---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Rinku Sen, ColorLines.com <[email protected]> Date: Jun 1, 2009 2:11 PM Subject: ColorLines Direct | Families Torn by Conviction and Deportation: ARC's International Field Investigation To: [email protected]
<http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=hbuA%2FmlpXsA1j60C%2FnT9T4ahVZfGXP9f> [image: ARC]<http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=d%2FmWDUwkknymyqGv36CVM4ahVZfGXP9f> Subscribe<http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=OhiRu4qi3ThkEWm1QboYcIahVZfGXP9f> Donate<http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=uG%2B83urznR8Aj4V8GBt0Aafwk%2BuVlT59> Tell A Friend<http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=zFYXlnWj5UgLgcCKHSJDboahVZfGXP9f> ------------------------------ Last week's ColorLines Direct e-mail did not go out as scheduled due to email server issues. The followiing is the May 28, 2009 *ColorLines Direct*.News and commentary from ColorLines magazine and RaceWire blog. *ARC's International Field Investigation Needs Your Support*<http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=mI4TSly9xaRaRHasieWXtoahVZfGXP9f> Families are being torn apart by this country's cruel criminal justice and immigration policies, separated by detention and deportation. We need your help to make sure these stories are covered. ------------------------------ [image: racewire]<http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=rjHZLaagSsTSk9aMsaWrYYahVZfGXP9f> *Sonia Sotomayor: Never Too Old to Make Mamá Proud*<http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=uTuVY23MPhT%2BqZjz5dYge4ahVZfGXP9f> A touching image in which Celina Sotomayor, the mother of Appeals Court Judge Sonia Sotomayor, cries during the announcement by President Barack Obama that her daughter is the nominee to take a seat in the Supreme Court. *Remembering Professor Takaki, An Activist, Educator and Pioneer*<http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=2TbUmP7aumkXX4knSvc6I4ahVZfGXP9f> As we come to the end of this year's Asian Pacific American Heritage Month (APAHM), Gina Acebo takes a moment to remember UC Berkeley Ethnic Studies Professor Ronald Takaki who passed away this week. *Andrea Shorter on the Supreme Irony of Today's Prop 8 Ruling*<http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=gEQTp3sidOxaBbEU6bQi4oahVZfGXP9f> Q&A with Andrea Shorter, coalition coordinator with Equality California, we get her thoughts on the implications of this week's California court Prop. 8 decision for civil rights (outside of gay marriage) and communities of color. *"Race and Recession: How Inequity Rigged the Economy and How to Change the Rules" *<http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=cwoDmYHZeIIkEFjf0JFrxYahVZfGXP9f> Last week ARC released "Race and Recession," a report that tells the stories of people of color who have, across the board, been disproportionately affected by the recession. 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