[LNewman]

Will do. I provided the link so FReepers would be more likely to read said "sleazy mischaracterizations."

And actually, when originally linking to their site, I was looking for the list of those belonging to this "coalition of human rights and labor groups." I tend to read that as a "coalition of subsidy factories and those they serve."

[DumpsterDiver]

I was looking for the list of those belonging to this "coalition of human rights and labor groups." I tend to read that as a "coalition of subsidy factories and those they serve."

I could probably spend hours at Google looking for more stuff, but I gave up. Ostendorf comes up with more coalitons/activists groups than you can shake a stick at. IMO, he is the personification of all things deemed "progressive."

Center for New Community
Staff and Board Members
The Reverend David L. Ostendorf, Executive Director

Bio: Rev. David Ostendorf is a United Church of Christ Minister currently serving as Executive Director of the Chicago-based Center for New Community. Since 1974 he has been engaged in social, economic, and racial justice organizing, and in that capacity has worked closely with the nation's religious and civic community at every level. The Center, established in 1995, is committed to building democratic communities for justice and racial equality. Its faith based organizing commitments, and its commitments to build a racially just society are carried out nationwide.

Note from the Executive Director [Ostendorf] -- July 24, 2007 -- We are in the early stages of launching the Midwest Immigrant Health Project, a major new initiative to work with immigrants in Minnesota, Iowa, and Missouri on a range of both community and plant health care issues in a dozen meatpacking and poultry processing communities.

The project complements our Institute for Rural Pastoral Leadership, underway in Nebraska and working with religious leaders to address a range of social, economic, and racial justice concerns in their communities.

Our commitments to counter anti-immigrant activity nationally are also growing, particularly with our emerging Campaign for a United America and our Which Way Forward initiative with African American leaders.

Also see:

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campaignforaunitedamerica.org

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