Mississippi Travel Destinations

editor — Fri, 03 Jun 2016 23:50:00 +0000

Mississippi Organizing for change Mississippi’s Latinos have not been able to use the traditional bases of Latino political power in the United States. No national Latino advocacy organization has offices there, and until Hurricane Katrina the state received little attention from these groups. Furthermore, in this right-to-work state, the labor movement historically has been weak, limiting Latinos’ possibilities for gaining power through organized labor as they have done elsewhere. Thus, Latinos’ political strategies have been uniquely Mississippian that is, based on religious institutions, limited union activity, and attempts at alliance with African Americans. Churches were Latinos’ first and only line

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Mississippi Vacations

editor — Thu, 26 May 2016 23:20:00 +0000

Mississippi Hurricane Katrina On the one hand Hurricane Katrina devastated south Mississippi’s Latinos; on the other it provided job opportunities for thousands of would-be newcomers. Those who did not speak English likely did not hear any warning of the storm before its arrival. Latino migrants who survived the storm proved reluctant to seek aid and relief services because of fears of immigration enforcement. And if Latinos with limited roots in Mississippi had little access to resources immediately following the storm, newly arrived workers reconstructing the coast found themselves even more disenfranchised. Though it is difficult to establish exact numbers, observers

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