We Are CASA

Community Organizing

https://chieforganizer.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/Keith-Richards-01-Big-Town-Playboy-200019165.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple PodcastsSilver Spring, Maryland    A decade ago, I spent a week a month for more than six months working with what was then known as CASA de Maryland to develop a membership program for the organization.  CASA was at the heart of the push for immigration reform on …

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Immigration Arrests: A Sign of Tactical Shift or Desperation

Community Organizing DC Politics Immigration Reform Organizing

Little Rock  More than forty representatives of unions, community groups, and pro-immigration reform advocates were arrested for civil disobedience in Washington, D.C. for street blocking in traffic.   Those arrested included major advocates like Gustavo Torres of Casa de Maryland and Petra Falcon of Arizona, as well as leaders of the AFL-CIO, SEIU, UFW, CWA, Center …

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DREAMs Coming True

Immigration Reform

Little Rock       How about some more good news in these crazy days? It was wonderful to see a woman with a Casa de Maryland t-shirt on the front page of my hometown paper.  Having done some work with Casa and their great director, Gustavo Torres, I could just feel their excitement at seeing the crowds …

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