---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Rinku Sen, ColorLines.com <[email protected]> Date: Thu, Feb 26, 2009 at 4:09 PM Subject: ColorLines Direct | Healthcare Reform "Can't Wait" Says Obama Budget To: [email protected]
<http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=CUzqRUn3glWaMtP2Fx66RX3iQB%2BjrmGT> [image: ARC]<http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=P%2BRSPcZE83Q%2Bs3ij%2BSX34n3iQB%2BjrmGT> Subscribe<http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=Lp16itkjCYzI1zq1AzAFVn3iQB%2BjrmGT> Donate<http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=i7W4lxhvkpnDgAlH%2FJgB%2B33iQB%2BjrmGT> Tell A Friend<http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=kI6wRnm56FLO46BeuR%2BNr33iQB%2BjrmGT> ------------------------------ Feb 26, 2009 *ColorLines Direct*. News and commentary from ColorLines magazine and RaceWire blog. [image: Race and Health]<http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=%2B1rWccVlh8x%2F6v%2BIFD7H8X3iQB%2BjrmGT> *Dial in to the bi-weekly series of **conference calls hosted by the**Applied Research Center. * RSVP: Racial Justice Forum Call, Race & Health<http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=pQYYcAW2pCI8OQZ6PcGjOH3iQB%2BjrmGT> While President Obama expressed that "Health care reform cannot wait," racial justice activists across the country have known for some time that race, economic status and gender affect an individual's ability to gain and keep affordable healthcare. RSVP<http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=pwx9q%2BXhXrt1sbPK9RYPZ33iQB%2BjrmGT>to the Compact Forum call on Race and Health on Tuesday, March 3rd featuring Make the Road, Washington Community Action Network, Idaho Community Action Network and Human Impact Partners whose efforts are reshaping a national agenda for health equity. * **On Racewire.org * *For Filipino Vets, Justice Arrives In An Unlikely Package *<http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=X9c%2BO%2FJ8X8QAxHGj8B0gOn3iQB%2BjrmGT> Filipino veterans who were recruited to fight for the US during World War II have won the pension and veterans' benefits they've been long owed. But this victory comes in the form of a line item in the stimulus package despite Republican opposition. As Julianne Hing writes, "What looks like pork to them tastes like long overdue justice to me." *Bellingham ICE Raids* <http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=1Nwj%2F%2BT92ZHmgPPDCMVARH3iQB%2BjrmGT> Hatty Lee writes about the first workplace raid under the Obama administration and reminds us of President Obama's words from September 2008, "I think it's time for a president who won't walk away from comprehensive immigration reform when it becomes politically unpopular." . [image: Addressing Obama's Racial Coding]<http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=FQwHEvZfZDHSqQpMC58TMH3iQB%2BjrmGT> *Addressing Obama's Racial Coding*<http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=QFyMIWDqj%2BFMHPjK4ACj6n3iQB%2BjrmGT> * [VIDEO] <http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=apf5iR%2FR6luGzptq4P%2BVQn3iQB%2BjrmGT> * Tammy Johnson discusses her dismay with President Obama's use of racially coded language in his speech to the Congress, and how coded language's presence only illustrates the need for policies that proactively lift up our vulnerable communities. . . *It Takes a Nation of Cowards to Prove Eric Holder Right<http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=hsXTtz1%2FD0vYzChqAALT5X3iQB%2BjrmGT>via Huffington Post * Rinku Sen analyzes the response to Attorney General Eric Holder's speech to Justice Department employees, arguing that, "The media reaction largely proves Holder's point." ------------------------------ Tell a friend about *ColorLines*<http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=0kpAgO7gIJ2zdnCPC7U97X3iQB%2BjrmGT>:: *ColorLines* Magazine Online <http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=34XsurBRlT5DgnmHiaUyuX3iQB%2BjrmGT>:: The Applied Research Center<http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=%2F9a5rE1Kv7apkcZ3262agsokQqQM0Qs1> *ColorLines Magazine* 900 Alice Street, Suite 400 :: Oakland, CA 94607 Phone: 510-653-3415 :: Fax: 510-986-1062 Subscription Orders: 1-888-287-3126 To unsubscribe, simply reply to this email with "Unsubscribe" in the subject line. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Black Focus Inc." group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/Black-Focus-Inc?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
