Monday, April 30, 2007
Events for Deportation Day (aka May Day)
Here is a handy list of the events planned for May Day in case you want to grab some tacos and watch the fun as ICE rounds up illegal aliens while they are protesting for their "rights". It's nice that they even provide contact information for ICE too!
Follow the title link at your own risk - make sure you have a bucket nearby...
Calendar of Events for May Day
In addition to major actions in NYC, Chicago, Phoenix and Los Angels, more than 100 other cities and towns are organizing activities on May 1, International Day of the Working Class. We list below some of these events. For more information go to:
www.mayday2007.org
www.immigrantsolidarity.org
www.maydaymovement.blogspot.com
Arizona
Tucson
May 1 - 12 noon Rally at Armory Park 220 S. 5th Ave
8:00am - Gather SouthGate 3300 S. 6th Ave
9:00am - March to Downtown Tucson
Tucson May 1st Coalition
520-770-1373 • may1@iactucson.org
California
Los Angeles
May 1 - 12 noon - March from Olympic & Broadway
National May 1st Movement for Worker & Immigrant Rights
c/o United Teachers Los Angeles
323-702-6397
Oakland
May 1- 10am Rally and March
Rally at Fruitvale Plaza and March to the Federal Building
Contact, Claudia Reyes,
510 261 3398 • claudia@mujeresunidas.net
San Francisco
May 1 - 12-1pm – Rally, Dolores Park, Mission District and Grand March for Unconditional Amnesty to the Civic Center
Movement for an Unconditional Amnesty
415-287-0749 • AmnistiaSF@gmail.com
Salinas
May 1 – 12 noon March and Rally
II Gran Boicot Americano por una Amnistia
Four simultaneous marches will depart from: 1) Iglesia Santa Maria; 2) Cesar Chavez Park; 3) Iglesia Cristo Rey; and 4) Parque El Dorado. These marches will join at corner of Alisal St. and Sanborn Rd. and march together to the rally site (Constitution Blvd. Soccer Complex, Constitution and Laurel Dr.)
San Diego & Tijuana Mexico
Tijuana, Mexico
Rally/March, May 1st, Tuesday, 5 pm
Las Brisas Shopping Center, Blvd. Diaz Ordaz
Justice in the Maquiladoras!
Healthy and safe labor conditions
Full rights to U.S. immigrant workers!
Meeting and Discussion
Struggles and experience of Tijuana maquiladora workers
Saturday April 28, 11 am
Where: Cittac’s office, Dolores 32, Fraccionamiento Dimenstein
Both Events Sponsored by: Workers Information Center, Cittac: phone 011-52-664-622-4269
San Diego Maquiladora Network, maquilatijuanasandiego@earthlink.net
San Diego
March/Rally May 1st, 3 pm
Corner of Park and A
Near City College and McDonalds
End to the Raids and deportations of immigrants!
No new Bracero program disguised as Guest-Worker program!
Legalization for everybody!
Si Se Puede Coalition
619-309-7435 • davidschmidt2003@hotmail.com
Colorado
Denver
May 1- 10:00 am - Lincoln Park
Pass Fair and Humane Immigration Reform this Year! Stop the Raids NOW! ¡Pase Reforma Migratoria Justa y Digna este Alto! ¡Paren las Redadas AHORA!
Colorado Immigrant Rights Coalition (CIRC)
www.coloradoimmigrant.org • julien@coloradoimmigrant.org • 303-893-3500
Connecticut
New Haven
May 1 – 12 noon at the Green
“Because we will take the streets again and we will get our rights back and because no human is illegal.”
Unidad Latina en Accion
unidad-latinaenaccion.blogspot.com • ulaccion@yahoo.com •203-606-3484
Florida
Palm Beach area
May 1 – 9am March and Rally
Contact Sonia Barajas, 561-306-0709
Illinois
Chicago
May 1 - 10:00am – Plantón/Rally – Union Park (Ashland Ave. and Washington St.)
12:00 PM – Marcha/March – Randolph St., Desplaines St., Jackson Blvd., Columbus Dr.
2:00 PM – Plantón/Rally – Grant Park
¡Legalizacion Y Derechos Plenos Para Todos! Legalization And Full Rights!
March 10th Movement
Info@movimiento10demarzo.org • 877-762-7242
Student & Worker Walk-Out
May 1 – 12 noon protest
Feeder Marches gathering at 12 noon and will leave at 1pm:
South Side: Benito Juarez High School (Cermak and Ashland)
North Side: Adalberto UMC On Division St. (near California)
“Moratorium on Raids and Deportations Now! Legalization Now! Stop the War and Bring The Troops Home Now!”
El Zocalo Urbano Representing High Schools, Colleges and Universities of Chicago, the youth of Pueblo Sin Fronteras and the Children of La Familia Latina Unida.
Contact, Anita: 773-552-0555 Jesus:773-820-2016
Massachusetts
Boston
May 1 - 4:00 pm - Boston Common
Boston May Day Coalition
www.bostonmayday.org • info@bostonmayday.org • 617-290-5614
Chelsea
May 1- 2:00 pm - March from Everett City Hall
3:00 pm - March from Chelsea City Hall
4:00 pm - Rally in Central Square, East Boston
Stop The Raids & Deportations, Yes To Family Reunification, Just & Immediate Immigration Reform
Chelsea Collaborative
www.chelseacollab.org • mail@chelseacollab.org • 617-889-6080
Endorsed by (partial list): Chelsea Human Services -Collaborative, Jobs with Justice, Proyecto Hondureno, Centro Presente, Alternatives for Community & Environment, UFCW Local 1445, Frente Farabundo Marti para la Liberacion Nacional, Proyecto Voz AFSC, Chinese Progressive Association...
Michigan
Detroit
May 1 - Time/Place - TBD
Latinos Unidos/United de Michigan (LUUM), www.luum.org
Rosendo Delgado - 313-887-1849
Ignacio Meneses - 313-587-9285
Elena Herrada - 313-974-0501
Minnesota
Minneapolis
May 1 - 4:00 pm - March - Lake St. & Nicollet St.
MN Immigrant Rights Action Coalition (MIRAC)
www.MNImmigrantRights.net • 651-389-9174
Nevada
Las Vegas
May 1 - 7:00 pm - US Federal Courthouse, 333 Las Vegas Blvd. S.
United Coalition for Immigrant Rights
ucir_lv@yahoo.com
New Jersey
Elizabeth
May 1 - 11:00 am - Warinanco Park, Mass Meeting
NJ May 1 Coalition
www.njmay1.org • info@njmay1.org • 973-736-0522
New York
New York City
May 1 - 4:00 pm - Rally & March
Union Square Park, 14 St. & Broadway
Marching to Federal Plaza/ Foley Square
(Site of the African Burial Ground)
Money for human needs, not for war • Living wage and work for all!
Health care, housing & education now • Protect all workers’ rights to organize and strike
Legalization for all immigrants now • End I.C.E. deportations/raids and police murders
Shut down detention centers and end unjust imprisonments
NYC May 1 Coalition
www.may1info • 646-291-2778
Ithaca
May 1 – 12 noon “No Human Is Illegal” rally
Bernie Milton (Main) Pavilion, The Commons
Tompkins County Workers Center
TCWRC@yahoo.com • 607-269-0409,
Pennsylvania
Pittsburgh
May Day International Workers’ Day – 3pm
Vigil and March for Immigrants’ Rights, location to be announced.
“All united for respect and dignity for the working class!”
Pittsburgh Friends of Immigrants
PFOIinfo@gmail.com
Wisconsin
Madison
May 1 - 12 noon - Rally/March - Capitol to Brittingham Park
Union de Trabajadores Inmigrantes/Immigrant Workers Union
www.uniondetrabajadores.org • uti.madison@gmail.com • 608-345-9544 or 608-446-3656
Milwaukee
May 1 - 12:00 pm - Voces de la Frontera, 1027 S. 5th St.
Un Dia Sin Latin@s/A Day Without Latin@s
Estatal Marcha por Derechos Civiles y Boicot/Statewide Civil Rights March & Boycott
Voces de la Frontera
Wisconsin Legalization Coalition
www.vocesdelafrontera.net • vocesdelafrontera@sbcglobal.net • 414.643.1620
Texas
Dallas
May Day March for Justice
May 1 – 5pm, Gather at Santa Cecilia Catholic Church,1809 W. Davis St.
Contact: Alberto Ruiz • garviadtx@aol.com • 214-941-8300
San Juan
May 1 – 6pm
Estamos Presentes!
People for Peace and Justicer
www.peopleforpeaceandjustice.org • Erik Toren, organizer@peopleforpeaceandjustice.org
Washington D.C.
May 1 – 2pm Rally and March
Malcom X Park
Stop the raids and deportations!
Legalization for all immigrants!
Contact Sonia Umauzor, sumauzor@yahoo.com • 202-420-7001
April 28-May:
Fast to Make D.C. A Sanctuary City
Fast begins April 28 at park at the intersection of Lamont St NW and Mount Pleasant St NW. Participants will then join the May Day Rally at Malcolm X Park.
D.C. Committee For Immigrant Rights, The Metro D.C. Interfaith Sanctuary Network, Mexicanos Sin Fronteras And The Latino Media Collective
Follow the title link at your own risk - make sure you have a bucket nearby...
Calendar of Events for May Day
In addition to major actions in NYC, Chicago, Phoenix and Los Angels, more than 100 other cities and towns are organizing activities on May 1, International Day of the Working Class. We list below some of these events. For more information go to:
www.mayday2007.org
www.immigrantsolidarity.org
www.maydaymovement.blogspot.com
Arizona
Tucson
May 1 - 12 noon Rally at Armory Park 220 S. 5th Ave
8:00am - Gather SouthGate 3300 S. 6th Ave
9:00am - March to Downtown Tucson
Tucson May 1st Coalition
520-770-1373 • may1@iactucson.org
California
Los Angeles
May 1 - 12 noon - March from Olympic & Broadway
National May 1st Movement for Worker & Immigrant Rights
c/o United Teachers Los Angeles
323-702-6397
Oakland
May 1- 10am Rally and March
Rally at Fruitvale Plaza and March to the Federal Building
Contact, Claudia Reyes,
510 261 3398 • claudia@mujeresunidas.net
San Francisco
May 1 - 12-1pm – Rally, Dolores Park, Mission District and Grand March for Unconditional Amnesty to the Civic Center
Movement for an Unconditional Amnesty
415-287-0749 • AmnistiaSF@gmail.com
Salinas
May 1 – 12 noon March and Rally
II Gran Boicot Americano por una Amnistia
Four simultaneous marches will depart from: 1) Iglesia Santa Maria; 2) Cesar Chavez Park; 3) Iglesia Cristo Rey; and 4) Parque El Dorado. These marches will join at corner of Alisal St. and Sanborn Rd. and march together to the rally site (Constitution Blvd. Soccer Complex, Constitution and Laurel Dr.)
San Diego & Tijuana Mexico
Tijuana, Mexico
Rally/March, May 1st, Tuesday, 5 pm
Las Brisas Shopping Center, Blvd. Diaz Ordaz
Justice in the Maquiladoras!
Healthy and safe labor conditions
Full rights to U.S. immigrant workers!
Meeting and Discussion
Struggles and experience of Tijuana maquiladora workers
Saturday April 28, 11 am
Where: Cittac’s office, Dolores 32, Fraccionamiento Dimenstein
Both Events Sponsored by: Workers Information Center, Cittac: phone 011-52-664-622-4269
San Diego Maquiladora Network, maquilatijuanasandiego@earthlink.net
San Diego
March/Rally May 1st, 3 pm
Corner of Park and A
Near City College and McDonalds
End to the Raids and deportations of immigrants!
No new Bracero program disguised as Guest-Worker program!
Legalization for everybody!
Si Se Puede Coalition
619-309-7435 • davidschmidt2003@hotmail.com
Colorado
Denver
May 1- 10:00 am - Lincoln Park
Pass Fair and Humane Immigration Reform this Year! Stop the Raids NOW! ¡Pase Reforma Migratoria Justa y Digna este Alto! ¡Paren las Redadas AHORA!
Colorado Immigrant Rights Coalition (CIRC)
www.coloradoimmigrant.org • julien@coloradoimmigrant.org • 303-893-3500
Connecticut
New Haven
May 1 – 12 noon at the Green
“Because we will take the streets again and we will get our rights back and because no human is illegal.”
Unidad Latina en Accion
unidad-latinaenaccion.blogspot.com • ulaccion@yahoo.com •203-606-3484
Florida
Palm Beach area
May 1 – 9am March and Rally
Contact Sonia Barajas, 561-306-0709
Illinois
Chicago
May 1 - 10:00am – Plantón/Rally – Union Park (Ashland Ave. and Washington St.)
12:00 PM – Marcha/March – Randolph St., Desplaines St., Jackson Blvd., Columbus Dr.
2:00 PM – Plantón/Rally – Grant Park
¡Legalizacion Y Derechos Plenos Para Todos! Legalization And Full Rights!
March 10th Movement
Info@movimiento10demarzo.org • 877-762-7242
Student & Worker Walk-Out
May 1 – 12 noon protest
Feeder Marches gathering at 12 noon and will leave at 1pm:
South Side: Benito Juarez High School (Cermak and Ashland)
North Side: Adalberto UMC On Division St. (near California)
“Moratorium on Raids and Deportations Now! Legalization Now! Stop the War and Bring The Troops Home Now!”
El Zocalo Urbano Representing High Schools, Colleges and Universities of Chicago, the youth of Pueblo Sin Fronteras and the Children of La Familia Latina Unida.
Contact, Anita: 773-552-0555 Jesus:773-820-2016
Massachusetts
Boston
May 1 - 4:00 pm - Boston Common
Boston May Day Coalition
www.bostonmayday.org • info@bostonmayday.org • 617-290-5614
Chelsea
May 1- 2:00 pm - March from Everett City Hall
3:00 pm - March from Chelsea City Hall
4:00 pm - Rally in Central Square, East Boston
Stop The Raids & Deportations, Yes To Family Reunification, Just & Immediate Immigration Reform
Chelsea Collaborative
www.chelseacollab.org • mail@chelseacollab.org • 617-889-6080
Endorsed by (partial list): Chelsea Human Services -Collaborative, Jobs with Justice, Proyecto Hondureno, Centro Presente, Alternatives for Community & Environment, UFCW Local 1445, Frente Farabundo Marti para la Liberacion Nacional, Proyecto Voz AFSC, Chinese Progressive Association...
Michigan
Detroit
May 1 - Time/Place - TBD
Latinos Unidos/United de Michigan (LUUM), www.luum.org
Rosendo Delgado - 313-887-1849
Ignacio Meneses - 313-587-9285
Elena Herrada - 313-974-0501
Minnesota
Minneapolis
May 1 - 4:00 pm - March - Lake St. & Nicollet St.
MN Immigrant Rights Action Coalition (MIRAC)
www.MNImmigrantRights.net • 651-389-9174
Nevada
Las Vegas
May 1 - 7:00 pm - US Federal Courthouse, 333 Las Vegas Blvd. S.
United Coalition for Immigrant Rights
ucir_lv@yahoo.com
New Jersey
Elizabeth
May 1 - 11:00 am - Warinanco Park, Mass Meeting
NJ May 1 Coalition
www.njmay1.org • info@njmay1.org • 973-736-0522
New York
New York City
May 1 - 4:00 pm - Rally & March
Union Square Park, 14 St. & Broadway
Marching to Federal Plaza/ Foley Square
(Site of the African Burial Ground)
Money for human needs, not for war • Living wage and work for all!
Health care, housing & education now • Protect all workers’ rights to organize and strike
Legalization for all immigrants now • End I.C.E. deportations/raids and police murders
Shut down detention centers and end unjust imprisonments
NYC May 1 Coalition
www.may1info • 646-291-2778
Ithaca
May 1 – 12 noon “No Human Is Illegal” rally
Bernie Milton (Main) Pavilion, The Commons
Tompkins County Workers Center
TCWRC@yahoo.com • 607-269-0409,
Pennsylvania
Pittsburgh
May Day International Workers’ Day – 3pm
Vigil and March for Immigrants’ Rights, location to be announced.
“All united for respect and dignity for the working class!”
Pittsburgh Friends of Immigrants
PFOIinfo@gmail.com
Wisconsin
Madison
May 1 - 12 noon - Rally/March - Capitol to Brittingham Park
Union de Trabajadores Inmigrantes/Immigrant Workers Union
www.uniondetrabajadores.org • uti.madison@gmail.com • 608-345-9544 or 608-446-3656
Milwaukee
May 1 - 12:00 pm - Voces de la Frontera, 1027 S. 5th St.
Un Dia Sin Latin@s/A Day Without Latin@s
Estatal Marcha por Derechos Civiles y Boicot/Statewide Civil Rights March & Boycott
Voces de la Frontera
Wisconsin Legalization Coalition
www.vocesdelafrontera.net • vocesdelafrontera@sbcglobal.net • 414.643.1620
Texas
Dallas
May Day March for Justice
May 1 – 5pm, Gather at Santa Cecilia Catholic Church,1809 W. Davis St.
Contact: Alberto Ruiz • garviadtx@aol.com • 214-941-8300
San Juan
May 1 – 6pm
Estamos Presentes!
People for Peace and Justicer
www.peopleforpeaceandjustice.org • Erik Toren, organizer@peopleforpeaceandjustice.org
Washington D.C.
May 1 – 2pm Rally and March
Malcom X Park
Stop the raids and deportations!
Legalization for all immigrants!
Contact Sonia Umauzor, sumauzor@yahoo.com • 202-420-7001
April 28-May:
Fast to Make D.C. A Sanctuary City
Fast begins April 28 at park at the intersection of Lamont St NW and Mount Pleasant St NW. Participants will then join the May Day Rally at Malcolm X Park.
D.C. Committee For Immigrant Rights, The Metro D.C. Interfaith Sanctuary Network, Mexicanos Sin Fronteras And The Latino Media Collective
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