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RELEASE
For Immediate Release
Portland Immigrant Rights Coalition
Romeo Sosa, VOZ, 503-381-0848
Marco Mejía, AFSC, 503-230-9427
Aeryca Steinbauer, CAUSA, 503-984-6816
IMMIGRANT, LABOR, AND FAITH COMMUNITIES
TO MARCH FOR COMPREHENSIVE IMMIGRATION REFORM
Labor Day Weekend
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a Flyer in English
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a Flyer in Spanish
What: Rally and March for fair immigration
reform
Where: South Park Blocks (SW Salmon and
Park)
When: Sunday, September 3rd, 2 pm.
Who: Organized by the Portland
Immigrant Rights Coalition, including VOZ Workers'
Rights Education Project, CAUSA, Jobs with Justice, PCASC,
AFSC, SEIU Local 503, SEIU Local 49, AFSCME Council 75, Latino
Network, Oregon Farm Worker Ministry, Center for Intercultural
Organizing, PCUN, Hermandad Mexicana, Social Activist Youth,
Escuela de Lideres "Magdalena Mora,” Jefferson Center;
in conjunction with national calls to action by the National
Day Laborer Organizing Network, the National Network for Immigrant
and Refugee Rights, and the We Are America Alliance.
Background:
This Labor Day weekend, Oregon’s immigrant, labor, faith,
and ally communities will celebrate the contributions of all
of Oregon’s workforce and send a message to Congress that
now is the time to pass fair immigration reform that provides
a path to citizenship for the 12 million undocumented immigrants
currently in the country, reunites families, protects workers,
and protects our civil rights and civil liberties.
The march will build off the momentum of mass mobilizations
this spring and civic participation activities this summer
to send a message of accountability to our elected officials.
In September, Congress returns to session following a series
of sham hearings organized by House Republican leadership
– a political stall tactic that did nothing to fix our broken
immigration system that continues to tear apart families and
cause countless deaths on the border. Once again, the communities
most affected by the immigration debate will take to the streets
to demand justice and uphold the American values of liberty,
equality, and fairness.
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