The Arizona Advocacy
Network Board of Directors invites you to join your colleagues from
across the progressive spectrum to share ideas on what's working and
what's getting in our way as we strive to make Arizona a better place
to work and live.
What are the issue and organizational priorities of Arizona's progressive organizations for 2010?
What will your fellow activists be working on?
How can we work together to achieve our goals?
How can we streamline opeations and increase effectiveness?
How can we attract more resources to our state?
Date: Saturday, December 12th Time: 9-11 AM Location: UFCW Hall, 2401 N Central Ave (NE Corner of Vernon and Central), Phoenix RSVP by calling 602-297-2500 or emailing rsvp@azadvocacy.org
Politicized Justice: Inside the Department of Justice Thank you to all of our supporters who joined us on November 5th for an evening of celebration. Special thanks to our hosts Janet and Mike Valder, our guest speaker Joe Rich, Phil and the Blanks and El Portal Restaurant.
AzAN Foundation gratefully acknowledges the support of: Mike and Janet Valder UFCW Local 99 John Curtin Eugene Kadish and Mary Statzer Vinton Lackey LiUNA Olga and Jim Strickland
Joe Rich, Director Fair Housing Project Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights under Law was interviewd by KPHO about the increasing number of homeowners being scammed by loan modification companies. Watch the story for six things to help you spot a loan modification scam. Watch the video here.
News
Protecting Clean Elections
Conservative
courts may soon invalidate the matching funds provision of Arizona's
Citizens Clean Elections Act. Longtime foes of Clean Elections view
this as their opportunity to end public campaign financing in Arizona
and return to a time when big-money was the primary factor deciding who
would represent our communities in legislative and statewide offices.
Senator Jonathan Paton, with backing from the Arizona Chamber of
Commerce and Industry, is determined to kill Clean Elections through a
repeal on the 2010 ballot. Concurrently, the national health care
debate has heightened voter frustration with big-money influence on
politicians. See how much each member of Congress has received from the health care industry including President Obama. Special
interests have spent millions of dollars on lobbying and contributions
for health care, see how much each industry has spent. Efforts to
pass the Fair Elections Now Act--Clean Elections for federal
races--have significant traction. With the stakes high we must protect
Clean Elections in Arizona.
Learn about the "hybrid" which AzAN has been working on with a team of national experts. This is a public financing alternative in the anticipation of the loss of matching funds.
Prop 200 Case Heard by the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals
On Tuesday, October 20, 2009 Justice Sandra Day O'Connor, Chief Judge Alex Kozinski and Judge Sandra Segal Ikuta heard arguments regarding the Prop. 200 voting rights case at the University of Arizona Law School. Prop 200 required that Arizonans present documentary proof-of-citizenship in order to register to vote and documentary proof-of-identity (one photo ID or two non-photo IDs) if they wish to vote at the polls. For those who vote early or by mail, a signature suffices as proof of identity. Listen to the argument
Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has chosen to boot Sheriff Joe Arpaio out of the portion of the 287(g) program that allowed him to arrest people suspected of being in the country without proper documentation. This would never have happened had it not been for a dedicated coalition of grassroots organizations and volunteers who have descended upon each of the Sheriff's racial profiling sweeps with video cameras documenting the abuses and recording interviews with people who were caught in the Sheriff's dragnets. The video evidence sparked national media coverage forcing the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to scrutinize the Sheriff's actions.
DHS has shown that they lack the capacity to effectively oversee this failed program. It must be ended; it cannot be mended.
In a recent CNN interview Arpaio admits that clothing, speech and conduct help determine if someone is undocumented. Read the article from Think Progress and watch it on CNN. Tell Secretary Napolitano and DHS Enough is Enough! End the 287(g) program and work to pass Comprehensive Immigration Reform. Click here to send a message.
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