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Monthly Anti-immigrant Profile: Center for Immigration Studies |
Every month, the Center
for New Community releases one of John Tanton’s personal letters or
memos, illustrating John Tanton’s close relationships with white
nationalists and the formation of today’s anti-immigrant movement. The
letters and memos are a public collection at the Bentley Historical
Library.
In the early fall of 1985, John Tanton began laying the
financial groundwork to build his anti-immigrant think-tank. In a
fundraising appeal Tanton states that, “the funding could come
through U.S., Inc. instead of FAIR, if that helped keep the amounts
going to any one organization to more acceptable levels. We’re in the
process of setting up as independent projects both the Center for
Immigration Studies and the Litigation Program.”
In a document
dated September of 1985, John Tanton describes the intent behind the
founding of the Center for Immigration Studies. In the document, Tanton
highlights that it’s essential to develop an “independent” think-tank
to win the “Battle of Ideas”.
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Sixty Black Leaders Condemn Sheriff Joe Arpaio Advertisement |
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An advertisement appeared in the January 14, 2010 edition of The Arizona Republic newspaper comparing Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio to the infamous 1960s Birmingham public safety commissioner Theophilus Eugene “Bull” Connor. The strongly worded statement was sponsored by the Center for New Community and signed by sixty prominent Black leaders from twenty-three states.
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About the Center for New Community |
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The Center for New Community is a national organization committed to building community, justice, and equality. The Center is grounded in many faith traditions, and builds community where the dignity and value of all humanity is manifest.
Established in 1995, it has grown from a vision to an organization working nationwide to cultivate civic life and advance systemic change, in partnership with local leaders, organizations, congregations, and other institutions. The need to build democratic and inclusive community has seldom been greater.
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