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Note from the Executive Director |
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Monday, 21 April 2008 |
 As this harsh winter winds down, investment banks fall, oil and food prices rise, and home foreclosures skyrocket I’ve been surprised that the nation’s troubles have not been heaped, once again, upon immigrants. In another era of racial and economic turmoil—the 1930s—the U.S. government swept up some one million Mexicans in a mass deportation that is still shocking in scope. Prohibitions against Mexican workers swept municipalities and states. Countless U.S. citizens of Mexican descent were deported in the hysteria. |
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The Struggle Continues in Emporia |
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Monday, 21 April 2008 |
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 The struggle for rights and respect goes on in Emporia and the other communities where the Center is working in Iowa, Kansas, and Missouri. At a meeting at the United Methodist Church in Emporia on March 14, more than 200 people said they felt that it was important to meet two goals:
1) Continue organizing the workers who will stay at the plant and help with local needs.
2) Expand our campaign to inform the greater public about Tyson’s disrespectful and inhuman treatment of the families who have made Tyson Foods the biggest meat processor on earth.
It has become a campaign to achieve economic help from Tyson, but whether Tyson gives in or not, workers feel that it is important to continue what is now seen as a struggle for dignity and respect.
Your support and prayers will mean so much to the workers in the
Midwest who are organizing to win more rights, resources, and respect. To learn more about how you can help the displaced workers please contact Leone Bicchieri at
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In the above photo Displaced Tyson Workers Fighting for Justice pay a visit to Tyson Foods headquarters in early March of 2008. Maria Perez (President of Displaced Tyson Workers) speaks to a television reporter about Tyson's 60-day notice of a massive lay-off was unjust treatment of workers who gave 10, 20, and 30+ years of their lives to the Emporia beef plant.
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About the Center for New Community |
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Tuesday, 22 August 2006 |
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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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