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CAUSA Communications Department
MEDIA ADVISORY
April 28, 2008
CONTACT:
Aeryca Steinbauer : (503) 984-6816
Erik Sorensen: (503) 488-0263
Salem, Ore-This Thursday, immigrants, social justice advocates, people of faith, and organized labor will gather in Salem for a day of action and call on elected leaders to reject anti-immigrant proposals at the national, state and local level.
What: MAYDAY MARCH FOR IMMIGRANT RIGHTS
Who: Immigrants, social justice advocates, people of faith and labor unions
When: Thursday, May 1st, 2007, 11:00AM-3:00PM
Where: Oregon State Capitol 900 Court St. NE, Salem, OR
As national and local candidates jockey to prove who is most anti-immigrant, the immigrant community demands a solution for the 12 million undocumented immigrant workers and families who are living in the shadows. We renew our call for just reform, a stop to the criminalization of immigrants and a rejection of all anti-immigrant proposals. We issue calls to the following elected leaders:
Oregon Legislature: Restore Oregon Driving Privileges to ALL Oregon residents Bush Administration: Stop Workplace Raids and Deportations New Administration: Provide leadership for just and humane immigration reform in the first 100 days of the new Presidency Congress: Oppose Anti-immigrant Legislation like the SAVE Act and stop the militarization of U.S. borders
We call on ALL immigrant rights, social justice and labor rights advocates to join us in Salem this May Day (Thursday, May 1st, 2008) to continue building the alliance between the immigrants' rights movement, social justice movement, and the workers' rights movement.
The Rally will begin at 12 noon at the State Capitol (900 Court St. NE, Salem) with a March to follow around 1 pm. Contact: Aeryca Steinbauer at (503) 984-6816 for more information.
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2 comments:
Good luck tomorrow. Are there any May Day marches or rallies in other cities in Oregon. I live in Corvallis.
Here is the information on the Portland and Medford May Day Events. If we hear of more, we will post those.
Portland
What: “A DAY OF SOLIDARITY”
Who: Immigrants, community leaders, elected officials, artists, students, workers, educators, clergy, church groups, social justice advocates and labor unions
When: Thursday, May 1st, 2007 (Rally at 4:00 & March at 5:00)
Where: South Park Blocks (SW Park & SW Salmon) Downtown Portland, OR
Medford
May Day March for Immigrants Rights. We will gather at Alba park at 4:00pm for a few brief speeches and inspiration followed by a march through Medford pausing at the Ginger Rodgers square to pay honor to the more that 4500 people who have died since the construction of the Wall of Shame between Mexico and the US.
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