Major groups of local Latinos oppose boycott

1 posted on 04/30/2006 4:09:25 PM PDT by EBH

Veronica Isabel Dahlberg, executive director of HOLA, the Hispanic Organizations of Lake and Ashtabula. "Why can't they use their voices to urge kids to graduate?"

LOL! Way to go amigo.

2 posted on 04/30/2006 4:10:52 PM PDT by CWOJackson

3 posted on 04/30/2006 4:11:15 PM PDT by nmh (Intelligent people recognize Intelligent Design (God) !)

Maybe the two differing groups could just meet in the middle of Main Street and beat the crap out of each other.

4 posted on 04/30/2006 4:12:13 PM PDT by Ed_in_NJ (Who killed Suzanne Coleman?)

Maybe their is hope:

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They are telling their supporters to ignore the day or to approach it differently.

"I think it's a terrible idea for Latino leaders to tell kids to stay home from school," said Veronica Isabel Dahlberg, executive director of HOLA, the Hispanic Organizations of Lake and Ashtabula. "Why can't they use their voices to urge kids to graduate?"

The Rev. Jesus Laboy echoes those sentiments in Cleveland. He is co-founder of the Coalition of Latino Pastors of Northeast Ohio, which represents about 60 Latino Protestant churches and their 3,000 members.

He and other Spanish-speaking pastors have been telling the faithful that the boycott sends the wrong message at the wrong time.

5 posted on 04/30/2006 4:13:01 PM PDT by nmh (Intelligent people recognize Intelligent Design (God) !)

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Gee,.... wonder why the L/MSM isn't covering this 24/7???????

6 posted on 04/30/2006 4:13:01 PM PDT by SandRat (Duty, Honor, Country. What else needs to be said?)

So, now they're refusing to study? From what I see at school, this isn't new. They're usually the biggest trouble makers. Think of all the free breakfasts and lunches they'll be missing.

7 posted on 04/30/2006 4:15:10 PM PDT by mtbopfuyn (I think the border is kind of an artificial barrier - San Antonio councilwoman Patti Radle)

It was on the frontpage of the paper this morning.

8 posted on 04/30/2006 4:15:23 PM PDT by EBH (We're too PC to understand WAR has been declared upon us and the enemy is within.)

They hear the foot steps. They know the backlash is coming starting Tuesday morning.

9 posted on 04/30/2006 4:15:40 PM PDT by jmaroneps37 (Everyday brings a new reason to distrust Hillary Clinton.)

Maybe the two differing groups could just meet in the middle of Main Street and beat the crap out of each other.

That's what I was thinking. Like a spontaneous Mexican wedding! LOL!

10 posted on 04/30/2006 4:17:12 PM PDT by Jeff Chandler (Ignore the Drive-by Media. Build the fence. Sí, Se Puede!)

I wouldn't say "hope". They did it the way they really wanted to in the first protests. Mexican flags, Viva Mexico, Stolen land, etc. That didn't go over too well. They've smartened up a little. Not enough to stop the boycott of course. They support the boycott, they just know it will not be appreciated by the gringos.

11 posted on 04/30/2006 4:19:32 PM PDT by mthom

I hope there IS a backlash, starting already. And I say this as an American born in Puerto Rico.

12 posted on 04/30/2006 4:20:04 PM PDT by JRios1968 (In memoriam...)

Kudos to Americans who happen to be from Mexico: hard working, honest, patriotic, law-abiding.

Illegal Mexican nationals: no `amnesty', go home.

13 posted on 04/30/2006 4:20:35 PM PDT by OkieDoke (Just so you know, Mexican Nat'l Anthem starts: "Attencion--Wal-mart Shoppers . . ".)

Perhaps in the Buckeye State but not in Arizona on the very front lines.

14 posted on 04/30/2006 4:23:50 PM PDT by SandRat (Duty, Honor, Country. What else needs to be said?)

It's insane out there.

15 posted on 04/30/2006 4:26:39 PM PDT by nmh (Intelligent people recognize Intelligent Design (God) !)

Because they aren't afraid that us Whities might just slap them hard with a backlash.

I won't forget the May 1st Pro-Immigrant Boycott Endorsers

"El Gran Paro Americano 2006" "The Great American Boycott 2006"

"Un dia sin immigrante" "A day without an immigrant"

Nationwide Immigrant General Strike

Lists of as of April 11, 2006

Action Center For Justice (Charlotte, NC)
Action LA Coalition (Los Angeles, CA)
African American Holiday Assoc (Washington, DC)
Aliados Hispanos (Phoenix, AZ)
All Peoples Congress (Baltimore, MD)
Almighty Latin Kings & Queens Nation - Sun Chapter
Anti-Racist Action-LA/People Against Racist Terror (Culver City, CA)
Asociacion Internacional De Descendencia De JoaQuin Murrieta (Los Angeles, CA)
Axis of Justice (Los Angeles, CA)
BAMN (San Francisco, CA)
Berkeley May 1st Mobilization Committee (Berkeley, CA)
BlueLatinos.org
Bob McCloskey - Democratic Candidate 29th Congressional District (Monterey Park, CA)*
Brazilian Immigrant Center (Allston, MA)
Call To Action (Chicago, IL)
Capital Terminus Collective (Atlanta, GA)
Carlos Magana - LULAC (Allen, TX)
Catherine Minhoto Justice Coordinator Religious of the Sacred Heart of Mary (Rome, Italy)
Church of Stop Shopping (Brooklyn, NY)
Clearinghouse: Denver Biodiese (Denver, CO)
Coalition of United Students (Los Angeles, CA)
Communist League
Communist Party USA Wisconsin section (Green Bay, WI)
Communist Party, USA Southern California (Los Angeles, CA)
Susan Morucci, Doctors of the World - Greek Delegation (Athens, Greece)*
DRUM- Desis Rising Up & Moving (Kackson Heights, NY)
East Bay Sanctuary Covenant (Berkeley, CA)
ENLACE Comunitario
ERSEY CITY PEACE MOVEMENT (Jersey City, NJ)
Fedration des femmes du Quebec (Quebec Women's Federation) (Montreal, Quebec, Canada)*
Familias Unidas: Centro Latino de Recursos (Evertt, WA)
Family Rescue (Chicago, IL)
Federacion Baja California (Downey, CA)
Federacion de Clubes de Aguascalientes (South Gate, CA)
Federacion Yucateca de California Inc (Eagle Rock, CA)
Fellowship of Reconciliation (Los Angeles, CA)
Feminism Without Borders (College Park, MD)
Fight Imperialism Stand Together (San Diego, CA)
FMLN - Los Angeles (Los Angeles, CA)
Forrest Hill - Green Party (Oakland, CA)
Four Women, Inc. (Attleboro, MA)
Freedom Socialist Party (Seattle, WA)
Frente Indigena de Organizaciones Binacionales (Los Angeles, CA)
GROW - Grass Roots Organizing Works (Amherst, MA)
Harlem Tenants Council, Inc. (New York, NY)
Hermandad Mexicana (Oxnard, CA)
Hispano America Immigration (Fullerton, CA)
Hitec Aztec Communications (Santa Maria, CA)
Idaho Progressive Student Alliance (Boise, ID)
Immigrant Students in Action (Providence , RI)
Industrial Workers of the World (Cincinnati, OH)
Iniciativa Mexicana Contra la Guerra (Mexico City, Mexico)
International Action Center (New York, NY)
International Socialist Organization (Los Angeles, CA)
Justicia for Migrant Farm Workers (Toronto, Ontario, Canada)
Kanadian Posi Kidz (Chilliwack, British Columbia, Canada)
La Causa Amherst College (Amherst. , MA)
La Collectiva del Troqueros del Puerto (Port of Los Angeles, CA)
La Voz Hispana of Virginia (Richmond, VA)
Labor/Community Strategy Center (Los Angeles, CA)
Larry Cafiero - CA Insurance Commissioner Candidate Green Party (Ben Lomond, CA)*
Latin American Defense Organization (Chicago, IL)
Latin American Student Organization (Montclair, NJ)
Latinoamericanos Unidos de California (Van Nuys, CA)
LatinoTop10.com (Woodside, NY)
Liars of America (Middletown, CA)
Malcolm Marts - Past President UAW Local 1976 (Brighton, MI)
March 25 Coalition (Los Angeles, CA)
May Day Boston (Boston, MA)
MEChA de USC (Los Angeles, CA)
Mexican National Liberation Movementÿ (Evans , CO)
Mexican Political Association (Moreno Valley, CA)
Michael Hargis-Secretary, Chicago IWW (Chicago, IL)
Migrant Head Start (La Junta, CO)
National Immigrant Solidarity Network
New York City May 1 Coalition (New York, NY)
New York Solidarity Coalition With Katrina/Rita Supporters; NCBL (Brooklyn, NY)
North Star Fund (New York, NY)
Peace & Freedom Party of Orange County (Anaheim, CA)
Laura Robeson, Peace Kitchen (Columbus, OH)*
Peace No War Education Network
Pittsburgh Friends of Immigrants for Immigrants' Rights (Pittsburgh, PA)
Prisoners Defense Committee (Antonio, TX)
Progressive Alliance
Progressive Democrats of the Santa Monica Mountains (Woodland Hills, CA)
Project Islamic HOPE (Los Angeles, CA)
Puerto Rican Alliance Of Los Angeles (Los Angeles, CA)
Queers For Peace And Justice (New York, NY)
Responsable de la mobilisation Fedration des femmes du Quebec (Montreal, QC Canada)
Revolutionary Workers Party of Argentina (Buenos Aires, Argentina)
Rio Grande Valley Students United (Edinburg, TX)
Santa Barbara Food Not Bombs (Santa Barbara, CA)
Sexual Minorities Archives (Florence, MA)
Speak Out - Institute for Democratic Education and Culture (Emeryville, CA)
The Real America Press (Charlottesville, VA)
The Rebel Voice News (Montgomery, NY)
The United People of Color Caucus of the National Lawyers Guild (San Francisco, CA)
Third Way Peace and Justice Fellowship (San Francisco, CA)
US Cuba-Labor Exchange (Jersey City, NJ)
US-Mexico Border Actions Project (Los Angeles, CA)
We Are America
Welfare Rights Union of Washtenaw County, Michigan
Western NY Peace Center (Buffalo, NY)
WNY Sweatshop Awareness Project (Buffalo, NY)
Workers Solidarity Alliance
Working People's Voice - Voz Obrera (New York, NY)

16 posted on 04/30/2006 4:30:11 PM PDT by B4Ranch (Immigration Control and Border Security -The jobs George W. Bush doesn't want to do.)

People aren't monolithic. It's communist ANSWER that's behind the socialist glorification of demanding benefits.

Backlash could be to redefine welfare benefits only for US citizens. Effective immediately.

17 posted on 04/30/2006 4:33:14 PM PDT by saveliberty (God Bless Tony Snow)

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Common Sense Ping!

This appears to be a Bill Cosby moment...way to go, Ms. Dahlberg!

18 posted on 04/30/2006 4:47:28 PM PDT by HiJinx (Call Early ~ Call Often! ~ Kill Amnesty)

"Across America, Latino communities are split over whether to join or ignore Monday's "Great American Boycott," which asks ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS and their supporters to refuse to work, study or shop as a way to show their support for immigration reform."

There, that's better.

19 posted on 04/30/2006 4:48:08 PM PDT by headstamp (Nothing lasts forever, Unless it does.)

"Veronica Isabel Dahlberg, executive director of HOLA, the Hispanic Organizations of Lake and Ashtabula. "Why can't they use their voices to urge kids to graduate?"

Ms Dahlberg, proud to have you aboard!

20 posted on 04/30/2006 4:52:03 PM PDT by Kakaze (I'm now a single issue voter.....exterminate Al Quaida)

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