About DukeEngage Tucson 2010

Immigration is perhaps the single largest domestic challenge facing both the United States and Mexico today. People die nearly every week attempting to cross the border. Hostilities against immigrants in the U.S. rise daily. Local, state, and international relations are increasingly strained.

For eight weeks this summer, seven students have been given the opportunity to travel to Tucson, Arizona and Nogales, Mexico to study the many faces of immigration. Following two weeks of meetings with local activists, a Border Patrol agent, a federal public defender, lawyers, members of the Tohono O’odham Nation, maquiladora owners, Grupos Beta employees, migrants, and local farmers, we will spend six weeks partnered with Southside Day Labor Camp, BorderLinks, or Humane Borders in order to further immerse ourselves in the issues of immigration.

This blog chronicles our experiences and our perspectives on what we learn while here in Arizona. We hope our stories are interesting and informative.


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Monday, June 28, 2010

Soundstrike and Hollywood's Campaign Against Arizona

Earlier this year Rage Against the Machine frontman Zack De La Rocha
organized the Sound Strike as a direct result of Governor Brewer's signing
of SB1070. De La Rocha explains, "Fans of our music, our stories, our films
and our words can be pulled over and harassed every day because they are
brown or black, or for the way they speak, or for the music they listen to."
The movement has enlisted big names like Kanye West and Nine Inch Nails to
boycott Arizona. The movment's most recent news is the release of a song by
Bright Eyes to speak out against SB1070. Will big name Hollywood bring
attention to this issue and spark a mainstream pop movement against the
discriminatory bill? Only time will tell.


"When Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat, they arrested her. As a result, people got together and said we are not going to ride the bus until they change the law. It was this courageous action that sparked the Montgomery bus boycott. What if we got together, signed a collective letter saying, 'we're not going to ride the bus,' saying we are not going to comply. We are not going to play in Arizona. We are going to boycott Arizona! "
- Zach De La Rocha, http://www.thesoundstrike.net/



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