immigrant rights

March for May Day in Queens

Posted Sat, 04/28/2012 - 7:13am by wnu
Date: 
Saturday, April 28, 2012 - 2:00pm
Location: 
Gather at Bayanihan Center 4021 69th St in Queens

Sat., April 28 at 2pm
March for May Day in Queens
Gather at Bayanihan Center 4021 69th St in Queens
Take the #7 to the 69th Street stop

Farmworker Justice Rally at CHIPOTLE: Food WITHOUT Integrity/Justicia para los trabajadores Agrícolas en CHIPOTLE: Comida SIN integridad

Posted Sun, 04/15/2012 - 4:10am by wnu
Date: 
Sunday, April 15, 2012 - 12:00pm
Location: 
Chipotle at 17th St & Broadway (864 Broadway)
Contact: 

info@cfa-nyc.org or call us at (347) 746-1739.

Farmworker Justice Rally at CHIPOTLE: Food WITHOUT Integrity/Justicia para los trabajadores Agrícolas en CHIPOTLE: Comida SIN integridad

April 15th, 12 noon

Chipotle at 17th St & Broadway (864 Broadway)

Community/Farmworker Alliance is launching the NYC campaign against Chipotle at this rally. CHIPTOLE- Let’s make this the first and last rally in NYC. Sign the Fair Food Agreement with the Coalition of Immokalee Workers today!

Link: 
http://www.cfa-nyc.org/site/2012/04/farmworker-justice-rally-at-chipotle-food-wi...

Honoring The Life & Legacy of Sonia Pierre

Posted Thu, 03/22/2012 - 6:38am by wnu
Date: 
Thursday, March 22, 2012 - 6:30pm - 9:30pm
Location: 
1199SEIU, 310 West 43rd Street, Auditorium, Manhattan
Contact: 

HSVI · HSVI@1199.org · 212.408.8416

1199SEIU, The Dominican Women's Development Center, & We Care For Haiti invite you to an evening of celebration of the Life and Legacy of Sonia Pierre.

Sonia Pierre was a human rights advocate in the Dominican Republic who worked to end antihaitianismo, which is discrimination against individuals from Haiti or Dominicans of Haitian origin. For this work, she won the 2006 Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights Award.

WHEN: March 22, 2012 at 6:30 PM

WHERE: Honoring The Life & Legacy of Sonia Pierre
1199SEIU 310 West 43rd Street
Auditorium
New York , NY 10036
Google map and directions:

Link: 
http://www.1199seiu.org/honoring_the_life_legacy_of_sonia_pierre

Immigrants Are the 99%, Occupy Wall Street Teach-In

Posted Sat, 12/10/2011 - 3:46pm by wnu
Date: 
Sunday, December 11, 2011 - 12:00pm - 4:00pm
Location: 
61 Broadway (at Wall St, PSC-CUNY building)

Join us in bringing the voices of immigrant workers--the 99%!--to Occupy Wall Street. Protest wage theft and the criminalization of immigrant bodies and labor by the 1%!

The the Immigrant Worker Justice Working Group of Occupy Wall Street will be hosting a teach-in on Sunday, December 11, and a press conference/rally/march on Sunday, December 18. Come show your support and get involved!

And please have your organization become an official endorser. We already have many groups throughout the community supporting the rally and march.

Teach-in:
Sunday, December 11, 2011
12 until 4PM

Link: 
http://www.nycga.net/groups/immigrant-worker-justice

Vigil and Procession for Marcelo Lucero

Posted Sat, 11/05/2011 - 12:33pm by wnu
Date: 
Sunday, November 6, 2011 - 2:30pm
Location: 
St. Francis de Sales R.C. Church Parish Center, 220 South Ocean Avenue, Patchogue.

VIGIL, PROCESSION MARKING 3RD ANNIVERSARY OF DEATH OF MARCELO LUCERO TO LAUNCH WEEK OF SPECIAL EVENTS; PRESS CONFERENCE TO FOLLOW SERVICE AT SITE OF LUCERO KILLING

(Patchogue, NY) – A Vigil commemorating the thhird anniversary of the hate crime killing of Ecuadorian immigrant Marcelo Lucero will launch a weeklong series of events aimed at nurturing an environment that respects, protects and promotes the human rights of all Suffolk County residents. The Vigil is open to the public.

Occupying Sunset Park General Assembly- OCUPAR SUNSET PARK

Posted Sat, 10/29/2011 - 10:14am by wnu
Date: 
Saturday, October 29, 2011 - 10:00am - 1:00pm
Location: 
Trinity Lutheran Church, 46th Street and 4th Ave Brooklyn, NY
Contact: 

occupysp@gmail.com http://facebook.com/occupysunsetpark

Saturday, October 29 · 10:00am - 1:00pm
Trinity Lutheran Church
46th Street and 4th Ave Brooklyn, NY
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=191645704247381
Created By Dennis Flores, Javier Genao, Hon. George Martinez

OCCUPY SUNSET PARK
The Occupy Wall Street movement is about all of us: Latin@s, Asian Americans, immigrants, people of color and hard working families. Together we are the 99% who are being robbed and cheated by the richest 1% of the population.

Link: 
http://facebook.com/occupysunsetpark

Film: "Undivided"

Posted Tue, 10/11/2011 - 5:15pm by Anonymous
Date: 
Tuesday, October 25, 2011 - 7:30pm
Location: 
The Brecht Forum, 451 West Street (between Bank & Bethune Sts): A, C, E to 14 St. (south exits to 14th & 8th Av.; L to 8th Av. (at 14th); #1, 2, 3 to 14 St.(south exits to 12th St. & 7th Av.); PATH to Christopher St. (nr. Hudson St.); F, M to 14 St (at 6th Av.); B, D to W. 4 St. (north exits to Waverly & 6th Av.); maps below)
Contact: 

212-242-4201, brechtforum@brechtforum.org ; directions http://bit.ly/bierxE ; map http://bit.ly/bzOKJp

October 25th, 2011 7:30 PM FILM & DISCUSSION
Co-sponsor: Center for New Community
Undivided
Three Communities, One Struggle
Sophia Cooper

Throughout the United States, immigration policies are transforming the communities we live in. UNDIVIDED is a 30-minute documentary film sharing the portraits of three young activists and their relationship to politics, identity and place. With sweeping landscapes and stunning imagery, the film reveals the realities that are ripping communities apart and the resilience of those working together to restore unity.

Link: 
http://brechtforum.org/civicrm/event/info?reset=1&id=12049

Redefining Cruel & Unusual : A Rally & March to Oppose the Northeast Detention Center coming to Newark, NJ

Posted Sun, 09/25/2011 - 11:48am by Phinnegan
Date: 
Sunday, October 9, 2011 - 1:00pm - 4:30pm
Location: 
Peter Francisco Park (across from Newark Penn Station)
Contact: 

Kheim@afsc.org or ccwang@afsc.org

Redefining Cruel & Unusual
Indefinite Immigration Detention for-Profit Amid Toxic Waste in Essex County

Protest, Rally & March
October 9th 1:30 pm
Beginning at Peter Francisco ParkNewark, NJ
RIGHT NEXT TO NEWARK PENN STATION

Marching to and from:
Essex County Correctional Facility & Delaney Hall
356 Doremus Ave, Newark, NJ

Can't join us in Newark on Oct 9th? Sign the Petition http://www.change.org/petitions/oppose-expansion-of-immigration-detentio...

Link: 
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=236419679741397

NJAID Press Conference on Mandatory Detention, Essex County, &c.

Posted Sun, 09/25/2011 - 11:30am by Phinnegan
Date: 
Tuesday, September 27, 2011 - 11:00am
Location: 
Hall Of Records, 465 MLK Blvd., Newark, NJ
Contact: 

Kheim@afsc.org or ccwang@afsc.org

This is about where ICE plans to start warehousing New York's immigrants: the Northeast Detention Center complex!

Please come join the New Jersey Advocates for Immigrant Detainees (NJAID) for a Press Conference in front of the Hall of Records in Newark, NJ, on Tuesday, September 27th, to commemorate the 15th Anniversary of IIRIRA as well as to address the following issues:

Mandatory Detention and Implications

Increased Immigration Detention in NJ: Elizabeth Detention Center and beyond

Essex County’s Newly Approved Contract with Immigration and Customs Enforcement

Link: 
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=253442474699864

Fair Food Festival with the Coalition of Immokalee Workers and the Community/Farmworker Alliance

Posted Thu, 09/08/2011 - 3:51pm by Anonymous
Date: 
Saturday, September 24, 2011 - 10:00am - 4:00pm
Location: 
The Commons- 388 Atlantic Avenue (btw, Bond and Hoyt st.), Brooklyn
Contact: 

farmworkersolidarity@gmail.com, jake@interfaithact.org

Join the Coalition of Immokalee Workers and the Community/Farmworker Alliance for our first ever Fair Food Festival in Brooklyn, New York!!

CIW members from Immokalee will be in NYC to help us link food, justice, quality of life and labor issues in a lively and festive event. You won't want to miss it!

Schedule:
11:00am-12:15pm:
Food Justice and the Labor Movement Workshop

12:30PM:
Sample Justice Action at Brooklyn Trader Joe's

1:00-2:15PM:
Greenwashing 101 Workshop

2:30PM:
Amazing Race Action!

3:00PM:
CIW Presentation/Amp-Up

3:30PM
Children's Balloon March!

Link: 
http://www.cfa-nyc.org/
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