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Wear
White clothing of some kind! (shirt, t-shirt, etc.)
Bring food and water and everything else you need with you
on Monday, Remember, no Buying on Monday,
May 1st!
On
May 1st, 2006, Over 100,000 People
Protested
Bush's Anti-Immigrant Policies in San Jose!
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below to view larger image...)
On
April 10th, 2006, Over 35,000 People
Protested
Bush's Anti-Immigrant Policies in San Jose!
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below to view larger image...)
National
Day of Action for Immigrants!
Join millions
of people across the country who are standing up
for dignity and human rights for immigrants on Monday, May 1st!
Download
the English flyer... (136
KB)
Download the Spanish flyer... (159
KB)
Download
the 2-page, English & Spanish flyer... (292 KB)
Stop
Attacks on Immigrants!
No War on Iraq!
No War on Iran!
No War on Working
People!
Full
Rights for All Immigrants!
No Human Being is Illegal!
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We
Support:
- A path to legalization
- Reunification of families
- Right to organize for all workers
- Protection of civil liberties
No criminalization of immigrants! |
Oppose
NAFTA & CAFTA that have pushed millions of people into
abject poverty. People are forced to come here to look for
work to survive. |
The
immigrant community is not alone in their struggle for
dignity and civil rights. All who love freedom and identify
with the plight of those amongst us who are the most exploited,
stand shoulder to shoulder with the millions of proud
and courageous immigrants who have lifted all of us by
marching for their rights. |
Together
We Can End the War
both at Home and Abroad!
One
Million People Marched for Immigrant Rights in Los Angeles
March 25, 2006 |
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| Tuesday,
May 23rd, 6:30 pm |
South
Bay Mobilization presents...
Internet
Essentials for Activists
Workshop
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| What: |
Internet
Essentials For Activists
Workshop |
| When: |
5/23/06
Tuesday,
6:30pm until 9:30pm |
| Where: |
San Jose
Peace Center
- Front room.
48 South 7th Street, San Jose |
| Why: |
So you
can get the most out the technologies available to
make your activism more effective. |
Download
the flyer ... (271 KB)
All
levels of computer skills welcome!
Learn
how to more effectively use email!
Learn
how to avoid email spam!
And much
more...
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Don't
Let Spam Do This to You! |
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| Friday,
May 26th, 7:00 pm |
South
Bay Mobilization and
First Unitarian Church Global Justice Committee present
The
Conscientious Projector Movie Series
"Wetback:
The Undocumented
Documentary"
For more information, visit the film's web site at:
www.wetbackmovie.com
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Wetback,
an award-winning documentary, follows in the footsteps
of immigrants traveling from Nicaragua to America. On
their journeys, they encounter gangs and vigilantes, as
well as border patrol. But these immigrants navigate real-life
nightmares with uncanny calm, grace, even humor.
With
special guest speaker:
Dr. Ann Aurelia Lopez
On
the failure of NAFTA and its impact on Mexican farmers
7:00pm
- Movie
9:00pm - Talk
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the flyer ...
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After
the movie, a talk by:
Dr. Ann López
is currently a visiting professor and post-doc researcher
in the Department of Environmental Science, Policy and Management
at UC Berkeley. She has also taught courses in biology,
environmental science, ecology and botany in the biology
department at San José City College for many years.
Her research addresses the human side of the binational
migration circuit from the subsistence and small producer
farms of west central Mexico to employment in California’s
corporate agribusiness.
Dr. López has worked with 33 farm worker families
in the Salinas and Pajaro valleys. She has also studied
22 of their family farms in the west central Mexico countryside,
and has received recognition and awards for her work. Her
book entitled The Farmworkers’ Journey summarizes
the results, arguments and conclusions of her research and
is scheduled to be published by UC Press early next year.
Dr. Lopez’ findings while interviewing central California
farm worker families and their family members in Mexico
were fundamentally disturbing and life transforming. As
a result, she is actively attempting to create awareness
about the Human Rights abuses that are endemic to every
juncture of the migrant circuit. She has also initiated
many projects on both sides of the border designed to alleviate
some of the inordinate suffering experienced daily by migrant
farm workers and their family members in Mexico.
To this end, she is in the process of establishing a nonprofit
organization on behalf of central California farm workers
and their family members living on subsistence farms in
Mexico. She is also developing a website with information
about the current status of the family members in her study
and ways in which those that are interested can become involved
with the work of improving their life circumstances.
Examples of Dr. López’ activism include
the following:
* She developed and taught a preschool
science program for preschool age children of migrant
farm workers residing at the Buena Vista Migrant Camp.
She has donated many instructional science materials to
the school.
* Dr. López arranged for the donation of 40 used
computers to the migrant camp from the San José/Evergreen
Community College District.
* She arranged with the regional director of the St. Vincent
de Paul organization to regularly provide bags of free
clothing and toys to farm worker families in Watsonville
and Salinas.
* Each holiday season she organizes a farm worker Christmas
with donations for 18 of the poorest farm worker families
in Watsonville and Salinas.
* In west central Mexico she coordinated a gift giving
venture with a Santa Clara elementary school Brownie troop
in which Brownies prepared small bags of toys and other
gifts that were distributed to research participant families.
She visits the west central Mexico families
in her study every six months and packs from 40 to 100
pair of shoes and other donations to be distributed during
village piñata parties, which she hosts.
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