Embracing America Movement

Seek to Understand Before You Are Understood

Since 2008, local Arizona filmmakers and artists who care about the past, present, future of Arizona and the Nation have been working on the Embracing America Movement.

Arizona is ground zero for the national immigration discussion. Given the level of controversy, merely dispensing news won't do. This emotionally charged issue requires active mediation and community involvement to stop band-aids, lack of action from the federal government, the mainstream media's sensationalism & generalizations, political agendas that don't benefit or include the working class, and misunderstandings due to lack of honest communication and conscious listening.

Embracing America's Values:
Integrity, Dialogue, Education, Awareness, Objectivity, Honesty, Collective Solutions, Faith, Empowerment, Diversity, Mind Progression & Love

Embracing America's Mission:
-To stop victimizing and vilifying the participants in this debate

-To present (via videos, blogs, diverse cultural events, mediated virtual and physical town-halls) a wide range of perspectives on how people are impacted by the issue of immigration, so that we can bridge the divides.

-To create an objective, non-partisan multimedia platform where honest in-depth discussions amongst varying perspectives are taken into consideration to make the best decisions.
-To team up with local artists and musicians to create a bigger impact.
-To encourage collaboration within our communities.

Embracing America is composed of diverse ethnic backgrounds, religions and party affiliations. This diversity creates accountability and maintains balance. What unites us are our common values, willingness to do something about our state and to create a better future for all.

Help us strengthen the People's Voice. Help us expand this vision.

This is what others are immediately doing & telling their friends to do as well:
1. Sign up to our Facebook group page Embracing America http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=173211657937&ref=ts
2. Post articles and comments on both platforms
3. Be a mediator on the FB & Youtube. Comment & start
conversations based on current topics

This is what others are involved with & need your support:
4. Blog on our website
5. Join our Fundraising Committee
6. Join our Town-Hall Committee
7. Join our Social Media Committee

In this video in order of appearance: Luz Sarmina - CEO Valle Del Sol, Lourdes Gonzalez - Founder/Filmmaker Embracing America, Dr. Jesse Olmedo - Medical Doctor, Steve Montenegro - State Representative District 12, Denise Kimball - Business Owner, Jaqueline Freedman - College Instructor, Jim Munoz - School District Superintendent,

Special Thanks to:
Dance Performances by Flamenco Por La Vida & Apsara Dance

And Last but not least to Efrain Robles for Producing this video : )

Category:

News & Politics

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[MrDzikakiszka]

this is the future of America -Love

[EmbracingAmerica]

@MrDzikakiszka Thank you for seeing that: )

[LaAnnaGee]

Why couldn't you also interview Alfredo Gutierrez? The only Latino you have here is someone who is good buddies with Russell Pearce (Montenegro)...They allowed FAIR (a white nationalist tied group) to write SB 1070...these people who wrote this law ultimately want the latino population to cease to grow..

[EmbracingAmerica]

@LaAnnaGee Thank you for your comment/ feedback. Alfredo Gutierrez is a great man and his interview and endorsement are in the works. Everyone has been quite busy and understandably so. I think you may have overlooked Luz Sarmina and the great work her and her organization do for the Latino community. Please understand that this video is not the final destination. We have many endorsements for this movement from all sides and we will continue to release those in the future.

[ASUsweetheart]

I love the video. Awesome job guys.