Top: Lt. Ehren Watada (center) with his parents.
Photo: Jeff Paterson/thankyoult.org
Middle: Immigrants in D.C.
Photo: National Immigrant Solidarity Network
Bottom: Floyd Brooks, Ninth Ward homeowner.
Photo: Justin Beck
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Looking Back, Moving Forward
December 27, 2006
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As the year 2006 comes to an end, we take a look back at three hot button issues that we covered over the past year: the Iraq War, U.S. immigration, and the ongoing efforts to rebuild New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina.
Featuring:
Segment 1: "Soldiers Against the Iraq War": U.S. Army First Lieutenant Ehren Watada, refused to deploy to Iraq; Carolyn Ho and Robert Watada, Lieutenant's Watada's mother and father; Ann Wright, retired U.S. colonel.
Segment 2 - "U.S. Immigration": Assie Sampa, Cuban immigrant; Blanca Lopez, Nicaraguan immigrant; Elka Goodin, Jamaican immigrant; Ramon Martinez, Cuban-refugee now U.S. citizen; Marleine Bastien, founder and executive director, FANM Ayisyen Nan Miyami Inc. (Haitian Women of Miami); Katiana Des Arnes, student.
Segment 3 - "Rebuilding New Orleans": Floyd Brooks, Ninth Ward homeowner; Malik Rahim, co-founder, Common Ground Relief; Gabriel Cohen and Rebecca Mintz, volunteers for Common Ground.
Senior Producer/Host: Tena Rubio.
Contributing Freelance Producers: Sarah Olson, Esther Manilla, Justin Beck.
For more information:
Friends and Family of Lieutenant Watada
www.thankyoult.org
Central Committee for Conscientious Objectors (CCCO)
405 14th St. #205
Oakland, CA 94612
510-465-1617; info@objector.org
www.objector.org
Iraq Veterans Against the War
P.O. Box 8296
Philadelphia, PA 19101
215-241-7123; ivaw@ivaw.net
www.ivaw.net
Not In Our Name
3945 Opal Street
Oakland CA 94609
1-800-95-NOWAR (800-956-6927); info@notinourname.net
www.notinourname.net
National Network for Immigrant & Refugee Rights (NNIRR)
310-8th St., Suite 303
Oakland, CA 94607
510-465-1984; nnirr@nnirr.org
www.nnirr.org
Human Rights Watch
350 Fifth Avenue, 34th Floor
New York, NY 10118-3299
www.hrw.org
FANM Ayisyen Nan Miyami Inc./ Haitian Women of Miami
8325 NE 2nd Avenue, Suite 100
Miami, Florida 33138
305-756-8050; info@fanm.org
www.fanm.org
Common Ground Relief
1415 Franklin Ave.
New Orleans, LA 70117
504-218-6613; commongroundvolunteers@gmail.com
www.commongroundrelief.org
Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now (ACORN)
www.acorn.org
Baton Rouge ACORN
5177 Greenwell Springs Road
Baton Rouge, LA 70806
225-925-5558; laacornbr@acorn.org
New Orleans ACORN
1024 Elysian Fields Ave
New Orleans, LA 70117
504-943-0044; laacornno@acorn.org