The Civil Rights Legacy of Angel Irene

Jose Sueiro

In Washington DC, sophisticated political capital of the world, we tend to forget that the bulk of the local Hispanic community settled here barely two generations ago and that the fight for equal rights, housing and basic services was and is a civil rights struggle. Latinos migrated from the entire Spanish speaking world fleeing oppressive dictatorships and civil wars, but mostly the surge in population came from the Central American conflicts of the 1970’s and 80’s and most of those immigrants were low skilled, poorly educated ‘campesinos’.

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Articles tagged with: latinos

Apr04

Latinos Meet With City Leadership

Saturday Morning Speakers Series Begins Anew

-(in the photograph) Melody Gonzales, Juan Barragan, Gabriela Mossi, Jose Sueiro, Jeffery Baumgardner, Wendy Ramirez, Ramon Compres, Director Nick Majett, Gabriel Rojo (partially hidden), Anibal Virhuez, Frank Hernandez, Tatiana Ahlborn y Franklin Garcia-

Since 1998 DC’s Latino community has organized Saturday morning community meetings at various non-profit centers and pondered ‘The Latino Agenda’, usually during years with important local and/or national elections. This loose knit group of community folks would discuss issues of concern and invite city leaders and political candidates to speak. On Saturday, March 31, 2012 the Saturday morning tradition was revived by a coalition of community groups who work together to promote civic engagement and defend civil rights. Our special guest in the first of these informal coffee-&-donut meetings was Nick Majett, Director of the Department of Consumer & Regulatory Affairs (DCRA).

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Alberto Gomez

There have been countless variances granted by the zoning Board and this one is badly needed. The vibrancy of the community well...
Adams Morgan resident

Great article, Jose!
Carlos E. Guzman

Glad to see this group back in action. This brings me back to times past when we used to have weekly business meetings at Avinonne....
BB Otero

Jose thanks for sharing this. Very interesting, will try to attend. A couple of major impacts that should not go unheralded are our...
Fatima

Born and raised in Cleveland Park, all I needed to do was cross the bridge and there I was hanging out at Adams Morgan. As an adult, I...
Derrick

Jorge your article is right on point. Until we get hiring managers and the senior leadership, SES, in the federal government looking...