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Jill Garvey

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Jill currently serves as the managing editor for Imagine 2050. A student of journalism from Columbia College Chicago, Jill has worked extensively with non-profit organizations both professionally and as a volunteer. Committed to addressing the economic and social discrimination barriers in childhood and youth development, she has worked in the public school system, coordinating elementary early childhood programs. A native of Chicago, she returned from Brooklyn specifically to work with non-profit organizations in the Midwest, and has enjoyed the last two years working for a progressive organization addressing racism, bigotry, and oppression. An avid international traveler, Jill has spent time in Europe and South America, most recently studying Spanish in Argentina, Chile and Peru.

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  • Click on or paste this link in your browser to see a large image of the ad. http://www.newcomm.org/docs/AZ_1-12_10x105_Cen_N_Comm.pdf

    Posted on 27 Jan 2010 in Sixty Black Leaders Condemn Sheriff Arpaio

  • Thanks Miss M! I will do a follow-up as you suggest.

    Posted on 06 Jan 2010 in Make Justice Happen in 2010

  • Thanks Jay!

    Posted on 29 Jul 2009 in The Minutemen Want to Talk about Bigotry

  • Eric, Did you see the article about the Black children who were denied access to a private swimming facility in PA? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9KJMZ3v6kNs

    Posted on 09 Jul 2009 in Despite Racism, Blacks Part Waters to Swim

  • Kevin, This works best if you limit the length of your comments. If you have this much to say you should create your own blog. I can only recommend that you read the "about" section of the blog again...it states "Contributors to the blog include activists, immigrants, artists and students who are invested in a future nation that embraces multiculturalism and tolerance." Our "goal" is to promote tolerance and have candid conversations around race, immigration, and American identity. There are many topics I’d like to debate on this blog, but eugenics isn’t one of them, there is overwhelming evidence that it is used to legitimize racist agendas, and espouse racist theories. I'm not sure what was dehumanizing about my post...writing an article about a group that claims to be progressive but isn't progressive - is that classified as dehumanizing nowadays? And I'd be happy to tell you my position on immigration: I’ve watched firsthand families being torn apart by a broken system. Hard-working, decent people spend months on end languishing in detention centers on technical immigration violations while the private corporations who run these detention centers get rich off American taxpayers. The North America Free Trade Agreement put more than 1 million corn farmers out of work in Mexico. And then the FOUR companies that produce US meat told them to come here to do the life-threatening, low-wage work that no American would do. I'm sickened by the way anti-immigrant groups vilify Latino immigrants, but never provide real solutions to a system that is manipulated and abused by huge corporations. I have no official political stance on immigration; I simply want to see people treated fairly and with human dignity. I find it strange that you would say you heard "there is only one women’s shelter in all of Mexico City". That sounds really outlandish and irrelevant to what we are discussing. Are you just throwing in disparaging remarks about Mexico for the heck of it? Also, if you are concerned about the environment you should read our posts on the matter. We've made ecological concerns a regular topic at Imagine 2050.

    Posted on 28 Jun 2009 in What is So Progressive About 'Progressives for Immigration Reform'? Um, Nothing.

  • Kevin, I'm confused why you think our blog states a goal for the racial makeup of the US(??) It's not a "goal" of ours to change the demographics of the US. It's a fact that demographics will change drastically. The goal of the blog is to promote tolerance. I suggest you do more research into eugenics. This highly controversial "science" has been espousing racist theories for over 100 years, spawning several groups with names like the "Race Betterment Foundation" in the early 1900s. After eugenics was promoted and used to justify horrific atrocities in World War II Nazi Germany, it was shunned by legitimate scientists. There is a difference between true genetic science and eugenics. I'd recommend learning more about those differences before you continue to publicly promote it. I don't really care whether you think I'm evil or not. This isn't about "evil" or partisan politics. It's about a network of organizations (John Tanton's groups) who pretend to be moderate voices on immigration, but are actually closely aligned with white nationalist extremists. Thanks for giving me the opportunity to clarify that one more time! Jill

    Posted on 26 Jun 2009 in What is So Progressive About 'Progressives for Immigration Reform'? Um, Nothing.

  • Chaos- Not sure I would call this post a report...more like an editorial. I did think about the ALIPAC thing, because frankly they are teetering right on the edge. I know William Gheen has tried to make his org more polished, but I hear he is now working more closely with Chris Simcox and Jeff Schwilk - two guys that practically define vigilante. http://www.adl.org/civil_rights/anti_immigrant/gheen.asp If you look at ALIPAC discussion boards they use extremely offensive language to describe immigrants and reference "invasions" quite a bit - I'd say they have a sizable # of members who fall into the vigilante category. And can you be more specific than "those people"?

    Posted on 15 Jun 2009 in Minutemen Members Murder Nine Year Old and Father

  • Actually, I find it disingenuous of Rosanna to continually state that she is only anti-illegal immigration when she works for an organization (FAIR) that clearly calls for a moratorium on all immigration.

    Posted on 07 Apr 2009 in Pulido Damages Illinois Republicans With Anti-Islamic Statements

  • Noah, once again a great piece! Nice to hear the voices that are often drowned out by Arpaio's antics.

    Posted on 29 Mar 2009 in Audio: March 2009 Blogcast

  • dear gross, As much as I appreciate comments, when they are this lengthy they tend to impede dialogue. But based on the tone of your comments I assume you aren’t interested in dialogue. In the future a simple “Jill, I think you’re wrong and an idiot” will suffice. While your passion for humanity is palpable and perfectly acceptable, rattling of your qualifications to prove just how much you care is confusing. You’ve taken my words and distorted them into a personal attack on you. I’m fine with being told I’m wrong, but I won’t tolerate manipulation. At the same time your sensationalizing of human suffering is so self-serving it’s nauseating; when you could have chosen to bring awareness to their suffering in a way that might actually help. You did mention never forgetting what you learned about hate, blind followers, and complicity….which makes me wonder, how did you miss the point of my article so completely?

    Posted on 07 Jan 2009 in Attention to Israeli Attacks Should be Examined for Anti-Semitic Undertones