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Remind Obama: Change Takes Courage

05/09/2011 Nativegrl77

He heard our voices

We need to keep the pressure up

President Obama heard our message loud and clear. Yesterday, he held a major meeting on immigration reform to give the process new life. -Click on link below

http://act.reformimmigrationforamerica.org/go/1211?akid=679.164689.9Fc670&t=6

This jump start for the immigration reform debate is the direct result of thousands of us demanding that he keep his campaign promises. He knows that our immigration system is broken, that our families are being torn apart and we need relief. But we need to make sure the President keeps his word.

Tell the President we support his efforts, but words are not enough -Click on link below

http://act.reformimmigrationforamerica.org/go/1198?akid=679.164689.9Fc670&t=7

We need action. He has heard us loud and clear, but will he listen? Bringing immigration reform back is a good first step, but it’s not enough.

Thank you,

Marissa Graciosa

Reform Immigration FOR America

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This week in the Senate … the Republican led House

04/05/2011 Nativegrl77

This Week –

**Monday in the Senate: Confirmation of Executive Calendar, Jimmie V. Reyna, of Maryland, to be United States Circuit Judge;

Confirmed: 86-0 … First Latino on Federal Circuit Court of Appeals

**S.493 small biz –High Tech Start Ups

**GOP submits FY2012 Budget

**H.R4, 1099 Repeal HC Law Tax Reporting Rule

**Negotiations on amendments resume

**Net Neutrality and EPA

This Week –

**Monday in the House: H.R. 1246 to reduce the amounts otherwise authorized to be appropriated to the Department of Defense for printing and reproduction

**HRes 200 Providing for consideration of the joint resolution (H.J. Res. 37) disapproving the rule submitted by the Federal Communications Commission with respect to regulating the Internet and broadband industry practices.

**Leaders are at the White House discussing the Budget – Boehner and his Freshman Tea Party members?

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All because of You …BraVenew Foundation

12/09/2010 Nativegrl77

All Because Of You!

DONATE TODAY!

Brave New Foundation’s Cuéntame exists because of YOU! We are an independent, non-profit organization with NO corporate sponsors or funding. This has allowed us to fight for the most pressing issues within and throughout our community without any censorship or outside influence.

But this also means we rely completely on the support of members like you to keep producing the hard-hitting, effective videos and actions like those we have done in the past year. We need to raise $25,000 by Christmas Eve. Please contribute $10 today!

During this past year, our work has reached millions of people and we’ve been able to take on critical issues like:

Exposing hateful Tea Party rhetoric.
Fighting the discriminatory Arizona law SB1070.
Pushing to enact a Dream Act.
Helping turn out the highest Latino vote in history.
Exposing racist electoral ads.
A music and film series to educate about the best of Latino culture and much, much more!

We greatly appreciate all of your involvement and helping us to become the flourishing community organization that we are today! With close to 50,000 members and over 30 million impressions on our campaigns, we’ve become the strongest Latino social network activists. We have been able to reach over a hundred million people through our media and press impact and now we are ready to take on even more battles.

Cuéntame was created for you and by you and now we need your support once again to keep fighting! This is the only way that we can keep producing these campaigns, daily videos and continue to get our community’s voice heard loud and clear.

We understand that times are hard for many of us, but it doesn’t take much to help out! A contribution of $10 will help us continue standing up against these injustices!

Can you donate and help Cuéntame stay free of corporate influence and be able to keep producing hard-hitting, informative campaigns that make a real impact for our community? Together we can make a difference. Click HERE to contribute.

Thank you so much for your support! See you on the Cuéntame page!

Yours,

Axel Caballero and Ofelia Yañez
and the Cuéntame team

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What happened yesterday

11/03/2010 Nativegrl77

We stood together and defeated hate
But the fight isn’t over

Yesterday we saw our community stand up together at the polls all over the country.

While the Republican party swept the House, taking back the majority, they ran into a firewall in their attempts to gain back the Senate. That firewall was the Latino and immigrant vote. That firewall was you.

In California, our community stood up to defeat Meg Whitman, who vilified her own undocumented housekeeper to try to save political face.

In Colorado, Senator Michael Bennet was re-elected with the support of Latino voters. Anti-immigrant Tom Tancredo worked hard for Bennet’s opponent and was so polarizing that even other anti-immigrant voters stayed home.

But it didn’t keep our movement home. In Nevada, Latino voters turned out to reelect Senate majority leader Harry Reid. 16 percent of the electorate was Latino, and the community stood together against Sharron Angle’s racist rhetoric.

Our fight isn’t over. It isn’t even on hold. And yesterday’s elections showed that our power is alive and well.

Thank you for everything you do. You’re the reason we’re still fighting.

Marissa Graciosa
Reform Immigration FOR America

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The Most Racist Ad Of 2010 And More…

10/29/2010 Nativegrl77


The 3 Part VOTE spots that had an impact on Latino press. Watch the video Post on your wall	Cuéntame’s “Don’t Silence The Vote” Music Video. Watch the video Post on your wall	Cuéntame takes on one of this year’s most racist Ad. Watch the video Post on your wall