Post Tagged with: "Southampton"

A red dress, a symbol of the plight of missing and murdered indigenous women and organized efforts to fight Native American women’s heightened risk of violence, hangs near the Peace Fire site on the Shinnecock Reservation in Southampton. (By Paula Bess Collins via The Easthampton Star)

Trafficking ‘Under our Noses’ on the East End of LI

Human rights, Immigration, Latino, Long Island, Native American October 15, 2018 at 12:56 pm

The East Hampton Star reports on human and sex trafficking on the eastern end of Long Island.

Two members of the community offer their testimony about the fear endured by immigrants at a late September public hearing in the Town of Southampton. (Photo by Maria Piedrabuena via Riverhead Local)

On LI, Urging Limits on Police Collaboration with ICE

Immigration, Latino, Long Island October 4, 2018 at 5:18 pm

Some 100 East End residents and pro-immigrant activists filled Southampton Town Hall to urge the Town Council Office to curtail and regulate how the local police department interacts with ICE, RiverheadLOCAL en Español reports.

(Photo via RiverheadLOCAL)

Guilty Pleas in Latina Group Diner Labor Abuse Case

Food, Labor, Latino, Long Island, Women March 16, 2018 at 11:42 am

In a case raised by Latina justice advocacy group SEPA Mujer, New York State Attorney General Eric Schneiderman announced the guilty pleas of the managers of a Southampton diner who stole wages from workers, RiverheadLOCAL en Español reports.

Lilia Esperanza Aucapiña disappeared in October and was found by hunter a month later. (Photo via El Diario)

Another Death Rattles Hamptons Hispanic Community

Crime, Latino, Long Island December 9, 2015 at 5:36 pm

Organizations and relatives clamor for a full investigation of an Ecuadorean woman’s death, the second such case in the past year, El Diario reports.

The Sylvester Manor House on Shelter Island will have guests in the attic as part of Joseph McGill’s Slave Dwelling Project. (Photo by Carrie Ann Salvi via The Sag Harbor Express)

Visiting Slave Dwellings on LI

African American, Black, History, Long Island August 12, 2015 at 12:28 pm

Joseph McGill, founder of the Slave Dwelling Project, will visit sites on Long Island where slaves once lived and discuss the need to preserve them, reports The Sag Harbor Express.