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DOJ Civil Rights Thomas Perez Issues Statement on LEP Practices Relevant to Pending Georgia Case - Ling vs. Georgia

Wed, 08/18/2010 - 07:44

The Civil Rights Division of the U.S. Department of Justice issued a statement on August 16, 2010 on language access policies and practices to state courts which is directly relevant to recent Ling v. Georgia case being carefully watched in Georgia. http://www.lep.gov/final_courts_ltr_081610.pdf


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Solidarity Walk for Pa Lee Klo, 20 years old, Murdered Last Friday in Georgia

Fri, 08/13/2010 - 22:13

(Clarkston, GA) -- The Karen Community of Georgia issued a press release inviting the public to participate in a Solidarity Walk on Sunday, August 15, 2010 at 5 p.m. to commemorate the life of Pa Lee Klo, a twenty-year-old Karen refugee who was senselessly killed last week in a driveby shooting outside of his home in Clarkston in Dekalb County, Georgia.

Dekalb County is home to one of the largest refugee populations in the South. The community has been increasingly concerned by the growing violence in the Clarkston apartment houses where Pa Lee Klo was killed.


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Doing the right thing can get you deported

Thu, 05/27/2010 - 15:03

From the Restore Fairness blog.

When Abel Moreno made a call to 911 to report a police officer assaulting his girlfriend, he had no idea of the consequences of his actions. He now faces deportation for reporting a crime he witnessed.


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Racial profiling in Georgia a microcosm of what's happening all over the U.S.

Thu, 03/25/2010 - 13:36

From the Restore Fairness blog.


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The Trail of Dreams encounters the KKK

Tue, 03/02/2010 - 11:12

From the Restore Fairness blog.


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It's that time again to talk about racial profiling

Thu, 02/11/2010 - 15:10

From the Restore Fairness blog.

There can be victories in the fight to stop racial profiling. But we need communities to come together and speak out against it.

For starters, you can have a conversation along with thousands of others on February 22 and Face the Truth about racial profiling.


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2010 Census Outreach to Asian Americans & Pacific Islanders

Mon, 01/04/2010 - 09:10

Happy New Year! It's 2010, and no matter how you say it -- "two thousand and ten" or "twenty-ten" -- the new year brings one very important matter -- THE 2010 CENSUS!!!

Over the holidays, I noticed a good number of press releases and news items about efforts by AAPI community organizations to encourage, but I'm thinking that most of us were in the holiday mood, and could use a reminder of what's happening!


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Monday morning racism from Monroe County

Mon, 12/14/2009 - 14:17

I’ve never heard of Monroe County. Turns out, it’s a little county in Forsyth, Georgia, which is north of a town called Macon and far south from Atlanta. But, if you Google “Monroe County”, the first website you get is for the ”Monroe County Reporter”, the self-proclaimed “No.1 source of news and advertising in Monroe County”.

I think that’s the dictionary definition of  being a big fish in a little pond. Or, perhaps a puddle even.


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Immigrants afraid to call the police - Rep. Jared Polis, ACLU stand up to Arpaio style enforcement

Thu, 10/22/2009 - 12:18
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In a floor speech delivered today, U.S. Rep.


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Georgia's Asian Pacific American Population Confronts Xenophobia

Sun, 03/29/2009 - 17:54

Georgia's state legislature is currently considering a law that would impose English-Only provisions for the driver's license test.  The specifics of the bill are in the Action Alert below, but what really moves me about this issue is how the Asian Pacific American community has weighed in.  In the state, local Asian Pacific American groups have been outspoken about the need to make sure that Georgians don't let misguided xenophobia be the basis of their lawmaking.  


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