Piecing Together an Immigrant’s Life the U.S. Refused to See (read article)
By NINA BERNSTEIN
Published: July 6, 2009
The story of a detainee and his death, kept in official oblivion for three years, shows how 9/11 changed the stakes for those tangled in U.S. immigration laws.

I was reading a magazine today and there was a feature about doing good things for other people. A couple of the suggestions mentioned two organizations that I thought were doing exceptional work and were worth writing about.
CARE (www.care.org) is a humanitarian organization that assists poor women of the world so that they can become educated, [...]

Ready or Not, Katrina Victims Lose Temporary Housing (read article)
By SHAILA DEWAN
Published: May 8, 2009 in The New York Times
A deadline ending temporary housing for hurricane victims is an example of programs that seem to be in conflict.

[ April 24, 2009; 7:00 pm to 8:20 pm. April 26, 2009; 9:30 am to 10:50 am. ] Directed by Scott Hamilton Kennedy
2008 / USA / 80 minutes
SCREENINGS:
April 24 / 7:00pm / UNCSA - Gold
April 26 / 9:30am / UNCSA - Main

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*This article was published on February 13, 2009 in The New York Times.
By NAZILA FATHI
TEHRAN — In a year of marriage, Razieh Qassemi, 19, says she was beaten repeatedly by her husband and his father. Her husband, she says, is addicted to methamphetamine and has threatened to marry another woman to “torture” her.
Rather than endure [...]

Mujeres Libres is dedicated to the struggle of the Zapatista Women of Chiapas, Mexico. The site is “about work, solidarity work, culture as a weapon, cooperative work and an alternate economy.” I encourage you to go to this site and learn more about the Zapatista Women because their fight for a just world is [...]