Gracias a todos esos que hicieron posible el éxito de Proyecto Cartas. Este proyecto comenzó como una idea y se desarrollo en un sueño. En mi mente me imaginaba que niños y niñas, padres y madres, abuelos y abuelas, vecinos y amigos se sentaban a escribir una carta a nuestro Presidente pidiendo lo que anhela nuestra gente. ¡Una reforma migratoria!!!
Cada vez que presentaba la idea me miraban como que estaba loco. Como que simplemente soñaba y que esto simplemente no era posible.
Después de aproximadamente tres meses Proyecto Cartas se convirtió de una idea y un sueño a una realidad. Un proyecto serio quien el pueblo agarro como algo de ellos. Manejaron el proyecto como que fuera un bebe que les nació hace unos meses. Le dieron cariño, lo alimentaron y lo promovieron con todos quien ellos conocían.
El resultado final? Cientos de Miles de cartas salieron el día 12 de Febrero a la Casa Blanca y dirigidas a nuestro Presidente Barack Obama.
En el día clave, Febrero 12, 2009 muchos voluntarios se unieron en la matriz del servicio postal de Arizona ubicada en 4949 E. Van Buren, Phoenix, AZ.
Ahí los voluntarios recibieron cartas y le pusieron estampillas aquella que les faltaba lo necesario para mandarlas a su destinatario. Por horas esos voluntarios donaron su tiempo como lo habían hecho por los últimos tres meses. Al fin de la mañana fuimos premiados en ver que se lanzaron más de 10,000 cartas todas de una localidad a la vez y todas destinadas a nuestro Presidente y la Casa Blanca.
Imagínense….miles de cartas saliendo de Arizona y cientos de miles de cartas saliendo de todos los Estados Unidos. Imagínense el impacto que va a tener en la Casa Blanca y en particular en nuestro Presidente Barack Obama.
Dios quiera que acciones limpias y justas del pueblo como estas sigan en pie y que mantengan el tema de reforma migratoria al frente de la agenda de nuestro Presidente.
Si, hoy día el sueño convertido en realidad, el bebe del pueblo a crecido. Hoy día ya camina y habla. Pero no simplemente habla pero lanza su voz de parte del pueblo. Si, Proyecto Cartas sigue en pie como un movimiento viable para dirigirse al sistema de gobierno Americano sobre temas afectando a nuestro Pueblo, a nuestra Gente, al Inmigrante.
¿Que sigue para Proyecto Cartas? ¡Pues lo obvio!!! EL alguacil del Condado de Maricopa Joe Arpaio.
Pues prepárense porque el pueblo ya no simplemente habla, pero también escribe.
Gracias mi pueblo, gracias mi gente. Muchas, pero muchas gracias.
Carlos Galindo
Hablando Claro
Sunday, February 15, 2009
Project Letters
Thank you so much for supporting Proyecto Cartas also known as Project Letters. We are very happy with the results. I was at a press conference in East Phoenix at the Main Post Office and personally observed 10,000 letters going out all at the same time!!! It was fantastic. I had other volunteers in West Phoenix that exceeded that number at 13,000 letters that went out from a Postal Service there.
We had volunteers calling from Tucson, Arizona that launched hundreds from individuals that served as collection centers. There were thousands that went out from Tucson, Lake Havasu, Bullhead City, Prescott, Flagstaff. Unbelievable!!! Remember that isn't counting your efforts and all those from LA, San Diego, Frisco, Colorado, New Mexico, Texas and the list goes on. There had to be 40-50,00 out of Arizona alone. Oh, Nayarit, Mexico reported 3,500. We had been promoting it globally as well through international radio stations. Imagine....all those letters all going out on the same day. Abraham Lincoln's birth date and all asking for Immigration Reform in order to allow our people to come out of the shadows.
I feel so good about our efforts!!! I am fatigued, but it was all worth it!!!
What's next? Well I announced to the press on Thursday that we would be writing letters to the Attorney General of the United States Eric Holder asking for an investigation of Sheriff Joe Arpaio's racial profiling, violation of citizen's rights and violation of human rights.
I will keep you appraised of our new movement.
We had volunteers calling from Tucson, Arizona that launched hundreds from individuals that served as collection centers. There were thousands that went out from Tucson, Lake Havasu, Bullhead City, Prescott, Flagstaff. Unbelievable!!! Remember that isn't counting your efforts and all those from LA, San Diego, Frisco, Colorado, New Mexico, Texas and the list goes on. There had to be 40-50,00 out of Arizona alone. Oh, Nayarit, Mexico reported 3,500. We had been promoting it globally as well through international radio stations. Imagine....all those letters all going out on the same day. Abraham Lincoln's birth date and all asking for Immigration Reform in order to allow our people to come out of the shadows.
I feel so good about our efforts!!! I am fatigued, but it was all worth it!!!
What's next? Well I announced to the press on Thursday that we would be writing letters to the Attorney General of the United States Eric Holder asking for an investigation of Sheriff Joe Arpaio's racial profiling, violation of citizen's rights and violation of human rights.
I will keep you appraised of our new movement.
Friday, February 6, 2009
Proyecto Cartas
PROYECTO CARTAS
“Imaginese Millones De Cartas”
Porque? Nuestra comunidad necesita una reforma migratoria!!!
Como? Escriba unas cuantas palabras o una carta detallada pidiendo reforma migratoria.
A donde la mando? Mande su carta con o sin remitente a:
Presidente Barack Obama
1600 Pennsylvania Ave. NW
Washington, DC 20500
Cuando? Febrero 12, 2009. Todas las cartas se deben mandar el mismo día. Un día simbólico para los estados Unidos y el Presidente Obama. 200 años de cuando nació Abraham Lincoln.
Que impacto va a tener? Millones de cartas saliendo todas el mismo día inundando el servicio postal de los Estados Unidos y obteniendo la atención de los medios nacional e internacional. Imaginese millones de cartas saliendo todas el mismo día. Febrero 12, 2009.
De quien es este proyecto? Este proyecto es de usted!!! Un proyecto de la gente para la gente usando el sistema postal de los estados unidos de América.
Imaginese tan fácil como escribir unas palabras en papel y mandar su carta el mismo día que otros pidiendo las misma cosa…
REFORMA MIGRATORIA
www.proyectocartas.com (602)277-2727
Como? Escriba unas cuantas palabras o una carta detallada pidiendo reforma migratoria.
A donde la mando? Mande su carta con o sin remitente a:
Presidente Barack Obama
1600 Pennsylvania Ave. NW
Washington, DC 20500
Cuando? Febrero 12, 2009. Todas las cartas se deben mandar el mismo día. Un día simbólico para los estados Unidos y el Presidente Obama. 200 años de cuando nació Abraham Lincoln.
Que impacto va a tener? Millones de cartas saliendo todas el mismo día inundando el servicio postal de los Estados Unidos y obteniendo la atención de los medios nacional e internacional. Imaginese millones de cartas saliendo todas el mismo día. Febrero 12, 2009.
De quien es este proyecto? Este proyecto es de usted!!! Un proyecto de la gente para la gente usando el sistema postal de los estados unidos de América.
Imaginese tan fácil como escribir unas palabras en papel y mandar su carta el mismo día que otros pidiendo las misma cosa…
REFORMA MIGRATORIA
www.proyectocartas.com (602)277-2727
Hoy Fui Testigo
Hoy fui testigo a lo máximo que un racista en poder político podía llegar. Observe al Alguacil Del Condado De Maricopa Joe Arpaio marchar a inmigrantes indocumentados por la calle esposados y en grilletes para instalarlos en un campo de concentración. Este acto fue equivalente a lo que vimos en los 1930’s cuando Hitler metía a judíos en campos de concentración por solo ser de una cierta raza o como el lo veía, eran inferior al Alemán puro. También lo vimos en los 1940’s cuando el Presidente Franklin Roosevelt firmo la orden ejecutiva en que se encarcelaron miles de Japoneses Americanos por simplemente ser descendientes Japoneses. Ellos también cayeron en campos de concentración.
Estos actos atroz fueron cometidos hace muchísimos anos. Pero hoy día en Arizona regresamos a esos días de injusticias y persecución de parte de un agente policiaco quien mantiene dos puestos. Uno de político y otro de jefe policiaco del condado de Maricopa. Esta combinación le permite a este pero rabioso con placa y pistola ejercitar su poder contra inmigrantes que simplemente buscan trabajar y aportar para sus familias.
El abuso de poder que este hombre ha ejercitado sobre la comunidad es increíble. La intimidación de nuestra gente. Hoy día en Arizona regresamos a esos días oscuros y antiguos. Regresamos a esos días en que se vale violar los derechos de un sector de la comunidad por solo ser de un cierto color de piel o por tener facciones de Latino.
¿Cuando ira a parar estos abusos? ¿Por que es que hoy día las otras comunidades dan la media vuelta cuando ven el abuso de su prójimo? Como es posible que hoy día en el ano 2009 estemos sufriendo el ataque racial mas grande que se ha visto desde los 1940’s.
Hoy día esta bestia crea una generación de jóvenes asustados e intimidados por oficiales policíacos. Una nueva generación de odio mezclado con temor. Una generación que no tendrá la confianza de llamar a la policía cuando un crimen sea ejercitado contra sus familias. Una generación que después de ver a sus padres arrestados y deportados jamás creerán en el sistema judicial de los Estados Unidos.
Si, hoy día vi el regreso a los tiempos viejos en que por ignorancia y abuso de poder se encarcelaban en campos de concentración y se abusaban esos de una cierta raza. Pues algo es cierto, hasta que nos unamos como Latinos y lancemos nuestro poder de votantes y eduquemos a nuestro joven de la necesidad de votar y apoyar a su gente, seguiremos victimas de los abusos de una bestia con doble poder. Uno de Policía y otro de Político.
Carlos E. Galindo
“Hablando Claro”
Estos actos atroz fueron cometidos hace muchísimos anos. Pero hoy día en Arizona regresamos a esos días de injusticias y persecución de parte de un agente policiaco quien mantiene dos puestos. Uno de político y otro de jefe policiaco del condado de Maricopa. Esta combinación le permite a este pero rabioso con placa y pistola ejercitar su poder contra inmigrantes que simplemente buscan trabajar y aportar para sus familias.
El abuso de poder que este hombre ha ejercitado sobre la comunidad es increíble. La intimidación de nuestra gente. Hoy día en Arizona regresamos a esos días oscuros y antiguos. Regresamos a esos días en que se vale violar los derechos de un sector de la comunidad por solo ser de un cierto color de piel o por tener facciones de Latino.
¿Cuando ira a parar estos abusos? ¿Por que es que hoy día las otras comunidades dan la media vuelta cuando ven el abuso de su prójimo? Como es posible que hoy día en el ano 2009 estemos sufriendo el ataque racial mas grande que se ha visto desde los 1940’s.
Hoy día esta bestia crea una generación de jóvenes asustados e intimidados por oficiales policíacos. Una nueva generación de odio mezclado con temor. Una generación que no tendrá la confianza de llamar a la policía cuando un crimen sea ejercitado contra sus familias. Una generación que después de ver a sus padres arrestados y deportados jamás creerán en el sistema judicial de los Estados Unidos.
Si, hoy día vi el regreso a los tiempos viejos en que por ignorancia y abuso de poder se encarcelaban en campos de concentración y se abusaban esos de una cierta raza. Pues algo es cierto, hasta que nos unamos como Latinos y lancemos nuestro poder de votantes y eduquemos a nuestro joven de la necesidad de votar y apoyar a su gente, seguiremos victimas de los abusos de una bestia con doble poder. Uno de Policía y otro de Político.
Carlos E. Galindo
“Hablando Claro”
Sunday, December 21, 2008
The Economy
In Arizona everyday the economic situation has worsened. As an individual who assists clients with their legal problems, I hear daily from those currently losing their homes or having vehicles repossessed. After much analysis I have come to a very clear conclusion as to why we are in this economic dilemma and in particular in Arizona. I have been screaming this every day and very few listen. After all, I am simply an insignificant citizen of this great country. Perhaps being of Hispanic descent may not help based on my theory and final conclusion.
You see here in Arizona that attack on the Immigrant and the undocumented Immigrant is horrendous. This attack started a few years ago and spread throughout the United States like a vicious cancer. Elected officials created anti-Immigrant laws which included employer sanction laws. The elected Maricopa County Sheriff who was previously interested in dressing prisoners in pink underwear and black and white striped jail uniforms found a new way to get media attention and started and has continued to have road blocks set up in primarily Latino neighborhoods which essentially allows him and his deputies to stop individuals they suspect of minor traffic violations (i.e., broken tail lights, broken windshields, etc.). In executing these stops those individual who are stopped are asked what their legal status is in the United States. It is important to note that those asked are 99% Latinos and many that have been detained and released have been U.S. Citizens or Legal Residents. This is tantamount to racial profiling. All this while there is 45,000 plus outstanding felony warrants to be executed in Maricopa County, Arizona alone. This activity has caused those undocumented individuals to go further underground in their communities. In essence hiding from further persecution. They have left their jobs or have been terminated based on the employer sanction laws. This means individuals who had several family members contributing to the payment of a mortgage have essentially been forced out of a job, which means that mortgages were not paid and foreclosure proceedings were commenced. Many have returned to Mexico or their country of origin, yet others have taken cash jobs and are not earning what they were previously earning. Essentially less money spent by the cash spending undocumented Immigrant interprets into less sales for retail stores. Even those who were not servicing the Latino Community are affected based on the fact that those who were servicing the Latino Community no longer have the incoming revenue and cannot purchase or trade with the Non-Latino servicing businesses. This means that those mainstream U.S. Citizens are no longer able to pay their bills and they have defaulted on their mortgages based on layoffs etc.. Cause and effect. This is a no brainer!!! Now, multiply that throughout the United States as the Anti-Immigrant movement gained velocity and the cancer spread throughout many key states. It is obvious that we have a domino effect occurring here. Recently I saw an article in an Arizona newspaper which quotes an Economist as saying that the lack of money spent by the Undocumented Immigrant has greatly impacted the economy in Arizona. That any burden on the system by the Undocumented Immigrant was far outweighed by their contribution both in the form of a stimulus by spending cash and by paying sales taxes which obviously helps the state of Arizona.
The question here is…..When will the U.S. Economists come to the same realization and come out publicly to explain this cause and effect that has so greatly affected this great nation of ours? Will we have to wait four, maybe five years for statistics to be gathered and conclusions to be drawn? The question is, where will we be then? In a full blown depression? When by a simple act of congress we would have been able to pass an Immigration Reform Bill that would allow these millions of contributors to come out of the shadows, pay taxes and assimilate into these great United States.
Of course I'm not an Economist I'm just another U.S. Citizen with an analytical mind and eyes and ears, oh, and of course, an opinion.
Professionally,
Carlos E. Galindo
www.projectletters.com
www.proyectocartas.com
You see here in Arizona that attack on the Immigrant and the undocumented Immigrant is horrendous. This attack started a few years ago and spread throughout the United States like a vicious cancer. Elected officials created anti-Immigrant laws which included employer sanction laws. The elected Maricopa County Sheriff who was previously interested in dressing prisoners in pink underwear and black and white striped jail uniforms found a new way to get media attention and started and has continued to have road blocks set up in primarily Latino neighborhoods which essentially allows him and his deputies to stop individuals they suspect of minor traffic violations (i.e., broken tail lights, broken windshields, etc.). In executing these stops those individual who are stopped are asked what their legal status is in the United States. It is important to note that those asked are 99% Latinos and many that have been detained and released have been U.S. Citizens or Legal Residents. This is tantamount to racial profiling. All this while there is 45,000 plus outstanding felony warrants to be executed in Maricopa County, Arizona alone. This activity has caused those undocumented individuals to go further underground in their communities. In essence hiding from further persecution. They have left their jobs or have been terminated based on the employer sanction laws. This means individuals who had several family members contributing to the payment of a mortgage have essentially been forced out of a job, which means that mortgages were not paid and foreclosure proceedings were commenced. Many have returned to Mexico or their country of origin, yet others have taken cash jobs and are not earning what they were previously earning. Essentially less money spent by the cash spending undocumented Immigrant interprets into less sales for retail stores. Even those who were not servicing the Latino Community are affected based on the fact that those who were servicing the Latino Community no longer have the incoming revenue and cannot purchase or trade with the Non-Latino servicing businesses. This means that those mainstream U.S. Citizens are no longer able to pay their bills and they have defaulted on their mortgages based on layoffs etc.. Cause and effect. This is a no brainer!!! Now, multiply that throughout the United States as the Anti-Immigrant movement gained velocity and the cancer spread throughout many key states. It is obvious that we have a domino effect occurring here. Recently I saw an article in an Arizona newspaper which quotes an Economist as saying that the lack of money spent by the Undocumented Immigrant has greatly impacted the economy in Arizona. That any burden on the system by the Undocumented Immigrant was far outweighed by their contribution both in the form of a stimulus by spending cash and by paying sales taxes which obviously helps the state of Arizona.
The question here is…..When will the U.S. Economists come to the same realization and come out publicly to explain this cause and effect that has so greatly affected this great nation of ours? Will we have to wait four, maybe five years for statistics to be gathered and conclusions to be drawn? The question is, where will we be then? In a full blown depression? When by a simple act of congress we would have been able to pass an Immigration Reform Bill that would allow these millions of contributors to come out of the shadows, pay taxes and assimilate into these great United States.
Of course I'm not an Economist I'm just another U.S. Citizen with an analytical mind and eyes and ears, oh, and of course, an opinion.
Professionally,
Carlos E. Galindo
www.projectletters.com
www.proyectocartas.com
Saturday, November 29, 2008
Proyecto Cartas
Manda tu carta este Febrero 12, 2009 pidiendo una Reforma Migratoria. Todas las cartas de todos los Estados Unidos van a salir al mismo día!!! Imagínense millones de cartas saliendo todas el mismo día. Esto va a inundar el sistema postal y obtener atención de los medios. No es necesario salir a marchar. Puede participar de la privacia de su casa. Soy Carlos E. Galindo y yo inicie este proyecto. Proyecto Cartas. Ya estoy en contacto con organizadores por todos los Estados Unidos. Este es un proyecto nacional y global. Tenemos personas en otros países que van a mandar cartas también. Todas el día de Febrero 12, 2009 el día que marca el cumpleaños de Abraham Lincoln el héroe de Barack Obama y el hombre que libro a los Afro Americanos de sus cadenas de esclavitud como el Presidente Obama nos puede librara de las cadenas de esclavitud virtuales que hoy día atan a nuestra gente. El Hispano y en particular el documentado. Por favor únete a este proyecto y habla con tu vecino, tu patrón, y tus amigos. Este proyecto es para todos esos que reconocen la necesidad de una Reforma Migratoria. Personas de color, Anglo Sajones, Asiáticos, Ancianos, Jóvenes, Niños. Todos pueden mandar su carta Febrero 12, 2009. Un día simbólico que va a obtener la atención de todo el mundo!!!
Para más información.....
Carlos E. Galindo
carlos@agenciahispana.com
texto:623-308-2558
Próxima semana Web page:www.proyectocartas.com y www.projectletters.com
Gracias por unirte a tu proyecto!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Proyecto Cartas
Para más información.....
Carlos E. Galindo
carlos@agenciahispana.com
texto:623-308-2558
Próxima semana Web page:www.proyectocartas.com y www.projectletters.com
Gracias por unirte a tu proyecto!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Proyecto Cartas
Project Letters
As many of you know I do a radio talk show in
I have come up with an idea and have already received serious press coverage in
The plan is to have anybody that supports Immigration Reform write a letter to our President. This includes children of immigrants legal or undocumented, Undocumented Adults,
This letter will be addressed to the White House and all letters will be sent on the same day!!! This will be able to be done from the privacy of peoples homes and can be sent without return addresses if desired. This will allow those that cannot go out to the streets to ask for relief in the form of a revamping of the currently broken immigration system and a reform that will allow those undocumented immigrants who are currently hiding in the shadows to come out and assimilate into this great country of ours.
Just imagine, children can write brief letters in crayon. The Elderly can write a brief handwritten letter and mail it from the comfort of their home. You can mail it from work. However it must all go out on the same day!!!!
The date......February 12, 2009. February 12 is Abraham Lincoln's birthday and is very symbolic especially because he was so instrumental in breaking the chains of slavery. It is also important because Abraham Lincoln is one of our President Barack Obama's heroes. He has continually quoted
Please join this very important project and tell others about it. You will soon see a groundswell of support for this project. You will see it in the media and you will hear about it in your communities. This is the perfect way to let our new President know about the needs of immigrants who we so desperately need to help.
Please cast your voice in support of this project and tell your neighbors and co-workers to send their letters for change as they so diligently cast their votes for change.
Thank you for taking the time to read this post and I look forward to speaking with you or communicating with you by email soon. Please feel free to call me or email me so that I can let you know how you can help with this project.
PLEASE SEND ALL LETTERS ON
President Barack Obama
The White House
1600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW
Washington, DC 20500
Carlos E. Galindo
Phone:602-222-9100
carlos@agenciahispana.com
text to 623-308-2558
Coming soon: www.projectletters.com
www.proyectocartas.com
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