The National Gay and Lesbian Task Force Policy Institute yesterday released the results of a study debunking the myth that African Americans overwhelmingly and disproportionately supported Proposition 8. The study, commissioned by the Evelyn & Walter Haas, Jr. Fund in San Francisco, found that the level of support for Prop. 8 among African Americans wasContinueContinue reading “New Study Debunks Myths about African American Voting on Prop. 8”
Category Archives: Latinos
Invitation to Take Survey on Immigration Forum
The Equal Justice Society, Black Alliance for Just Immigration, Latino Issues Forum, Greenlining Institute and Centro Legal de la Raza would like to once again thank the participants for their interest in our July 31 panel, “Immigration and the Black Community: Conflict of Common Interest?” held at the Oakland Museum. If you did not getContinueContinue reading “Invitation to Take Survey on Immigration Forum”
DREAM Act part II
A recent posting on the ImmigrationProf Blog highlights the debate about the military service provisions that are in the DREAM Act. A father, whose son was a soldier died in Iraq, made this impassioned caution to those seeking passage of the DREAM Act, due to the military service option as a path to legalization: ItContinueContinue reading “DREAM Act part II”