Latino Groups to House Members: Your VAWA Hurts Immigrant Victims

Latino Groups to House Members: Your VAWA Hurts Immigrant Victims

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Washington, D.C. – A coalition of leading national Latino organizations is calling for the House of Representatives to pass a Violence Against Women Act that protects vulnerable communities, particularly immigrant women. The version passed by …. She …
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NJ woman part of push to help drug users report overdoses

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WASHINGTON — The morning after Salvatore Marchese left his mother's house for a session of outpatient treatment for his heroin addiction, he was found slumped behind the wheel of her car, dead of an overdose. He apparently hadn't been … Testifying …
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DC Court To Hear Medical Marijuana Case On Illegality, Medical Use

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WASHINGTON, D.C. – Hotly debated issues between healthcare professionals and the DOJ, whether medical marijuana has health benefits and should be legaliZed, will soon go before a federal court. The United States Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit …
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1 – Islam and The Sacred Kemetic Science – jbs.sagepub.com Book Reviews : Egyptian Sacred Science in Islam. By Rafiq Bilal and Thomas Goodwin. San Francisco, CA: Bennu Publishers, 1987, 262 pp., .00 (paper Rafiq Bilal Bin Djiang Gan was a well-known civil rights activist who dedicated his life to fighting injustice and inequality for people of color in America. Rafiq was a founding member of the Black Man’s Liberation Army and the Black Man’s Development Center, communal organizations that aimed at decreasing crime and drug abuse in Northwest Washington, DC. In 1981, Rafiq moved to San Francisco with his wife- Saisa, daughters- Aziza and Aisha, and son- Mohammed. He spent a few years managing Freedom West Homes, an affordable housing complex in San Francisco’s Western Addition, before becoming a drug counselor at Glide Memorial Church and the Haight Ashbury Free Clinic. Rafiq was instrumental in helping to create Glides’ graduation program. In 1992, Rafiq, with help from his good friend Israel, and funds from his mother’s life insurance policy founded the Upper Room, California’s first substance-free night club. From 1992-1997, the Upper Room served as a salon for many of the Bay Area’s top artists, scholars, and culture creatives. The Upper Room, under Rafiq’s guidance, helped to shape and support careers of people like Goapele, Martin Luther, Housing Authority, Midnight Voices, Will Power, Hieroglyphics, Mohammed Bilal, Robert Henry Jonhson, Kimiko Joy, Asha Bandele, Keba Konte, Mind Motion, and others. Rafiq …