Second Univision telethon reaches out to community
On Thursday, May 22, Respect/Respeto teamed up with Univision 33 for the second time to take the phone calls of concerned residents and victims of human rights abuses. This telethon focused more selectively on the rising tide of racial profiling issues in Maricopa County and will help prosecutors in developing civil suits. Once again, the program, 33 A Su Lado, was a tremendous success and helped Respeto provide information and help to hundreds of individuals.
On Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday, Univision 33 aired three news casts illustrating racial profiling abuses Respeto has helped investigate and work to resolve. Over 50 volunteers staffed the phone lines and heard stories of everything from wage theft to robbery and even more serious crimes against the immigrant community.