Project Economic Refugee

How you can help this project (besides asking your friends to join in too):

*Start using the term "ECONOMIC REFUGEE" instead of others such as "illegal alien", "illegal immigrant", "undocumented worker", "undocumented immigrant", etc.

*Stay informed! Read the news & opinion pieces published on this site.

*Take action! When the occasional action alert is posted on this site, please take action (examples: e-mailing congress, writing the local newspaper, calling your newstation, taking signs to a march or townhall meeting, etc.) … every bit counts!

*Send me or comment me with alerts about what is going in your community regarding immigration and other issues directly affecting the Latino community.

*Become part of the Project Economic Refugee team! If you would like to support PER with your talent, services, or ideas, please send me a message at economicrefugee@hotmail.com to ask for more details. I want this to be a collaborative work for our community and I could certainly use your help as a co-organizer! Yes, I’m talking to YOU.

1. Promotes a message of empathy and compassion that is rooted in a progressive spirituality of inclusiveness and tolerance

2. Humanizes the debate regarding "illegal immigration" so that the public at large recognizes that its is a direct result of a humanitarian crisis

3. Raises awareness for the only permanent solution to the “illegal immigration problem”: tackling the actual poverty & violence that creates "illegals"

4. Connects Latinos to the larger progressive movement of the United States

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