Logos for Movement for Justice in El Barrio

Movement for Justice in El Barrio needs two logos:
one to represent their struggle in El Barrio and another for their participation in the Other Campaign... Open call to artists for the creation of the logos for our immigrant-led social justice organization!!

“BEST POWER TO THE PEOPLE MOVEMENT IN NYC”-VILLAGE VOICE ‘06

“IT IS REAL GRASS-ROOTS DEMOCRACY, AND IT IS BEING PRACTICED BY THE IMMIGRANTS WHO LIVE IN EAST HARLEM”-DAILY NEWS ‘06

Who we are:
We are the color of the earth.  We are women, men, youth and children of corn.  We are immigrants.  We have not lived in our home countries for a long time, but home is still the air we breathe, still the pulse of our heart, it is still the thought that fills our minds. We were born in our lands and our lands were born in us.

We are Movement for Justice in El Barrio, an organization of immigrants fighting for justice in East Harlem.

As immigrants, we were forced to leave our native countries because of a savage neoliberal economic system. Here in the U.S, we are affected by neoliberalism on a daily basis. Gentrification pushes us out of our homes in El Barrio.

Exploitation at the workplace forces us to work twelve hours daily for poverty wages. Racist immigration policies attempt to criminalize and dehumanize us.

In New York, we fight against neoliberalism in all its forms. We fight against racism, xenophobia, sexism, classism, and homophobia.

We fight for humanity.

Movement for Justice in El Barrio is a rapidly expanding immigrant-led social justice organization led by immigrants in El Barrio (East Harlem, NYC).  Founded in December 2004 to fight a voracious trend towards gentrification, Movement for Justice in El Barrio as received passionate support and attention from the public and the press and is in need of logos to represent the group!!!

As immigrants, our organizing is necessarily both local and transnational at the same time.  In 2005, our predominantly Mexican membership made the decision to become adherents to Zapatista’s Sixth Declaration of the Lacandon Jungle and joined The Other Campaign, a national movement to change Mexico initiated by the Zapatistas.

Therefore, we are looking for TWO LOGOS. One to represent our organizing around local issues here in El Barrio, including our fight against gentrification and greedy slumlords, and the city and financial institutions that facilitate the displacement of immigrant families from their homes and another to represent our transnational organizing as part of the Zapatista-initiated movement in Mexico, “The Other Campaign”.

The deadline for all submissions will be Monday, May 7th.

If you are interested in making a submission for either one of the logos, or both, please email movementforjusticeinelbarrio[at]yahoo.com or call (212) 561-0555 for a few simple guidelines.