[Vision2020] A piece on New West by our own Keely Emerine Mix

[Joan Opyr]

Dear Visionaries,

Keely Emerine Mix has taken the beautiful, well-argued, moving posts 
she wrote last week to this list about her work with hispanic 
immigrants and turned them into a terrific essay for New West.  I am 
grateful to her for her thoughtfulness, her strength of character, and 
her willingness to say what needed to be said in this anti-immigrant 
climate.  Our economy is heavily dependent on the thousands of 
hard-working and long-suffering people who work, literally, to put food 
on our tables while trying desperately to better their own lot in life. 
  I encourage you to read Keely's piece here:

http://www.newwest.net/index.php/main/article/6979/C136/L136

Should this link not work for some computer-glitchy reason, you can go 
to the New West site, scroll down to Northern Idaho, and find the story 
there.  It's called "If you criticize hispanic immigrants, don't do it 
with your mouth full."  Keely is not responsible for the title; I am.  
I believe she might have come up with something more element -- I, on 
the other hand, was moved by her piece to be provocative.

Joan

Joan Opyr
Northern Idaho Editor
New West Magazine
www.newwest.net
www.joanopyr.com