PUBLIC MEETING WILL PLAN NEXT MAJOR IMMIGRANT RIGHTS PROTEST

PUBLIC MEETING WILL PLAN NEXT MAJOR IMMIGRANT RIGHTS PROTEST

SATURDAY JUNE 17, 2006, 10:00 A.M. TO 4:00 P.M. PUBLIC SCHOOL 212, 34-25 82ND STREET, QUEENS NY

MEETING: WHAT’S NEXT IN THE FIGHT FOR IMMIGRANT RIGHTS – ALL ARE WELCOME

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The Coalition that organized the huge march and rally in New York City for immigrant rights at Union Square NYC on May 1st, is sponsoring a meeting of hundreds of immigrant rights activist from around the New York region.

On Saturday June 17, the May 1 Coalition and others will meet to plan the next big protest to follow up the historic May 1 boycott. The meeting is open to everyone, especially all of those who have marched and rallied for immigrant rights over the past 3 months.

Organizers for this major all day planning meeting expect organizers from across New York city and state, as well as New Jersey and Connecticut to participate in this day long planning meeting at Public School 212 located at 34-25 82nd Street in Queens, NY in Jackson Heights. The school is a short distance from the 82nd St. stop on the # 7 subway line.

The meeting will be conducted in both English and Spanish.

The planning meeting is scheduled to begin at 10:am and will end at 4:00 p.m., and will follow with a march for justice in Jackson Heights. In the morning the planning meeting will comprise of many workshops which will include: the status of immigrant legislation in Congress; coalition building with labor and civil rights movements. In the afternoon the meeting will focus on planning actions.

Teresa Gutierrez, a spokesperson for the May 1 Coalition said “The immigrant bill the U.S. Senate passed recently is unacceptable, just as HR 4437 was unacceptable because it does not give full legal rights to all undocumented workers. We must continue our struggle for full rights for immigrants, no deportations, and rights for all workers.” Gutierrez added “ Congress is trying to forget about the millions who marched and boycotted on May 1, so we will be planning dates to go back to the streets to remind them that immigrants will never be invisible again”.

Some of the organizations that will be participating in the planning meeting are: Associacion Tepeyac, Association of Senegalese in America, Latin American Workers Project, Justice 4 Immigrants Filipino Coalition, Freeport Community Worklink Center, Long Island, Guyanese-American Workers United, New York, NY, Pakistan USA Freedom Forum, Centro Guatemalteco Tecun Uman, Congreso Nacional Dominicano, La Pena del Bronx, LIUNA Local 108, Teamsters Joint Council #16, CASA Freehold, NJ, Congreso Nacional Dominicano, Chinese Staff and Workers Association, Anakbayan, NY/NJ, Million Worker March, Philippine Forum, and the Break the Chains Alliance.