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July 25, 2002
Community Thursday (7-25)
Roundup on July 25
The NAACP hailed the conclusion of a thirty-year housing battle in New Jersey fighting against the use of zoning to exclude poor people from suburban towns.
The Leadership Conference on Civil Rights has endorsed the call by the Arab-American Antidsicrimination Committee to remove a member of the US Civil Rights Commission after he raised the possibility of internment camps for arab americans in case of another terrorist attack.
AARP notes that in the wake of recent layoffs, age discrimination complaints at the EEOC have climbed 23.5 percent in the last two years.
This last week saw the 20th anniversary commemoration of the murder of Vincent Chin, a seminal moment in stirring asian americans to greater political mobilization.
MALDEF, a leading latino organization, has released a report opposing the seccession of the San Fernando Valley from Los Angeles, an important development since secession advocates are counting on latino votes to win.
Gay activists this week celebrated the defeat of a proposed constitutional ban on gay marriage in Massachusetts
Housing advocates are denouncing the Bush administration for slashing $688 million from HUD budget to pay for the war on terrorism
Posted by Nathan at July 25, 2002 08:49 AM
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