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Arkansas Friendship Coalition| Posted Wednesday, November 28, 2007 at 11:48:19 AM | On Lou Dobbs program last night they discussed the above coalition and it's impact on the illegal immigration problem.
I found the most notable information was the list of founding members for the coalition.
Rev. Steve Copley, Chair of the of Arkansas Friendship Coalition and a United Methodist pastor
Archie Schaffer, Government Affairs, Tyson Foods
Randy Wilbourn, Alltel Corporation
Rita Sklar, Director of the Arkansas affiliate of the American Civil Liberties Union
Warren Stephens, Stephens Inc.
Rev. Gordon Garlington and Rev. Howard Gordon, Presbyterian pastors
Neal Sealy, ACORN
Tommy Fish, Associated General Contractors (AGC)
Graham Catlett and Paul Charton, Catlett and Stodola Law Firm
Rev. Michael Mattox, Methodist minister
Bishop Larry Maze, retired Episcopal Bishop
Stacy Sells and Michele Bond, Cranford Johnson Robinson Woods
Mary Beth Ringgold, A restaurateur and owner of Cajun's Wharf, Copper Grill and Capers
Rabbi Gene Levy, Reform Jewish leader in Little Rock
Rev. Lowell Grisham of Fayetteville, An Episcopalian priest
Skip Rutherford, Clinton School of Public Service
Rev. Joyce Hardy, An Episcopalian pastor
Penelope Sur, A graduate student at the Clinton School of Public Service
Alan Leveritt, Publisher of Arkansas Times and El Latino newspapers
Haskell Dickinson, President of McGeorge Contracting
Rev. Bob Klein, A Unitarian Universalist pastor
Rev. Wendell Griffen, A Baptist pastor
Ruth Shepherd, Just Communites of Central Arkansas
Ana Hart, Just Communities of Northwest Arkansas
Jim Miranda, Community Activist Arkansas LULAC
Karla Bradley, ESL Educator, Fayetteville
John and Karen DiPippa
Our core beliefs are:
All Arkansas residents deserve dignity and protection of their rights.
Immigration is a federal issue. State and local money should not be wasted trying to fix a problem that ultimately only the federal government can solve.
State and local governments should not take punitive actions targeting our state's immigrant population.
I'm either dense or I find it hard to believe that Tyson Foods, the associated contractors, Alltel etc. have such humantarian goals in mind. Perhaps I'm wrong, perhaps these companies have spoken out whenever they saw an injustice being done, I just don't believe it.
I'm more inclined to believe that they are self-serving hypocrites jumping on a illegal immigrant bandwagon to perserve their low-cost labor.
Maybe it's just me.
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