Over 50 grassroots activists, lawyers, and cartographers from 20 community-based organizations met over the weekend at the Lakeover Center in Jackson, Mississippi to attend the Community Organizing Around Political Redistricting School.
The political redistricting school was organized by the Pushback Network and Southern Echo provided the training. With this experience, we sought to deepen the knowledge around the history, laws and regulations of redistricting and encourage grassroots groups to focus their organizing efforts on redistricting as a way to build broad civic participation amongst underrepresented and marginalized communities. Read More »
“It gets into your mind, it gets into your heart,” Nick Salazar from the SouthWest Organizing Project.
After hearing personal stories from the women and men whose lives have been forever altered by the horrific practices of mountain top removal, Nick Salazar, elected official and member from the SouthWest Organizing Project, gave voice to the empathy he felt for those impacted by coal extraction in Kentucky. Having witnessed the deterioration of his own brother’s health from uranium mining in New Mexico, Mr. Salazar understood all too well how the energy companies, and those who protect them, circumvent rules and regulations that are designed to protect workers and the environment in order to maximize profit. Read More »
Community Groups across the Nation are Mobilized to Stand with Immigrants in Arizona on July 29th
Within the Pushback Network, States are Organizing Actions and Marches in Opposition to Arizona’s anti-immigrant, racial profiling law SB1070.
On July 29th, the Arizona law SB 1070 that legalizes racial profiling, is poised to take effect. Community groups and alliances in Arizona are gearing up for a massive “Day of Non-Compliance”, to say no to racial profiling and NO! to unfair treatment of hard working immigrants and their families.
SB 1070 is not a matter for Arizona only. It is a blatant attack on fundamental freedom.
There is a growing national movement to overturn the unconstitutional law in Arizona and to challenge other anti-immigrant legislation around the country. Along with many other organizations and networks, member organizations of the Pushback Network will hold actions, marches, and engage in voter registration drives in support of the people of Arizona to protest SB1070 and unjust and inhumane immigration enforcement policies.
Pushback Network organizations plan to demonstrate our level of commitment to the struggle for full rights and respect for all immigrants. Read More »
Pushback Network is fired up about the US Social Forum!
From June 22-26th, over 200 members from the 9 Pushback State Alliances are uniting in Detroit to strengthen our collective efforts and craft visions of liberation and justice.
Seeing as the time has come for us to build collective power in this milieu of massive unemployment, SB 1070, the oil spill, de-funding of public education, foreclosures and the bank bailouts, Pushback has constructed a strong program that highlights the diverse, multi-issue, multi-region, multi-constituency nature of our network.
You can catch us in Detroit sponsoring the following workshops, convention, and party:
You can download the entire Pushback program here: Pushback Network Schedule at USSF
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