IMMIGRANT, LABOR, AND FAITH
COMMUNITIES TO MARCH FOR COMPREHENSIVE IMMIGRATION REFORM
What: Rally and March for fair
immigration reform
Where: South Park Blocks (SW Salmon and
Park)
When: Tuesday, May 1st, 2007.
Who: Supported by
ActiveResource.org
and the
Portland Immigrant Rights Coalition, including
VOZ Workers' Rights Education Project, CAUSA, Jobs with
Justice, Local Unions, Latino Network, Oregon Farm Worker Ministry,
Center for Intercultural Organizing, PCUN, Hermandad
Mexicana, Social Activist Youth, Escuela de Lideres
"Magdalena Mora,” Jefferson Center; in conjunction with
national calls to action by the National Day Laborer
Organizing Network, the National Network for Immigrant and
Refugee Rights, and the We Are America Alliance.
Background: This Labor Day weekend, Oregon’s immigrant, labor, faith,
and ally communities will celebrate the contributions of all
of Oregon’s workforce and send a message to Congress that
now is the time to pass fair immigration reform that
provides a path to citizenship for the 12 million
undocumented immigrants currently in the country, reunites
families, protects workers, and protects our civil rights
and civil liberties.
The march will build off the momentum of mass
mobilizations last year and civic participation activities
this year to send a message of accountability to our
elected officials. We are tired of political stall tactics that do
nothing to fix our broken immigration system that continues
to tear apart families and cause countless deaths on the
border. Once again, the communities most affected by the
immigration debate will take to the streets to demand
justice and uphold the American values of liberty, equality,
and fairness.
Center for
Intercultural Organizing /
2808 NE Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd., Suite 13 / Portland, Oregon 97212 /
Phone: (503) 287-4117
In Solidarity with this action...
ActiveResource.org
UnionResource.org
Jobs with Justice
United Farm
Workers of America, AFL-CIO.
Oregon AFL-CIO
Oregon Farm Worker Ministry
Farmworker Housing Development Corporation (FHDC)
Campaign for Labor Rights
Student Action for Farmworkers (SAF)
Northwest Coalition for Alternatives to Pesticides (NCAP)
California
Rural Legal Assistance Fund
Farmworker Justice Fund
National
Network for Immigrant and Refugee Rights
Farmworker Health Services, Inc. (FHSI)
Western States Center
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