By Sandy Close Executive
Director New America Media
Over 60 million adults access ethnic media. Their voices should be heard by lawmakers considering this important piece of immigration legislation. Let your voices ring out.
The DREAM Act Could Go Before Congress Today
December 8th, 2010Support the Dream Act THIS WEEK! – America Needs It!
December 7th, 2010New America Media says: Over 60 million adults access ethnic media. Their voices should be heard by lawmakers considering this important piece of immigration legislation this week. If ethnic media across the country carry this button on their websites this week, it will send a powerful message to lawmakers about the civic engagement of our communities. —By Sandy Close, Executive Director, New America Media.
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— The WORD
— Harry Potter is a DREAM Act Kid
It’s Been One of Those Semesters – 3
December 6th, 2010
Part 3 of 4: The Response to the Envoy’s Response
Jesse Lent’s comments are in bold.
Date: Sat Oct 16 08:41:13 EDT 2010
From: Gregg Morris
Subject: Re: Attention Envoy Editor-in-Chief Ming Fearon (Short Version)
To: “Jesse Lent, Envoy News”
It’s Been One of Those Semesters – 2
December 5th, 2010
Part 2 of 4: The Envoy Responds
—- Original message —-
Date: Fri, 15 Oct 2010 17:46:21 -0400
From: “Jesse Lent, Envoy News”
Subject: Re: Attention Envoy Editor-in-Chief Ming Fearon (Short Version)
To: gmorris@hunter.cuny.edu
Cc: envoyeditor@gmail.com, Andrea Zaharieva , bstein@hunter.cuny.edu
Dear Professor Morris:
It’s Been One of Those Semesters – 1
December 5th, 2010
The Voice of Hunter College Since 1944? Oh, Please!
Part 1 of 4:
Below is a message I posted on Hunter-L early in the semester regarding a cheap shot by Editor in Chief Ming Fearon, who is at the top of the food chain for a Hunter student publication that purports to be “the voice of Hunter College since 1944.”
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10 Reasons America Needs the The DREAM Act
December 4th, 2010Posted by Stephanie Valencia on December 03, 2010 at 03:13 PM EST
Stephanie Valencia is an Associate Director of the Office of Public Engagement
In the coming days, Congress will vote on the DREAM Act – a common-sense piece of legislation drafted by both Republicans and Democrats that will give young people who grew up in the United States a chance to contribute to our nation by pursuing a higher education or serving in the U.S. armed forces. It’s limited, targeted legislation that will allow only the best and brightest to earn their legal status, and applies to those brought to the United States as minors through no fault of their own by their parents, and who know no other home.
Here are 10 reasons we need the DREAM Act:
It’s Been One of Those Semesters – 1
November 26th, 2010
A Quote Too Good to Be Overlooked
November 7th, 2010Okay, I know lots and lots of folks – trash-ers as well as supplicants — read the NY Times and post the readings all over the place as if no one else reads the Times like they do. But this quote was too good to be overlooked and my students are in the back of my mind when they aren’t in the front:
This is a snapshot of a whiplashed country that (understandably) doesn’t know whose butt to kick first. — Frank Rich, NY Times, November 6, 2010.
Savvy Straphanger This Guy
November 7th, 2010
How savvy, I thought.
I should have stayed as long as he was to be there to see what was to happen next but I wanted to be on time for my class. Would NYPD roust him? How did the idea come about? Much better than trying to find comfort in those anti-roosting seats [in the background] to discourage the homeless from napping. Yet, something inside me wanted to scream.
Bad News!
December 14th, 2010Ed Kent is a former Brooklyn College philosophy professor who seems to read everything and then disseminates the information. I sort through his choice tidbits for material to post on the WORD Blog.
One of his latest:
The rest is here.
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