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On Monday, July 22, a group of nine youth and young adults tried to cross from Mexico back into the United States through a port of entry in Nogales, demanding to be admitted back to the country they call home. The action was organized by the National Immigrant Youth Alliance. You can find out more […]
A few volunteers from the Coalicion de Derechos Humanos came by today to work on making some buttons for their community teach-in about comprehensive immigration reform. The forum is on Saturday, June 22 at the John Valenzuela Youth Center, 1550 S. 6th Ave, from 1 to 5 pm in Tucson. Come, learn and ask questions […]
We whipped up some shirts and stickers for the folks out at Sleeping Frog Farms, an organic farm out near Cascabel. We’ll be printing tote bags for them next week using fair trade bags from DouglaPrieta Works. They supply produce to Tucson through CSA memberships, vending at farmers markets, and selling directly to restaurants and […]
Our in-house artist, Kjartan, helped come up with the logo used for shirts, business cards and invoices for a new Tucson business, Olde School Letterpress.
Reports in the news today now put the death toll from a collapsed sweatshop in Dhaka, Bangladesh up to over 600 people. We cannot be complicit in this any longer. Sweatshops are workplaces where basic worker rights are not respected. In the US, sweatshops at the turn of the 20th century were plentiful and trade […]
This week, the Gloo Factory filled up for an afternoon screenprinting workshop. As part of her semester of studying border issues and immigration, Brielle has also been an intern at the shop, working to increase the visibility of DouglaPrieta Works. She coordinated her fellow students coming to the Gloo Factory to learn about our work […]
