Support Delegation to 3rd Int'l Assembly of Migrants and Refugees in November in Mexico City
NEW YORK MAY 1st COALITION FOR WORKER AND
IMMIGRANT RIGHTS
In Mexico, from Nov. 3-11, Migrants & their supporters will
declare:
NO TO THE GLOBAL FORUM ON MIGRATION & DEVELOPMENT (GFMD)!
How you can help and show your solidarity
Join the May 1st Coalition in supporting the:
THIRD INTERNATIONAL ASSEMBLY OF MIGRANTS & REFUGEES (IAMR3)
Migrants Say No to GFMD!
Defend the rights of migrants and refugees against anti-immigrant policies!
Development for the people not for corporate interests!
Create jobs, end roots of poverty!
Oppose militarization of borders in the region!
No to NAFTA, CAFTA and all anti-people trade agreements and
policies!
Join us in Mexico City from November 6 to 10,
2010
Elvira Arellano appeals to U.S. movement to help migrant
activists in Mexico get to Puerto Vallarta
Elvira Allano from Familias Latinas Unidas Sin Fronteras has
made a special appeal to the movement in the U.S.
to help raise $1,800 to send a bus to the protests in Puerto Vallarta.
In 2007, Elvira Arellano openly defied deportation orders by taking sanctuary
at Adalberto United Methodist Church in Chicago.
Many called her the Rosa Parks of the immigration movement as she defied ICE
policies and defended immigrant rights.
Schedule of Events:
- NOVEMBER 4 – 6 International Tribunal
of Conscience (ITC)
- NOVEMBER 7 – 8 --3rd International Assembly of Migrants
and Refugees (IAMR3).
- NOVEMBER 6 (9 pm) Solidarity and Cultural
evening
- NOVEMBER 8 (9-11 am) Mobilization in front of
the Foreign realtions Ministry in Mexico City to denounce Mexico's
Migration Policies and condemn the recent massacre of 72 migrants in
Tamaulipas, Mexico
- NOVEMBER 8 (late
evening) Start of the“Caravana del Pueblo Contra el
GFMD” (People’s Caravan against GFMD) to Puerto Vallarta, the site
of the 4th Global Forum on Migration and Development
(GFMD).
- NOVEMBER 9 Guadalajara - The caravan will
stop in Guadalajara for an assembly and tribunal of the
ex-braceros.
THE CARAVAN FROM MEXICO CITY TO PUERTO VALLARTA IS BEING
SUPPORTED & ORGANIZED BY UNIONS IN MEXICO, INCLUDING THE ELECTRICAL UNION
SME.
- NOVEMBER 10 ITC verdict will be delivered to the
government delegation at the GFMD as well as the public. IAMR3 will be calling
for an international day of action. There will also be a mobilization in Puerta
Vallarta.
The International Migrant Alliance along with the Frente Indigena de
Organizaciones Binacionales (FIOB), the May 1st Coalition for Worker and
Immigrant Rights, Miredes International (Mexico), Migrante International
(Philippines), Asia Pacific Mission for Migrants (Hong Kong), Migrante
Canada, National Alliance for Filipino Concerns (NAFCON-USA), Movimiento
Migrante Meso-Americano, Familias Latinas Unidas Sin Fronteras are initiators
of these events.
We need your
support! How you can show your solidarity:
1) Make a Donation! Help send participants from the
U.S. to the events in Mexico. Send an extra
donation in response to the special appeal from Elvira Arellano from
Familias Latinas Unidas Sin Fronteras to the movement in the U.S. to help
raise $1,800 to send a bus to the protests in Puerto Vallarta. Familias Latinas
has organized for migrant rights throughout Mexico, including protests at the
U.S. embassy against SB1070. Help get their voices to protest the
GFMD in Mexico! DONATE AT
http://www.iacenter.org/immigrants/donateIAMR3
2) Send a representative to Mexico
City! For details visit: http://iamr3.wordpress.com/
3) Endorse the event! Send
your endorsement by visiting http://iamr3.wordpress.com/
4) Request a speaker to visit your group,
union, community to report back on the events in Mexico. To request a speaker
visit www.may1.info
SAY NO TO THE GFMD! SAY NO TO THE ATTACKS AGAINST
IMMIGRANTS! BUILD THE MOVEMENT FOR JOBS & JUSTICE!
New York May 1st Coalition for Worker and Immigrant Rights
c/o Solidarity Center
55 W 17th St Suite 5C
New York, NY 10011
212-633-6646
www.may1.info
