Hey y'all!

First I should introduce myself to everyone. My name is William Dennis and I am the Fellowship Associate here at YP4. Today I decided to sneak up on the team to see what they have been up to. 

A letter from The Coalition For an Equitable Community -- 

On January 29, 2009, President Obama signed the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act into law, restoring the rights taken away by the Supreme Court in Ledbetter v. Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company. One year to the day, a new movement is afoot to correct the Court.

Roe v. Wade established a constitutional right to privacy and protected a woman's right to make reproductive decisions based on her own life, health, and conscience. Today, on the 37th anniversary of this landmark ruling, we face a new call to action.

More than 10,000 people marched for the civil rights, equality, and human dignity of undocumented people in Phoenix today. This battle for human rights was punctuated by repressive police brutality. I was at the epicenter of this conflict. An Indigenous Solidarity bloc was formed to challenge the invisibility of Native issues in the immigration movement.

Senator Durbin once referred to America's immigration crisis as a "crisis of humanity." Yesterday, Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor agreed when she referred to immigrants not as "illegal" or "alien" but as "undocumented." Use of this humanizing term marks both the first ruling of Justice Sotomayor's high court career, and also the first time such a term has been used by the Court as a whole - ever.

Hello YP4 Fellows!

 HI PROGRESSIVE FRIENDS!!!

 Chase is giving away lots of $$$, and YOUR votes will determine who gets it! The top 100 orgs will receive $25k each! You will find many former BLUEPRINT projects competing there. VOTE BY DECEMBER 11!!!