Alliance San Diego Statement on Poway Synagogue Shooting
SAN DIEGO, CA — Today, on the last day of Passover, a gunman killed one person and injured several others at the Chabad of Poway synagogue in what authorities are describing as a hate crime.
Read moreOne Year From Census Day, Alliance San Diego Pledges to Count Everyone in 2020
SAN DIEGO, CA — Today, one year from the 2020 Census, Alliance San Diego and its partners reflect on the progress they’ve made to make sure everyone is counted, and pledge to continue working for a fair and accurate census count.
Read moreTrump’s Fake ‘National Emergency’ is a Power Grab that Threatens our Democracy, We Must Stop It
SAN DIEGO, CA — Today, in an attempt to go around Congress and the American people, President Trump has declared a national emergency to get what he wants—his vanity wall and even more militarization at the border regardless of what the country needs.
SCOTUS Decision Gives Local ‘Dreamers’ More Time to Renew
San Diego, CA -- Today, the Supreme Court decided not to take up a key DACA case, effectively giving hundreds of thousands of immigrant youth -- including 40,000 or so in the San Diego region -- the opportunity to renew their status for the next few months. The Supreme Court will meet again on February 15 to decide whether to hear the case in the fall.
Read moreCity Council should lead conversation about TOT tax
Alliance San Diego sent a letter to Council President Georgette Gomez to share our concerns about the way decisions are made behind closed doors about public resources. This includes the proposed TOT tax increase headed to the ballot in 2020 that was negotiated out of the public eye, sliding continuously between private interests and City Hall, without meaningful public input.
Read moreRacial and Identity Profiling Board Releases 2019 Annual Report
SAN DIEGO, CA -- Today California’s Racial and Identity Profiling (RIPA) Board released its 2019 annual report and announced it today in a press release.
Read moreBorder Agents Fire Tear Gas at Asylum-Seekers Across the Border
SAN DIEGO, CA -- In the first hours of 2019, Border Patrol agents again fired tear gas canisters across the border into Tijuana at a group of asylum-seeking families with small children seeking safety and protection at our nation’s borders.
Alliance San Diego Calls for Investigation After Two Children Die While in Border Patrol Custody
SAN DIEGO, CA -- This December, two young children died within weeks of one another, both while in custody of Customs and Border Protection (CBP).
Read moreUnited We Dream’s Greisa Martinez Rosas To Keynote the 31st Annual All Peoples Celebration
SAN DIEGO, CA -- Alliance San Diego is proud to announce national immigrant youth leader and DACA recipient Greisa Martinez Rosas as the keynote speaker for the 31st annual All Peoples Celebration, a breakfast honoring the life and legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
Read moreMartin Luther King, III, Delivers Historic Call to Conscience at the Border on 55th Anniversary of His Father’s ‘Dream’ Speech
SAN DIEGO, CA -- Martin Luther King, III, delivered a passionate speech on the 55th anniversary of his father’s “I Have a Dream” speech, where he called on the nation to “create a collective consciousness that holds the values of human dignity, liberty and civility.”
Standing in front of the border wall in an event hosted by Alliance San Diego, Mr. King rejected the “unfair and unjust treatment of immigrant men, women and children” and called on the nation to “rise up and live out” the true meaning of his father’s Dream that all people are created equal and must be treated with dignity and respect.
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