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Posts tagged San Francisco
SB 1070 National Day of Action in...
May 29, 2010
Just my favorite photos from the National Day of Action against SB 1070.
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29May
A Letter to Tam Tran. RIP
May 24, 2010
Someone told me to write a letter so this is my pathetic attempt at trying to conjure one up. You are gone and I can’t even launch a campaign to bring you back. I am helping with the cause to get you posthumous citizenship though, which... [+]
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24May
Recap of Netroots Nation San...
January 15, 2010
I had the pleasure of attending a fantastic Netroots Nation event yesterday where once again, advocates brought up the terrible idea of ‘piecemeal approaches,’ derided DREAM advocates and then proceeded to say that the best we could hope for is that things do not get... [+]
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15Jan
Testifying at San Francisco...
October 28, 2009
Comprehensive Immigration Reform Symposium: San Francisco’s Role in Shaping National Immigration Policy November 9, 2009 5:30- 8:00 p.m. State Building, Milton Marks Auditorium 455 Golden Gate Avenue San Francisco, California SYMPOSIUM DESCRIPTION: The purpose of this Symposium is for the Immigrant Rights Commission to hear from national experts on comprehensive immigration... [+]
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28Oct
BART - New Media, Old Services
July 7, 2009
BART is getting new media savvy, especially since the Oscar Grant shooting incident, but unfortunately, that doesn’t translate into better services. My bike seatpost with a women’s saddle was stolen on July 4th at Civic Center in front of the agents booth at 7th and Market. I... [+]
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07Jul
Revisiting the Letter from...
November 19, 2008
I have already written about how tolerance discourse has been twisted by the media and proponents of H8 to characterize us as militants, unlawful, undemocratic, fascist and even terrorists. To every person that is pro-gay marriage but bewildered and unsupportive of the uprising among LGBT people... [+]
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19Nov
San Francisco May Become First City...
October 22, 2008
And Michael Foucault wishes from his grave that he could have lived 25 years more had it not been for his misadventures in Iran. (Hey, I love Foucault) The jibe was in reference to his opposition to the repression of human sexuality and how governments had made... [+]
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22Oct
When Sanctuary equals shooting self...
July 1, 2008
Disclaimer – I LOVE SAN FRANCISCO The experiment was a noble one — Instead of complying with federal immigration law, city officials in San Francisco would take on the cost of flying juveniles convicted of drug crimes to their countries. That would prevent federal deportation and... [+]
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01Jul