Posts in March 2010

Event: AAPIs and the Urgency for...

By Prerna on March 19, 2010
Event: AAPIs and the Urgency for Comprehensive Immigration Reform

Hosted by Asian Pacific Americans for Progress (APAP)-Washington, DC Chapter Wednesday, March 24th, 2010 6-7:15PM Cannon House Office Building Room 121 Washington, DC http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=371721409463 Panelists: Karen Narasaki – Executive Director, Asian American Justice Center (AAJC) – moderator Prerna Lal – DREAMActivist.org founder, Change.org Blogger Deepa Iyer – Executive Director, South Asian Americans Leading Together... [+]

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19Mar

A Final Note On #LGBTCIR

By Prerna on March 17, 2010
A Final Note On #LGBTCIR

I had a busy week and several mentions in LGBT media after the New York drama that I have put squarely behind me. Of course, I anticipated differing reactions to what I had to say in The Advocate (Universal Stagnation and Immigration Reform Conundrum) and Ambiente.... [+]

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17Mar

Schedule for Next Two Weeks

By Prerna on March 14, 2010
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.... [+]

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14Mar

The Dinosaurs of Immigration Reform

By Prerna on March 8, 2010
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... [+]

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08Mar

E-Verify Fails for Naturalized U.S....

By Prerna on March 8, 2010
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... [+]

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New York Snowpocalypse

By Prerna on March 5, 2010
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... [+]

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05Mar

Irony

By Prerna on March 5, 2010
Irony

Today was a busy day. After another job interview, Chan and I met with a journalist who is writing a story about DREAM Act youth moving to Canada. I don’t particularly like engaging journalists–my immigration story is so complicated and infuriating that I don’t like talking... [+]

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Win: CCC Calls for UAFA Inclusion in...

By Prerna on March 4, 2010
Win: CCC Calls for UAFA Inclusion in CIR

Just want to give some overdue shoutout to Rachel LaBruyere from the Center for Community Change for pushing on the inside for the organization to take a stance for UAFA inclusion in CIR. I know it wasn’t easy and it took a lot of fever-induced... [+]

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04Mar