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Advocacy Activity



Banking, Financial Services and Taxation

  • October 30, 2002 Comment Letter From The Multiracial Activist and American Civil Rights Institute Regarding Racial Data Collection

  • February 26, 2002 Joint Letter (signed by TMA) to Secretary of Treasury Regarding Territorial Tax System

  • December 19, 2001 Joint Letter (signed by TMA) to Director of OMB Regarding Interest on Deposits Held by Non-Resident Aliens

  • May 15, 2001 Joint Letter (signed by TMA) to Secretary of the Treasury Regarding Financial Privacy

  • November 10, 1999 Comment Letter From The Multiracial Activist and INTERRACIAL VOICE Regarding Racial Data Collection


    "Racial" Classifications and Census 2000

  • November 16, 2004 Joint Comment Letter to University of California Board of Regents Regarding Multiracial Category

  • March 17, 2004 Joint Comment Letter to University of California Board of Regents Regarding Multiracial Category

  • January 20, 2000 Project RACE Comment Letter to Census Bureau Regarding Multiple Response Sampling

  • December 4, 1997 Letter to Simon Rosenberg, Director of the New Democrat Network

  • October 20, 1997 Letter to Virginia Delegate Linda Toddy Puller

  • July 1997 Letter to editors of various publications in support of H.R. 830

  • July 1997 An open letter to Congress in support of H.R. 830


    Civil Liberties

  • April 18, 2005 Joint Letter (signed by TMA) to Senate Select Committee on Intelligence Regarding PATRIOT Act Oversighthtml version and pdf version

  • April 12, 2005 Joint Letter (signed by TMA) to House and Senate Judiciary Committees Regarding PATRIOT Act Oversight

  • April 4, 2005 Joint Letter (signed by TMA) to House and Senate Judiciary Committees Regarding PATRIOT Act Oversight

  • October 15, 2004 Joint Letter (signed by TMA) to Conference Committee on Intelligence Reform html version and pdf version

  • October 4, 2004 Joint Letter (signed by TMA) to United States Congress Regarding Implementation of the recommendations of the 9/11 CommissionReport

  • September 10, 2004 Joint Letter (signed by TMA) to Department of Homeland Security Regarding Detention Without Charge

  • June 22, 2004 Joint Letter (signed by TMA) to Congress Regarding Detention Without Charge html version and MS Word version

  • June 16, 2004 Joint Letter (signed by TMA) to Senators Leahy, Kennedy, Corzine, Feingold and Durbin upon introduction of the Civil Liberties Restoration Act (CLRA) of 2004 html version and MS Word version

  • June 16, 2004 Joint Letter (signed by TMA) to Representatives Berman and Delahunt upon introduction of the Civil Liberties Restoration Act (CLRA) of 2004 html version and MS Word version

  • June 15, 2004 Joint Letter (signed by TMA) to United States Senate Regarding U.S. Use of Torture html version and MS Word version

  • June 15, 2004 Joint Letter (signed by TMA) to Chairmen Goss and Sensenbrenner Regarding H.R. 3179, the “Anti-Terrorism Intelligence Tools Improvement Act of 2003” html version and MS Word version

  • April 22, 2004 Joint Letter (signed by TMA) to Department of Homeland Security Regarding US-VISIT Program

  • June 4, 2003 Joint Letter (signed by TMA) to House Judiciary Committee on Secret Detentions

  • April 2, 2003 Joint Letter (signed by TMA) to Speaker Hastert on PATRIOT Act II

  • December 20, 2001 Press Release: Broad Coalition Calls on Attorney General to Rescind "Unprecedented Frontal Assault" on Attorney-Client Confidentiality

  • December 6, 2001 Joint Statement of Principles on Presidential Order Authorizing Military Tribunals

  • December 5, 2001 Press Release: CNSS, TMA and Others Sue Justice Department to Release Information on Detainees

  • October 29 - November 7, 2001 Joint Letters (signed by TMA) to FBI, Justice and INS Regarding Post-September 11 Detentions

  • October 19, 2001 Joint Letter (signed by TMA) to House and Senate Conferees Regarding "Sneak and Peek" Search Warrants on Anti-Terrorism Legislation

  • October 10, 2001 TMA Letter to Speaker Hastert Regarding Anti-terrorism Legislation

  • October 2, 2001 Joint Letter (signed by TMA) to Attorney General Regarding Anti-terrorism Legislation

  • September 21, 2001 The Multiracial Activist Joins "In Defense of Freedom" Coalition

  • July 3, 2001 Joint Letter (signed by TMA) to House Majority Leader Richard K. Armey Regarding Privacy



    Domestic Spying



  • April 22, 2004 Joint Letter (signed by TMA) to Department of Homeland Security Regarding US-VISIT Program

  • September 9, 2003 Joint Letter (signed by TMA) to United States Senate on Surveillance of the Homeless

  • April 8, 2003 Joint Letter (signed by TMA) to Director of OMB on National Crime Information Center (NCIC)

  • March 17, 2003 Joint Letter (signed by TMA) to Congress on Domestic Security Enhancement Act

  • November 18, 2002 Coalition Letter to Senators Lott & Daschle Regarding Total Information Awareness

  • June 20, 2002 Joint Letter (signed by TMA) to House Judiciary Committee Chairman Regarding Domestic Surveillance

  • June 4, 2002 Joint Letter (signed by TMA) to Senators Leahy and Hatch Regarding Domestic Spying

  • June 4, 2002 Joint Letter (signed by TMA) to Representatives Sensenbrenner and Conyers Regarding Domestic Spying

  • March 6, 2002 Joint Letter (signed by TMA) to Attorney General Regarding Domestic Spying



    The Drug War

  • September 10, 2001 Joint Letter to Senators Leahy and Hatch Regarding The Drug War


    Data Retention, Databases and National ID Cards

  • November 15, 2004 Joint Letter (signed by TMA) to Conference Committee on Intelligence Reform Regarding National ID Cards

  • September 30, 2004 - Joint Statement (signed by TMA) on EU Data Retention

  • June 27, 2002 Joint Letter (signed by TMA) to House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Regarding National Identification Cards html version and PDF version

  • May 22, 2002 Joint Letter (signed by TMA) to President, European Parliament Urging Vote Against Data Retention (English Version)

  • February 11, 2002 Joint Letter (signed by TMA) to President Regarding National Identification Cards

  • November 12, 2001 Joint Letter (signed by TMA) to President, EU Council of Ministers Urging European ISPs to Safeguard Privacy (English Version)

  • November 12, 2001 Joint Letter (signed by TMA) to President, EU Council of Ministers Urging European ISPs to Safeguard Privacy (French Version)


    Immigration

  • March 30, 2005 Joint Letter (signed by TMA) to United States Senate Regarding REAL ID Act

  • March 29, 2005 Joint Letter from National Network to End Violence Against Immigrant Women (signed by TMA) to Congress Regarding REAL ID Act and Religious Asylum MS Word version and pdf version

  • March 15, 2005 Joint Letter (signed by TMA) to U.S. House of Representatives Regarding REAL ID Act

  • February 9, 2005 Joint Letter (signed by TMA) to U.S. House of Representatives Regarding REAL ID Act

  • February 8, 2005 Joint Letter (signed by TMA) to Congress Regarding REAL ID Act and Religious Asylum html version and pdf version

  • February 3, 2005 Joint Letter (signed by TMA) to Congress Regarding REAL ID Act and Religious Asylum html version and pdf version

  • February 1, 2005 Report: Faithful but Forsaken: Real ID Act Harms Victims of Religious Persecution (endorsed by TMA) by Maria S. Constantinescu


  • May 8, 2002 TMA Letter to Representative Jim Moran Regarding H.R. 1452

  • April 29, 2002 Coalition Letter (signed by TMA) to House in Support of the Bipartisan "Restoration of Fairness in Immigration Act of 2002"

  • March 7, 2002 Joint Letter (signed by TMA) to House of Representatives In Support of the Bipartisan "Restoration of Fairness in Immigration Act of 2002"

  • November 27, 2001 Joint Letter (signed by TMA) to Co-sponsors of H.R. 1266 Urging Continued Support

  • May 10, 2001 TMA Letter to Senator John Warner Regarding H.R. 1266


    Interracial Marriage and Multiracial Identity

  • November 16, 2004 Joint Comment Letter to University of California Board of Regents Regarding Multiracial Category

  • March 17, 2004 Joint Comment Letter to University of California Board of Regents Regarding Multiracial Category

  • August 1, 2001 Letter to Editor of Augusta Chronicle Regarding Charles Byrd's Commentary

  • July 31, 2001 Letter to Editor of LA Weekly Regarding "Jungle Fever"

  • July 19, 2001 Letter to Hawaii ACLU Board Member Daphne Barbee-Wooten Regarding Intolerant Remarks

  • January 25, 1999 Letter to Senate Majority Leader Trent Lott




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