Action Alerts

Senator DeMint's Wall of Dreams: A Border Nightmare

by Brian Erickson and Jennifer Johnson on September 22, 2009

Do you remember Kevin Costner's blind determination in the movie Field of Dreams to build a baseball field based on the direction of a mysterious voice? Sen. Jim DeMint (R-SC) has heard a similar voicing stating, "If you build it, they won't come."

He wants a 700-mile wall of pedestrian fencing built along the U.S.-Mexico border --a measure that will harm communities and the environment of the borderlands and do nothing to fix our broken immigration system.

Click here to help to stop this latest attempt to expand on the failed policy of constructing more walls along our SW border.

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Write a Letter to the Editor: Don't Break Colombia's Heart

by Vanessa Kritzer and Lisa Haugaard on September 11, 2009

$800,000 on hearts.

You heard that right. With a massive humanitarian crisis on their hands, the Colombian government is spending $800,000 on an installation of more than forty, 8-13 ft tall heart sculptures in DC and New York this fall. This campaign, called "Colombia Is Passion," was supposedly designed to educate Americans about the "real" Colombia, a fun and beautiful country in which violence and human rights abuses are a thing of the distant past.

At this point, you might be asking, "Why this? Why now?"

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Cuba Travel on Facebook and Twitter

by Paulo Gusmao on July 31, 2009

The movement is growing. The Freedom to Travel to Cuba Act is gaining support in the House and the Senate. Please take a minute to support the brand new End the Travel Ban Facebook page.

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CubaGo! - Get Organized; Register your activities

by Paulo Gusmao on September 11, 2009

CubaGO! is three weeks away . . . and that means it's time to kick our organizing efforts into high gear. We've created some tools that we hope will help you create activities for September 30th, the national call-in day to End the Travel Ban on Cuba. Below is a link to our new tool that helps create an event, publicize it and share it with others. Are you going to be part of this action?

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A Call for Action on Cuba - Save the Date

by Paulo Gusmao on July 24, 2009

We've been keeping up the pressure on Congress for months to end the travel ban on Cuba. The "Freedom to Travel to Cuba Act" legislation introduced in the House and Senate this spring now has more co-sponsors than any Cuba bill in memory.

Mark your calendars! The end is in sight, but we need one more BIG PUSH to make the co-sponsor list jump.

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Forced Disappearances and Torture in Mexico

by Vanessa Kritzer and Jennifer Johnson on August 11, 2009

Torture, illegal raids, and forced disappearances carried out by government soldiers with no accountability. Is this what we want our government to be funding in Mexico? No.

Senator Patrick Leahy felt the same way.

If you want to support the effort to prioritize human rights in Mexico over military aid, click here.

:2009, Action Alerts, Jennifer Johnson, Mexico

Congress, Condemn the Coup in Honduras!

by Paulo Gusmao on July 15, 2009

The situation in Honduras has only escalated since last week. Civilians in the streets of Tegucigalpa and throughout the country side continue to face brutal repression by military officials. Civil liberties remain gravely affected, including freedom of the press. We need you to contact your elected officials, and urge them to send the right message to the coup government currently in Honduras: Coups will not be tolerated.

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