A Cinco de Mayo NOLA Appreciation

New Orleans A surprisingly, frank and spot-on piece ran on the op-ed page of the Times-Picayune by Coleman Warner, speaking “truth to power” about the value of immigrants, especially mexicanos, in the recovery of New Orleans. I wanted to share it with all of you:

The Times-Picayune May 05, 2009
Newcomers deserve day to celebrate
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Maybe a Canadian?

Toronto    The federal government in Canada recently passed legislation clearing up the fact that among other things children born in Canada or to Canadians outside of Canada are still Canada which is likely to confer citizenship on more than 300,000 folks who don’t realize they are really Canadians.  There is a publicity campaign underway, [...]

Life is Not a Beach

Puerto Playa        After more goodbyes and last minute meetings about plans and problems, we were off in a van offered by the general secretary of an island-wide, 50,000 member transport workers union that we were fortunate to meet our last night in Santiago thanks to one of the organizer’s ingenuity (props to Steffan Lajoie!).  [...]

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