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UPDATE: Guatemalan Children Get Six-Month Reprieve on Deportation

Yesterday, I juxtaposed three immigration stories in my post— the sad news about the murder of 5-10 Honduran refugee children that the US deported recently, the plight of a young … Continue reading →

August 20, 2014 · 1 Comment

Disgraceful: Some Deported Refugee Children Already Dead

Thousands of refugee children have been fleeing violence and poverty in Central America for almost a year now. Until all Hell broke loose in Ferguson, Missouri last week, the refugee … Continue reading →

August 19, 2014 · 1 Comment

‘Uncovering the Truth’: Day Laborer Network Leaders Travel to El Salvador

Leaders from the National Day Laborer Organizing Network (NDLON), faith leaders, and academics are in El Salvador to assess the situation and determine why thousands of Central American children are … Continue reading →

July 22, 2014

Refugee Supporters & Anti-Immigrant Protesters Face Off in Oracle (Images)

Demonstrators with dueling banners and ideologies lined the roads of rural Oracle, Arizona on Tuesday awaiting the arrival of 40-60 child refugees. An estimated 150 protesters, dozens of law enforcement … Continue reading →

July 17, 2014

Jon Stewart Answers Those who Hate Child Refugees: ‘What the F*&k Is Wrong with You?’

For the haters who think children should be sent back to the dangerous and violent lands they fled. I offer Jon Stewart’s “Immigration Reform Crisis: Kids Edition.”

July 16, 2014

Arizona Rednecks Plan Murrieta-Style Ugly American Protest in Oracle, AZ

5 UPDATEs at the end. Two Oracle facilities may be sheltering unaccompanied migrant children soon– one in midtown Tucson at Oracle and Drachman and one tucked into the Catalina Mountains … Continue reading →

July 14, 2014 · 26 Comments

UN, Progressives Urge Refugee Status for Migrant Children, while GOP Wants Speedy Deportation

The least productive Congress ever was perfectly content to allow immigration reform to languish until next year, while they focused on getting their sorry asses re-elected. But then reality hit. … Continue reading →

July 11, 2014 · 5 Comments

#RedForEd teachers and supporters in the Arizona House Gallery, 2018.

Ironically, I posted this blog post on the anniversary of this election on June 19. 1970ish.

Arizonans for New Economy co-directors Jim Hannley and Pamela Powers Hannley with UA Tech Park VP Bruce Wright.

The Living Economy event was very informative; we had a great time hob-nobbing. My husband Jim is a small business owner and a member of Local First Arizona. I have owned two small businesses in the past– Powers/Queen Associates and Wind Dancer Design. We support Local First Arizona and buying/investing locally. We believe that supporting local small businesses with low-interest loans through a public/private partnership between a public bank and community banks and credit unions is the sustainable route to improving our local economy. Trickle down economics doesn’t work; it’s time for new ideas.

Rep. Pamela Powers Hannley with members of the Tucson Chapter of NOW on opening day at the Arizona Legislature, 2018.

Protesting anti-woman laws at the Arizona state capitol.

Jobs with Justice marching with Occupy Tucson in support of postal workers.

Visiting with PALF chairman Fred Yamashita at the 2016 Labor Day Picnic.

PDA members, including Advisory Board Chair Mimi Kennedy, protested food stamp cuts in front of Congressman Henry Waxman’s office.

I have a background in research. Help me build Tucson’s tech industry and grow our own local businesses.

Martin Luther King, Jr. march.

The Oberlin Rescuers outside of the Cuyahoga County Jail.

Rep. Pamela Powers Hannley with Red For Ed

Congressman Ron Barber and Pamela Powers Hannley at Cyclovia

Protesters hand deliver symbolic big check from corporate American to McCain.

Protesting migrant deaths in the Arizona desert.

Desconocido (unknown)

In the 1980s, the Tucson Weekly called Tucson the “Baked Apple”.

We often hear that corporations need migrant workers because Americans “don’t want to do these jobs.” When I hear this statement, I picture farm workers picking vegetables. Recently, I toured two dairies and an animal feed packing plant in Pinal County. The photo above from the Zinke Dairy shows a giant cow milking carousel. Nine migrant workers milk 4000 cows three times a day at this dairy. Legislators watched the two men pictured here– working at a brisk pace– bend over and pick up, lift, and attach large electronic suction cups to the cows as they ride the carousel around the giant facility. This level of automation is the wave of the future for industrial jobs.

Governor Ducey had proposed increasing prison beds and funding, while cutting education. Protesters took issue with that short-sighted idea.

A giant poet’s head made up of stainless steel letters marks the stop near the UA Poetry Center.

Giving the LD9 update at the June meeting. What a great crowd!

Rev. Ron Phares and Pamela Powers Hannley

Jim and I were part of a contingent of Unitarian Universalists who came up from Tucson. Here I am with Rev. Ron Phares from the Mountain Vista UU Church in my district. (Jim is photobombing us.)

Rep. Sally Ann Gonzales and I were interviewed by NBC at the Phoenix rally.

We are the 99%.

Pamela Powers Hannley, Progressive Democrat for Arizona House, LD9

Despite the sweltering heat, Jim and I had a great time at the Labor Day Picnic. We collected a lot of Clean Elections $5 donations and signatures. Here I am with LD9 chair Michael Dues.

Protesting cuts to education

There have been many lively debates in the Arizona House in 2018. This team of House Democrats fought for consumer protections and fought against risky financial deals in a “regulatory sandbox.” (Pictured are Reps. Mitzi Epstein, Kelli Butler, Athena Salman, Pamela Powers Hannley, Ken Clark and Isela Blanc.)

This is a broken sink in the Ladies’ Room at the Arizona State Building in downtown Tucson. One of the elevators also was broken. It’s time to fix Arizona government.

Safe Park, downtown Tucson

John Nichols of ‘The Nation’ addressed progressives and unionists at a Tucson event.

PDA Tucson Coordinator Jim Hannley speaks against both the crowd management ordinance and the urban camping ban at the City Council meeting.

A homeless man sleeps in the shadow of corporate America.

It was truly a honor to meet Nevada State Senator Patricia Spearman (center) in October and to confer with her regarding our efforts to ratify the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) in Arizona. Spearman led the successful Nevada efforts to ratify the ERA in 2017. Here we are with activist and NOW leader Dainne Post after the ERA workshop at the We the People Conference in Phoenix. There are a lot of Arizona women who are ready to make history in 2018. Watch my blog here and my Facebook page here for ERA updates.

Occupy encampment in Armory Park– before it was cleared out in the middle of the night by Tucson Police.

The Tucson Progressive: Pamela J. Powers

I stand on the side of Love. I believe in kindness to all creatures on Earth and the inherent self-worth of all individuals–not just people who agree with me or look like me.

Widespread economic and social injustice prompted me to become a candidate for the Arizona House, representing Legislative District 9 in the 2016 election.

My platform focused on economic reforms to grow Arizona’s economy, establish a state-based public bank, fix our infrastructure, fully fund public education, grow local small businesses and community banks, and put people back to work at good-paying jobs.

In the Arizona House, I was a strong voice for fiscal responsibility a moratorium on corporate tax breaks until the schools were fully funded, increased cash assistance to the poor, expansion of maternal healthcare benefits, equal rights, choice, unions, education at all levels and protecting our water supply.

After three terms, I retired from the Arizona Legislature in January 2023 but will continue to blog and produce my podcast “A View from the Left Side.”

Tucson Progressive

Tag Archives: refugees

UPDATE: Guatemalan Children Get Six-Month Reprieve on Deportation

Disgraceful: Some Deported Refugee Children Already Dead

‘Uncovering the Truth’: Day Laborer Network Leaders Travel to El Salvador

Refugee Supporters & Anti-Immigrant Protesters Face Off in Oracle (Images)

Jon Stewart Answers Those who Hate Child Refugees: ‘What the F*&k Is Wrong with You?’

Arizona Rednecks Plan Murrieta-Style Ugly American Protest in Oracle, AZ

UN, Progressives Urge Refugee Status for Migrant Children, while GOP Wants Speedy Deportation

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