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Mexicano/Latino Mobilization Gathers Momentum
by
Hector Carreon
La Voz de Aztlan

Los Angeles, Alta California - January 18, 2006 - (ACN) As the evil xenophobic and racist nativists escalate their attacks against the Mexicano/Latino communities, the National Alliance for Human Rights is preparing to gather state, national and international leaders at a one day "Summit Conference" at the Zacatecas Conference Center on February 11, 2006. The Zacatecas Conference Center is located near the UCR campus at 2472 University Avenue, Riverside.

The worst fears of our communities are today manifesting as reality. Our worst nightmares are now coming true and it is imperative that we organize, mobilize and fight back as a united front. We are now witnessing hate murders and vicious beatings of our people, not just along the US/Mexico border, but also in Northern California, Georgia, New York, Ohio and Maryland.

Not only are we being attacked by nativist civilian groups like the Minutemen vigilantes and S.O.S. , but now it appears that Washington itself has declared war against our people. This war against the Mexicano/Latino populations by Washington is in the form of legislation that, among many other things, proposes to build a "Berlin Wall" type fence between our families here and in Mexico. In addition, the Department of Homeland Security is now treating Americans of Mexican descent as potential terrorists. This became frighteningly true when I was visited by four special agents of Homeland Security and they copied the hard disk of my computer on December 23, 2005.

The "Summit Conference" at The Zacatecas Conference Center on February 11, 2006 is a consequence of the "emergency meeting" that was held in San Bernardino, California on January 12 where over 250 community activists and leaders attended. At the emergency meeting a Summit Organizing Committee was approved. A principal item on the Summit Conference Agenda will be the formulation of a strategic plan of action to implement immigration reform and to defeat the so called Sensenbrenner Legislation to be voted on by the US Senate in a few weeks.

Two major actions have already been approved. The first is the "Caravan to the Capitol" that will commence at the San Diego border wall on February 2, 2006. The caravan will head to Washington and pick up people along the way. The second action will be a massive state-wide march in Los Angeles to take place on Cinco de Mayo (May 5, 2006).

The emergency meeting in San Bernardino drew many news organizations including CNN which made a fallacious and extremely biased report. The report by Lou Dobbs was nothing less than anti-Mexican propaganda. Earlier this week CNN was banned from the nation of Iran after CNN lied and purposely misquoted Iran's president. The CNN video report on our emergency meeting is at http://www.aztlan.net/latino_mobilization_cnn.htm

Special thanks go to Congressman Joe Baca of the 43rd District of California. Congressman Baca was very supportive and told the emergency meeting attendees of an anti-Mexican incident he suffered in Washington. The incident is described in the CNN video report above.

The "Summit Conference" at The Zacatecas Conference Center in Riverside, California has been scheduled as follows:

Date: Saturday February 11, 2006
Location: 2472 University Avenue, Riverside, California
Secured Registration: 8:30 a.m. (PLEASE NOTE: You must make prior reservations by calling Armando Navarro (NAHR) at (951)827-1826 or Elva Martinez (CARECEN) at (213) 385-7800 Extension 127. Members of the Brown Berets will be present to provide security.
Conference: 9:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.
Mexican Style Lunch: 1:00 p.m.

There will be a $5.00 registration fee to cover costs of the conference and $4.00 for the lunch. La Voz de Aztlan will inform our readership if there are any revisions. Please contact La Voz de Aztlan at http://www.aztlan.net/contact/contact.htm if you have any questions.