org \n\n- donation requested 
 -\n\nSponsored by Activist San Diego www.ActivistSanDiego.\n\n\n\n\n\n 
 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2009/09/14/18621926.php
SUMMARY:Whats happening on the Border????
LOCATION:Joyce Beers Community Center, \n1090 Vermont St, Ralphs Shopping Center 
 near University Ave
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2009/09/14/18621926.php
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