Two Teenagers Die From Cheese Heroin
Both Were Students at Thomas Jefferson High School Carlos Quintanilla outgoing President of Accion America and Candidate for Congress in the 33rd Congressional District has called for a renewed Public Education Campaign On Cheese Heroin. His call is in response [...]
Farmers Branch Housing Ordinance As Unconstitutional Targeting of Undocumented Immigrants
Ruling caps five-year legal battle over latest unlawful ordinance enacted by the City of Farmer’s Branch, costing taxpayers millions New Orleans, LA – Today, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit ruled the City of Farmers Branch, located [...]
Quintanilla fights for our community: Town Lake Apartments
Hot and Bothered, Tenants Find Justice By Megan Feldman Fri., Jul. 24 2009 at 3:19 PM Yesterday, in an Oak Cliff Justice of the Peace courtroom, two tenants celebrated a victory in their quest for decent living conditions. Judge Juan [...]
Accion America President offers Keynote Address at the Korean Federation National Conference
By Bab Adetiba The Federation of Korean Association of USA (FKAUSA) hosted the 1st Annual Special General Meeting and Leadership Conference at the Omni Hotel in Irving. In effort to integrate the Korean community with the larger community at hand, [...]
Major Victory for Quintanilla and Minority Activist in Irving. First Irving ISD single-member-district election can’t be held until May 2013
by MONIKA DIAZ WFAA IRVING – Irving ISD made history Thursday by changing the way board members are elected. It went ahead with a plan that creates five single-member districts, leaving two at-large. Irving previously only had an at-large system, [...]
Domingo, What happened to empowerment of Hispanics?
Again No Hispanics in a Majority Hispanic District. Domingo, What happened to empowerment of Hispanics? Dallas dentist and horse racing advocate David Alameel, a Democrat, will run for Congress, he said in an email to supporters this week. He’s challenging [...]
We want classroom breakfast!
RALLY KICKS OFF CAMPAIGN TO PROMOTE CLASSROOM BREAKFAST FOR HISPANIC SCHOOL CHILDREN IN TEXAS Chanting in unison, “We want classroom breakfast!” more than 1,000 children ate breakfast together Saturday morning at a rally sponsored by Accion America. The rally kicked [...]
Vigil for Anatolia Garcia
Please join us in supporting Anatolia Garcia on Monday October 17 at 4pm at the Office of Homeland Security located at 8801 Stemmons Freeway. To allow Homeland Security to continue to take aggressive and unacceptable actions against our community is [...]
Accion America Serves 100,000 Meals To Hispanic Children
Accion America today officially closed out its Summer Feeding Program in which over 35 apartment complexes throughout the Dallas Metroplex serving over 99,000 meals, making Accion America one if not the only Hispanic organization that served Hispanic Children. Accion America [...]
