Here's something you might be interested in.
Ask a Hipster — Advice you didn't know you needed
Big Screen — Movie commentary
Blurt — Music's inside track
Booze News — San Diego spirits
Classical Music — Immortal beauty
Classifieds — Free and easy
Cover Stories — Front-page features
Drinks All Around — Bartenders' drink recipes
Excerpts — Literary and spiritual excerpts
Feast! — Food & drink reviews
Feature Stories — Local news & stories
Fishing Report — What’s getting hooked from ship and shore
From the Archives — Spotlight on the past
Golden Dreams — Talk of the town
The Gonzo Report — Making the musical scene, or at least reporting from it
Letters — Our inbox
Movies@Home — Local movie buffs share favorites
Movie Reviews — Our critics' picks and pans
Musician Interviews — Up close with local artists
Neighborhood News from Stringers — Hyperlocal news
News Ticker — News & politics
Obermeyer — San Diego politics illustrated
Outdoors — Weekly changes in flora and fauna
Overheard in San Diego — Eavesdropping illustrated
Poetry — The old and the new
Reader Travel — Travel section built by travelers
Reading — The hunt for intellectuals
Roam-O-Rama — SoCal's best hiking/biking trails
San Diego Beer — Inside San Diego suds
SD on the QT — Almost factual news
Sheep and Goats — Places of worship
Special Issues — The best of
Street Style — San Diego streets have style
Surf Diego — Real stories from those braving the waves
Theater — On stage in San Diego this week
Tin Fork — Silver spoon alternative
Under the Radar — Matt Potter's undercover work
Unforgettable — Long-ago San Diego
Unreal Estate — San Diego's priciest pads
Your Week — Daily event picks
Welcome the children
Speakers at vigil for immigrant children blame NAFTA & war on drugs for influx
Hundreds of protesters descended on the plaza outside federal government offices downtown on Wednesday evening, July 9, as part of a nationwide day of action in support of a stream of Central American children and mothers illegally crossing into the United States.
"We're here to provide a loving response to the actions others have taken against these children," said Birdie Gutierrez, one of the event's organizers.
Several demonstrators stood nearby, holding signs encouraging the government to "Welcome the Children" and provide "Liberty and Justice for All." Others waved American flags. A group of Native American dancers held court on a pedestal, with a small pot burning sage and the traditional dances providing an "offering of love to children."
"The vitriol, the racism we've experienced, that's unacceptable," Gutierrez said, describing her recent experience at an Escondido City Council meeting where locals vociferously opposed a plan to convert a former medical facility into temporary housing where juvenile detainees would await processing. In Murrieta, a crowd of protesters last week prevented a bus carrying women and children from accessing a Border Patrol facility there.
Various speakers argued on the immigrants' behalf, blaming trade policy such as NAFTA and the U.S. "War on Drugs" for creating conditions of widespread violence and poverty that are driving the current mass migration.
"Many of these children came here because they've already lost their homes, their families. There's nothing to send them back to. And everyone deserves a safe, secure childhood," Gutierrez concluded.
Here's something you might be interested in.
Welcome the children
Speakers at vigil for immigrant children blame NAFTA & war on drugs for influx
Welcome the children
Speakers at vigil for immigrant children blame NAFTA & war on drugs for influx
Hundreds of protesters descended on the plaza outside federal government offices downtown on Wednesday evening, July 9, as part of a nationwide day of action in support of a stream of Central American children and mothers illegally crossing into the United States.
"We're here to provide a loving response to the actions others have taken against these children," said Birdie Gutierrez, one of the event's organizers.
Several demonstrators stood nearby, holding signs encouraging the government to "Welcome the Children" and provide "Liberty and Justice for All." Others waved American flags. A group of Native American dancers held court on a pedestal, with a small pot burning sage and the traditional dances providing an "offering of love to children."
"The vitriol, the racism we've experienced, that's unacceptable," Gutierrez said, describing her recent experience at an Escondido City Council meeting where locals vociferously opposed a plan to convert a former medical facility into temporary housing where juvenile detainees would await processing. In Murrieta, a crowd of protesters last week prevented a bus carrying women and children from accessing a Border Patrol facility there.
Various speakers argued on the immigrants' behalf, blaming trade policy such as NAFTA and the U.S. "War on Drugs" for creating conditions of widespread violence and poverty that are driving the current mass migration.
"Many of these children came here because they've already lost their homes, their families. There's nothing to send them back to. And everyone deserves a safe, secure childhood," Gutierrez concluded.
Comments