The killing of Marcello Lucero has stirred tensions that were all but buried in the political fervor
of the presidential race, a grim reminder that genuine change in race
relations still eludes many communities. The tragedy has resonance throughout the country. Newsday.Noviembre 12, 2008
A UFE workshop led by Jeannette Huezo at a conference sponsored by the National Network for Immigrant and Refugee Rights (NNIRR) in Houston, TX. This workshop engages participants in sharing personal stories of their family or ancestors emigrating to the US, explores the history of the "push" and "pull" events, trends, policies, and laws that drive workers and families from their homeland, and identifies strategies to bring immigrant and native-born workers and communities together in a movement for economic justice.
Our Racial Wealth Divide program spotlights the persistence and recent growth of racial economic disparities. It helps educate people that wealth is even more important than income in achieving parity among the races. And it works on shifting public consciousness about the real reasons for the gap: policies that tilt the rules in favor of whites.
Unidos
por una Economía Justa es una organización nacional, independiente, no
partidaria y sin fines de lucro. Unidos por una Economía Justa
concientiza y educa sobre que la riqueza concentrada y el poder
debilitan la economía, corrompen la democracia, profundizan la division
racial y destruyen las comunidades. Nosotros apoyamos y ayudamos a
construir movimientos sociales por una mayor igualdad.
