Thread: La Raza---Trying to Cause Race Problems in the US!!

Birmingham's King Day event to spotlight immigration debate
1/20/2008, 12:52 p.m. CST
The Associated Press

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — The keynote speaker for the Martin Luther King Unity Breakfast on Monday is a Kansas native and the daughter of Mexican immigrants.

Organizers said they chose Janet Murguia, the president and chief executive officer of the National Council of La Raza, because of her message of unity and her opposition to a resurgence of hate speech in the immigration debate.

It's the first time in more than two decades that the keynote speaker for the Birmingham event is not a white person or a black person.

Isabel Rubio, executive director of the Hispanic Interest Coalition of Alabama, an affiliate of La Raza, said having Murguia on the program signals a recognition of the growing population of Spanish-speaking people in Alabama and a continuation of King's dream.

Murguia said she intends to speak about common challenges and opportunities for blacks and Hispanics.

"We recognize that the immigration system is broken and it requires a serious debate," she said, "but there's no room in that debate for hate, and we're sensing a wave of hate right now that's not only directed at immigrants, but the Hispanic community."

The 7 a.m. breakfast at the Birmingham-Jefferson Convention Complex is sponsored by the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, Metro Birmingham NAACP, the National Conference for Community and Justice, the Community Affairs Committee of Operation New Birmingham, and Greater Birmingham Ministries.
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Information from: The Birmingham News
http://www.al.com/newsflash/regional/in ... labamanews

SCLC President email president@sclcnational.org
home page- http://www.sclcnational.org/net/content ... .0.12.2607
"contact us"at bottom of page

Birmingham NAACP Page http://www.naacpalabamastateconference.org/
email president on left of page

National Conference for Community and Justice
http://www.nccj.org/
email--- nationaloffice@nccj.org

Community Affairs Committee of Operation New Birmingham
http://www.yourcitycenter.com/ContactUs.aspx
Homepage http://www.yourcitycenter.com/Home_1.aspx
with announcement of gathering

Greater Birmingham Ministries.
http://www.gbm.org
email-- http://www.gbm.org/get_involved.htm

http://www.nclr.org/content/news/detail/50202/

FIRST HISPANIC FEATURED AS KEYNOTE SPEAKER FOR BIRMINGHAM'S ANNUAL DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR. UNITY BREAKFAST

Birmingham, AL (January 21, 200 – Calling herself “a child of Dr. King’s hope,â€

http://www.nclr.org/content/viewpoints/detail/50213/

NCLR President and CEO Janet MurguÃ*a's Remarks at Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Unity Breakfast
Full Text

Thank you so much. It is a great pleasure to be with you today and I am truly honored to be the first Hispanic keynote speaker at the Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Unity Breakfast here in Birmingham. I want to give a special thanks to Odessa Woolfolk and to Isabel Rubio for their support and their personal commitment in bringing our communities closer together.

I am humbled by this honor, especially when I think of the names that have preceded me at this podium today and over the years. Thank you to the committee of organizations sponsoring this breakfast. I know it was not an easy decision but it is more than symbolic – it is historic and visionary to recognize that Dr. King’s dream was an inclusive dream and spoke to more than one community. Thank you for your courage and vision.

A generation has passed since my predecessor, Raul Yzaguirre, along with many of you in this room, marched with Dr. King to secure basic civil rights and human dignity for all Americans. That commitment to a common goal started a partnership between the newly-formed National Council of La Raza (NCLR) and the African American civil rights movement that survives to this day. For 40 years, NCLR has stood shoulder to shoulder with the black community to promote equal opportunity for all Americans.

In the ’50s and ’60s, the African American community showed us the way forward and swept in a wave of change to make America a better place. The Civil Rights movement helped to liberate all of us and moved America forward.

But, for this generation, there’s never been a more important time for our communities to stand together for social justice and civil rights.

The hate and prejudice that defined opponents of civil rights forty years ago has found a new home. This new strain of hate is open and ugly, and it demonizes all Latinos in the emerging debate on immigration.

The debate is needed because our immigration system is badly broken. But we must make it clear that a debate on issues is not an opportunity to dehumanize any human being. We must stop the hate. And we must do it together.

To quote Dr. King, “We cannot walk alone. And as we walk, we must make the pledge that we shall always march ahead. We cannot turn back.â€

watch the 3 videos of this


http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p ... A73CF8B209

Did you read what she said about Glenn Beck??? UNBELIEVABLE!!! Beck would NEVER say anything like that!!!

We recognize that the immigration system is broken and it requires a serious debate," she said, "but there's no room in that debate for hate, and we're sensing a wave of hate right now that's not only directed at immigrants, but the Hispanic community."

There's no "wave of hate at immigrants".....they're here legally. If there's problems with the hispanics it's for this continous race bating using language and any other issues to set them apart and "special" from any other group. Legal or illegal. All us minorities against the bad whites that won't let us do what we want and give us everything.

I despise Janet with a passion.

Originally Posted by crazybird

There's no "wave of hate at immigrants".....they're here legally.

Sure there is, there is a wave of hate against legal immigrants from the pro-illegal groups like LaRaza and our corrupt politicians!

Sure there is, there is a wave of hate against legal immigrants from the pro-illegal groups like LaRaza and our corrupt politicians!

LOL....I stand corrected.