During a Facebook Live interview with Flintside, Asa Zuccaro, executive director of the Latinx Technology and Community Center of Greater Flint; Aurora Sauceda, a local Latinx activist; and immigration lawyer, Victoria Arteaga, all shared experiences they’ve had over the last month with this lack of support and what they’ve been doing to account for it.
With the ongoing Census 2020 season, the Arab American Heritage Council faces a unique set of challenges that go beyond overcoming the community mistrust of government initiatives. It’s the fear of government surveillance as potential terrorists and the frustration some Arab Americans have of never truly being identified at all.
Asa Zuccaro, Director Ejecutivo de CTCL, quiere eliminar la idea dentro de la comunidad Latinx de que el censo es solo para ciudadanos de los Estados Unidos. "Todo el mundo asume que el censo, de la Oficina del Censo de los Estados Unidos, debe ser aplicable solo a ciudadanos naturalizados o ciudadanos del país", dijo Zuccaro. (Read english version here).
Rashida Tlaib, the country’s first Muslim, Palestinian-American congresswoman, will give a speech in honor of the Third Annual International Center of Greater Flint’s (ICGF) celebration of International Women’s Day on March 16 at Factory One.
Asa Zuccaro, Executive Director of the LTCC, wants to make away with the idea within the Latinx community that the census is just for citizens of the United States. “Everybody just kind of assumes that the census, from the U.S. Census Bureau, this must be applicable just to naturalized citizens or citizens of the country,” said Zuccaro.
The Sister Tour, created in 2017, seeks to re-establish sisterhood by giving Flint women of color a platform for their creative expression and freedom, even if that means babysitting for a couple of hours or offering a listening ear.
Linda Bell teaches a weekly ASL class instructing enthusiastic students like Janet Hughes alongside co-teachers like Brian Whittington when she’s not working on developments for her app, Bell Tech Communications set to showcase Feb. 13.
Set to open Feb. 28, 2020 the Community Water Lab aims to provide water tests for at least 7,000 families as well as lay out water safety plans for 200 families and refer 1,000 more to municipal services.
The 5th Annual African American Series by Communities First and Flint Institute of Arts will showcase monthly, feature films that are sure to entertain and spark cultural discussion to all who watch them.
The Genesee District Library will honor former Flint Mayor Karen Weaver, teacher Melinda Anderson, and advocate Recco Richardson at its annual Black History Month brunch in February.
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