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Schedule for Next Two Weeks

I am pleased to say I think I have officially recovered from pneumonia. Yes, that should be a headline. Now lets hope I don’t get those Spring allergies!
This is the craziest schedule I have ever made but I packed some much-deserved vacation time into it. If people–besides co-workers and friends–are trying to contact and/or meet [...]

CODEPINK FTW

I am starting at CODEPINK as their new Online Organizer.
They gave me a chance to prove my mettle at something new. That too, on International Women’s Day. Not that I believe in designated days, but it has to be symbolic of something larger than us.

I will fully dedicate myself to the job and take them [...]

The Dinosaurs of Immigration Reform

I loved this post at La Frontera Times with the dinosaur metaphor for people who hold the lives of immigrant youth hostage, so go ahead and read the whole thing. Here is the excerpt that drew me in:
Demand the Dream Act! Now that is a reason to march. The Dream Act can pass this session. [...]

E-Verify Fails for Naturalized U.S. Citizen

Fortune magazine just ranked FedEx as one of the most admired companies in the world but its voluntary use of E-verify–a program that tracks eligibility to work in the United States and plagued with problems–is anything but admirable.
I just found out that my U.S. citizen uncle was almost fired from his job at FedEx because [...]

New York Snowpocalypse

This entire experience was just plain scary and the first time I had seen a car buried under snow and roads full of slush.

I am not even sure how you get the snow off your vehicle. And people were actually riding bikes on the snow-laden road! And I have never seen dogs walking in snow–I [...]