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Radio Report Back from April 10 Immigrant Rights March from Davis to Capitol (audio/mpeg 7.9MB)
An 8 minute audio report back/sound montage from the 100+ participant, 9 mile Immigrant Rights march from Davis to Sacramento on April 10. THe mobilization was against HR 4437, and for a more just immigration policy. Interviews with student participants as well as interview with an immigrant & Sac resident I met at the Capitol rally....
Posted: Sun, Apr 16, 2006 11:09pm PDT
No School: Rally in Watsonville for Immigrant Rights (audio/mpeg 17.8MB)
On Friday, March 31st, thousands of students from local schools, including Watsonville High, Pajaro Valley High, Aptos High and Renaissance High, marched and rallied against HR 4437 in Watsonville.
In anticipation of the walkout, both Pajaro Valley High and Watsonville High decided to close their school doors in an effort to keep students safe.
The following three bilingual audio mp3s were recorded on Friday, March 31st. The first mp3 is from the rally in the Watsonville Plaza and star...
Posted: Fri, Apr 7, 2006 1:20pm PDT
Mayor: Antonio Rivas - District 3 (audio/mpeg 1.0MB)
3 minutes
(Term expires November 2006)...
Posted: Fri, Apr 7, 2006 1:20pm PDT
Mayor Pro Tempore: Manuel Quintero Bersamin - District 1 (audio/mpeg 724.4KB)
2 minutes
(Term expires November 2008)...
Posted: Fri, Apr 7, 2006 1:20pm PDT
Watsonville High School Students Speak About Walkouts (audio/mpeg 1.8MB)
On Thursday, March 30th, I spoke with Watsonville High School students about the walkouts which took place on Monday, March 27th and Tuesday, March 28th. Students share their reasons for walking out, why they do not support attempts to create anti-immigrant laws as well as the actions of fellow students, teachers, administrators and police.
Many of the students discuss instances of police brutality which they saw and heard about from friends. Police brutality included hitting a student in...
Posted: Fri, Mar 31, 2006 4:37am PST
Students From Six High Schools March in Santa Cruz Against HR4437 (audio/mpeg 2.4MB)
On Wednesday, March 29th, hundreds of students from Santa Cruz High, Santa Cruz Community, Habor, Aptos, Soquel and Cesar Chavez (Barrios Unidos) left class at 10:00am to meet at the Clock Tower and march to the Santa Cruz County Courthouse. They marched for immigrant rights and justice and against HR4437.
After the walkout and march, I went over to Santa Cruz High and spoke to a small group of students. Ricky, a student at Santa Cruz Community and Edwin, a student at Santa Cruz High, dis...
Posted: Wed, Mar 29, 2006 6:18pm PST
Hunger Strike Ends with 5000 Marching in SF (audio/x-wav 12.4MB)
San Francisco's 7 day hunger strike against HR4437 came to an end with 5000 people marching to Senator Dianne Feinstein's office to break bread and demand legislation that allows citizenship for undocumented immigrants. Organizers delivered thousands of petitions to Feinstein's office, calling for fair and just immigration reform....
Posted: Wed, Mar 29, 2006 3:25pm PST
Accounts of Police Violating Civil Rights of Students in Watsonville on 3/27 (audio/mpeg 6.4MB)
On Monday, March 27th, 2006, high school students went on strike to protest against HR 4437. In Watsonville, police responded by violating the civil rights of students, including detaining students at 2:00pm for "walking out of school" even though their school, Renaissance High School, had gotten out at 1:15pm. Another student at Renaissance was arrested after refusing to get on a bus. She was already out of school and did not walkout. (Audio is 18 minutes and 30 seconds)...
Posted: Tue, Mar 28, 2006 5:34pm PST
FRSC: Jenn and Ramiro of the Brown Berets discuss Student Walkouts, HR 4437 and more (audio/mpeg 4.2MB)
Agusto Cesar Sandino Segundo talks with Jenn Laskin and then Ramiro Medrano. Jenn and Ramiro called into the Global Local program on Freak Radio Santa Cruz, 101.1FM on Monday, March 27 to discuss the student walkouts which took place at local high schools....
Posted: Tue, Mar 28, 2006 7:49am PST
Short Interviews about the Watsonville March for Peace and Immigrant Rights (audio/mpeg 707.9KB)
On March 25th, I recorded three short interviews during the march for peace, justice and immigrant rights which took place in Watsonville. The first mp3 is in spanish and has two interviews. The second mp3 (scroll down!) is an interview in english with Carlos of the Watsonville Brown Berets....
Posted: Sun, Mar 26, 2006 4:28pm PST
Interview with Carlos of the Watsonville Brown Berets (audio/mpeg 709.2KB)
(2:00 minutes)...
Posted: Sun, Mar 26, 2006 4:28pm PST
Speakers from Santa Cruz Rally Against HR 4437 (audio/mpeg 2.7MB)
About 500 people rallied at the Santa Cruz County Building, before a march to Beach Flats Park, to express outrage against HR 4437; one of many anti-immigrant bills making its way through Congress. HR 4437 would make it a felony offense to be in the U.S. without proper documentation. This would push undocumented immigrants further underground, and increase the potential for exploitation by employers. This bill would also criminalize nurses, teachers, clergy, social workers, and anyone else wh...
Posted: Mon, Mar 20, 2006 2:41pm PST
Yadira (audio/mpeg 1.1MB)
Yadira Ramirez, a member of the Watsonville Brown Berets...
Posted: Mon, Mar 20, 2006 2:41pm PST
Sandra (audio/mpeg 2.7MB)
Sandra Molina, a politics major at UCSC, speaks in Spanish and English about the need for more participation from immigrant communities in the political process...
Posted: Mon, Mar 20, 2006 2:41pm PST
Teach the Kids (audio/mpeg 1.4MB)
Anonymous woman speaks in Spanish and English about how the US/Mexico border criminalizes people....
Posted: Mon, Mar 20, 2006 2:41pm PST