Sept. 25 - As I write this, some 350 people - most members of the Bay Area's Chinese-American community - are undertaking an emotional voyage to Angel Island. Many of the folks participating had ancestors who were detained at the island's immigration station in the early 20th century, but had never before visited the site.

Revive Oakland! coalition rallies outside hearing to press for "good jobs" contract with community

New Revive Oakland! Coalition Launches Thursday; Crucial city, port decisions near on huge job-creating project

While all eyes are still fixed on Arizona's cruel new anti-immigrant law, SB1070, a police-immigration collaboration program with disturbing similarities is being secretively forced on counties across the country. 

A delegation of Bay Area African-American clergy and community leaders - many from Oakland - is on the ground in Phoenix right now!

Saturday morning prayer and community briefing in SF kicks off day of action
Oakland, SF, SJ call on Congress to pass humane immigration reform

In the wake of the national crisis triggered by Arizona's passage of the country's harshest and most extreme anti-immigrant law, communities throughout the Bay Area are stepping up organizing efforts for the yearly May 1 demonstrations for immigrant rights. 

Outraged by a series of startling revelations of abuse and misconduct, some 6

[From March 2010]

This week saw the most significant legal ruling yet in the 4-year, "David vs. Goliath" fight for justice at the Emeryville Woodfin Suites Hotel.

The big news: Alameda Superior Court Judge Steven Brick upheld a city order for the hotel to pay $200,000 in back wages to dozens of working immigrant mothers.

Last Thursday's march to defend health care for working families sent a powerful message to Oakland's top hotels: working families deserve affordable health care, and the hard-working housekeepers and food service workers of Unite Here local 2850 are passionately prepared to fight for their rights.