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S Pena signed The Dirty Business Of Turning This Latino Farmworker Town Into A Toxic Wasteland 2013-10-09 14:10:37 -0700I stopped in Kettleman City this summer at a McDonald’s off the 5 Freeway. Instead of a soft drink I asked for a cup of water. It was the WORST tasting water I have ever had. Now that I know there is a huge toxic waste dump nearby, I can connect the dots!!!!!!
The Dirty Business Of Turning This Latino Farmworker Town Into A Toxic Wasteland
**Update via The Center on Race, Poverty & the Environment
Last Friday we submitted over 4,900 signatures and comments to the Department of Toxic Substances Control letting them know we aren't ok with Kettleman City being our state's dumping ground! Thank you to everyone who signed and the folks at Cuéntame for speaking up for what is right. We will keep you posted on the future of the dump's permit to expand by a whopping 50% (it is already the largest hazardous waste dump this side of the Mississippi River!)
Kettleman City is a rural, majority Latino and farmworker community halfway between Los Angeles and San Francisco. It is home to the largest hazardous waste dump this side of the Mississippi and to shockingly high rates of childhood cancer, birth defects and miscarriages - two facts residents believe to be connected. WATCH THE FOLLOWING VIDEO EXPOSÉ.
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S Pena signed If You Don't Speak Up, They Will Speak For You... 2013-02-22 13:19:45 -0800Europeans like Latinos immigrated from elsewhere. They are no worse or better than anybody else.
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S Pena signed I Pledge Support Wal-Mart Workers on Black Friday via S Pena 2012-11-21 15:49:47 -0800
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Help make change by holding Walmart corporate managers accountable to hourly employees and the public for their practices. Join with community leaders in major cities across America to make sure that any new jobs offered by Walmart meet strong standards for healthy, growing communities.
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S Pena signed Debbie: Say No To CCA! 2012-04-08 20:54:23 -0700The privatization of US prisons is becoming more and more like the prison system under Nazi Germany where slave workers were made available to Mercedes Benz and Krupp Industries……….
Debbie: Say No To CCA!
Why is FL Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz siding with the Corrections Corporation of America and not her constituents in Southwest Ranches? 98% of her constituents DO NOT want a new for-profit immigrant detention center!
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We call on Congresswoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-20) to WITHDRAW her current endorsements for CCA’s project.
The Obama Administration announced a change in the priorities for detentions and deportations, to focus on real national security concerns, not on separating parents from their children or deporting DREAMers who are only seeking a better future.
It is time for ICE to stop the immigrant money making machine and tell CCA to GO AWAY from Southwest Ranches.THIS PETITION IS NOW CLOSED - WE REACHED OUR GOAL!!! But feel free to leave your comment!
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