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Aarti Shahani: Reflections from Rikers


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Aarti Shahani, founder of Families for Freedom, a Brooklyn-based defense network for immigrants facing deportation. She presented at Breakthrough's public forum, "Why Can't America Have Human Rights?" at The Riverside Church in New York City on September 14, 2006.

Aarti describes the impact of U.S. immigration laws on her own family and her ensuing organizing work.

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1 response // Aarti Shahani: Reflections from Rikers

  • She is a great speaker and this is a helluva interesting speech. It is worth noting, in addition to praising this, that there are not only black, hispanic, and brown poor people. There are a lot of poor white families and they deserve to be represented as well.
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