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MAY
1, 2006 | INTERNATIONAL WORKERS' DAY
Important Information
Actions
Worker,
Immigrant and Student Rights for Protests:
- The
Legal Aid Society and Employment Law Center produced a
document called Employees' Rights to Engage in Anti-War
Protests. Much of the information in this document applies
to participation in May 1 actions. English
| Spanish
- The
ACLU
developed a special resource page on immigrant marches.
It includes valuable information on: the rights of immigrants
who get stopped by immigration agents; the rights of protesters;
and the rights of students to walk out of school and voice
political speech at school.
-
A sample walk out permission slip from parents to schools:
English
- The
National Lawyers Guild San Francisco Bay Area Chapter,
the American Civil Liberties Union of Northern California,
La Raza Centro Legal, and the Lawyers Committee for Civil
Rights of the San Francisco Bay Area are calling on educators,
school administrators and law enforcement to respect the
rights of students in the event of school walkouts for
immigrant rights on Monday, May 1st. Read their press
release.
- Contact
the National Lawyers Guild Hotline if
your rights have been violated - 415-285-1011.
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Window
Signs for Businesses
Window
Signs to Explain Business Closure:
English
| Spanish
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San
Francisco: May Day in the Bay Actions
- Website
No
Work, No School, No Selling, No Buying!
Towards a World Without Borders, where No One is "Illegal".
Come prepared with pots and spoons to bang together (CACEROLAZO),
energy and creativity to drown out business in San Francisco!
Wear white and look for the flags with a pot and spoon on
them.
Convergences
in San Francisco:
8:30am - Montgomery & Market (Montgomery BART)
11:00am - Embarcadero (Embarcadero BART)
3:00pm - San Francisco Civic Center (Civic
Center BART)
5:00pm - Federal Building (450 Golden Gate)
Organized
by: May Day in the Bay, an informal grouping of
organizers and activists that has come together in the San
Francisco Bay Area. We have joined forces to promote and
support the callout for a General Strike on May 1st in defense
of immigrant rights which was issued out of Los Angeles
by the "March 25th Coalition against HR4437".
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San
Francisco: Anti-Imperialist Contingent
May
1st NO WORK - NO SCHOOL - NO BUYING - NO SELLING
From Philadelphia to San Rrancisco, millions of immigrants
& allies will leave school and work, and take the streets
of the united states demanding dignity and an end to immigrant
attacks in congress. From Buenos Aires to Mexico City, there
will be a boycott of US products. From Shanghai to Sao paulo,
millions will celebrate International Workers Day. WHERE
WILL YOU BE?
10:30AM - Gather at Yerba Buena Gardens
(Mission St. between 3rd St. & 4th St., San Francisco)
to meet up with the march at 11:00AM at the Embarcadero.
Organized
by: May 1st Alliance and Deporten a la Migra Coalition.
Contact:
415-487-9203
Flyer: Spanish
| English
Window Sign for Businesses and Others: English
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San
Francisco: May Day Coalition Actions - Website
11:00AM
- Gather and Rally at Justin Hermann Plaza at the
foot of Market Street in San Francisco
1:00PM
- March up Market Street
3:00PM
- Rally at Civic Center/SF City Hall
5:00PM
- Protest at Federal Building
Contacts:
South
Bay: 650-921-0293
San Francisco: 510-776-8020
Alameda County: 510-467-7639
Contra
Costa County: 510-233-8595
Todd Chretian: 510-590-6073
Email: maydaycoalition@aol.com
Sponsored
by: Centro Azteca, Frente Farabundo Marti para
Liberacion Nacional (FMLN), Mexican American Political Association
(MAPA), Mujeres Unidas y Activas, Partido Verde, Comite
de Padres Unidos, Red Ciudidana
Salvadorena en el exterior, International Socialist Organization,
Not In Our Name (NION), Solidarity, Peace and Freedom Party,
Deporten a la Migra, Centro Latino de Cozcatlan, Campus
Anti-War Network, Catholic
Charities on Oakland, SEIU Local 87, San Francisco Organizing
Project, New Center Café, Mejia's Moving and Delivery,
One Embarcadero South, 88 Thousand Condominiums, Huixtepec
Tile Co, Violeta's Market, Jimenez Supermarket, Mexico Super,
Ricardo's Printing, Araujo's Restaurante, Restaurante La
Salsa, Pipil Express, Santaneca de la Misión, La
Tapatia Tortilleria, Chavez Meat Market, Marquet Brothers,
La Tapatia, Carreños Mexican Restaurante, Lepez Meat
Market, Lola's Restaurant, El Chico Produce, Casa Lucaz,
La Tapatia de Vallejo, La Charrita, Mi Ranchito Supermarket,
Librería Ciudad de Mexico, Vilmitas Market, Amigo
Latino, Ibarra's Brothers
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San
Francisco: USF Student Hunger Strike (May 1-5)
- Website
Support
the Student Coalition for Immigrant Rights against anti-immigrant
policies
Mon,
May 1, 2006
7:00PM
USF Campus: Harney Plaza
2130 Fulton St., San Francisco, CA
Press
Release
Contacts: Monica Bell, 707-685-2062,
Sam Aquino, 503-347-7869
Email: s_c_i_r@yahoo.com
Tues,
May 2, 2006
12:15-1:15PM: Rally in Harney Plaza
7:00PM: Vigil
Wed,
May 3, 2006
12:15-1:15PM: Rally in Harney Plaza
7:00PM: Vigil
Thurs,
May 4, 2006
12:15-1:15PM: Rally in Harney Plaza
7:00PM: F.A.C.E.S
9:00PM: Vigil
Fri,
May 5, 2006
12:15-1:15PM: Rally in Harney Plaza
7:00PM: Vigil
Endorsed
by: M.E.Ch.A de USF, L.A.S.O, LAS de USF, Local
87
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Berkeley:
UCB Picket and Rally
7:30AM
- Picket at Bancroft Ave. & Telegraph Ave.
12:00PM - Rally at Upper Sproul Plaza
Flyer:
Spanish
| English
Contact:
Gloria
Fernandez, 310-940-9016, cetlalli16@yahoo.com
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San
Jose: March and Rally
3:00PM
- Gather at King St. and Story St. in San Jose
4:00PM - March to rally at Guadalupe Park
in San Jose
Contact:
Martha
Campos, SIREN, (408) 453-3003, ext. 111, martha@siren-bayarea.org
Flyer:
Bilingual
Spanish/English
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Oakland:
Rally at Federal Building
12:00PM
- late afternoon/early evening - "Human Billboarding"
(holding signs, making noise) at the Oakland Federal Building
(1301 Clay St, between 12th St. and 14th St.). Congresswoman
Barbara Lee will be hosting a press event in the Federal
Building at 1:00PM.
Organized
by: East Bay Asian Consortium
Contact: Lillian Galedo, Filipinos for
Affirmative Action, 510-465-9876
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Oakland:
Gathering to Join SF Actions
10:00AM
- Gather at Fruitvale Plaza at International Blvd.
and Avenida de la Fuente/34th Ave. (near Fruitvale BART
Station)
Organized
by: Mujeres Unidas y Activas
Contact: Andrea Cristina Mercado, 510-205-3684
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Oakland:
March
9:00AM
- Marchers gather at the corner of E. 14th St./International
Blvd. + 98th Ave. in Oakland to march to downtown Federal
Building
Contact:
Ronald Cruz, 510-501-2435, Coalition to Defend Affirmative
Action, Integration, and Immigrant Rights and Fight for
Equality By Any Means Necessary (BAMN)
MARCHERS
DEMAND:
* No More Second-Class Treatment
* No Jim Crow/Anti-Immigrant Laws
* Full and Equal Rights for Immigrants
* Defend Affirmative Action & Integration
* No More Separate and Unequal Educational Opportunities
* Build the New Mass, Integrated Civil Rights Movement
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Fresno:
City Hall Rally
3:00PM
- Gather at Fresno City Hall, 2600 Fresno Street
5:30PM - Rally
Organized by: Coalition for Immigrant Rights
Contact: 559-266-5291
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Santa
Rosa: March and Rally
10:00AM - March from 665 Sebastopol Rd,
Santa Rosa to Rally in Julliard Park, 227 Santa Rosa Ave,
Santa Rosa
Organized by: United Farm Workers and the
Coalition for Immigrants Rights of Sonoma County
Contact: 707-528-3039
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Sacramento:
Mass Worker March
International Day of Action: A No Work Day,
A No Buy Day, No HR 4437.
10:00AM
- March that starts at West Steps of the State
Capitol (10th and L Streets)
Contact: 916-446-3021 or 209-465-4265
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Concord:
Action
4:00PM - Gather at Todos Santos Park, Willow
Pass & Grant Street
Contact: Arturo, 925-580-6161
or Jerry Okendo - Concord LULAC Council President, 925-210-9215,
okendojerry@msn.com
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Richmond:
March, Rally and Join SF Actions
9:00AM - March from 3 locations in Richmond
and San Pablo to the old Richmond Civic Center (Nevin/24th)
to listen to community leaders
11:00AM - Join the Great San Francisco
march at Justin Herman Plaza. (Embarcadero stop on BART)
March
Starting Locations:
1.St Paul Catholic Church (510) 232-5931 1845 Church Ln,
San Pablo, CA
2.St Mark's Catholic Church (510) 234-5886 159 Harbour Way
S, Richmond, CA
3.St Cornelius Catholic Church (510) 233-5215 225 28th St,
Richmond, CA
Contact:
Fernando Padilla, 510-734-6921, apathydeception@yahoo.com
Flyer: Spanish
| English
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Santa
Cruz: Non-Violent March and Rally for Immigrant Rights
12:00PM - The players, coaches and families
of La Liga de la Communidad (Santa Cruz Community Soccer
League) encourage you to join a Nonviolent March and Rally
for Immigrant Rights
Assemble
at Beach Flats Park at Raymond and Liebrant Streets in Santa
Cruz
Followed
by permitted march through downtown Santa Cruz to 1:30 p.m.
Rally at San Lorenzo Park in Santa Cruz.
Speak
out for human rights and dignity! Immigrants from all nations
and ethnicities, their families, friends, neighbors and
co-workers are encouraged to support the nationwide boycott,
walkouts and demonstrations.
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ACTION
ALERT :
What you can do to stop these bills!
1.
Call, fax or write California Senators Diane Feinstein
and Barbara Boxer TODAY and tell
them to vote NO on anti-immigrant bills.
•
Dianne Feinstein (D-CA)
Phone: (415) 393-0707, (202) 224-3841
Fax: (202) 228-3954
• Barbara Boxer (D-CA)
Phone:
(415) 403-0100, (202) 224-3553
Fax: (202) 224-3553
2.
Participate in Bay Area Actions Join community
groups, labor, students, faith-based groups on International
Worker's Day (Mon, May 1).
3.
Make a donation to
BAIRC. Your generous
support allows BAIRC to advance justice and dignity
for immigrant communities in the Bay Area and across the
nation.
4.
Stay informed. Subscribe
to BAIRC's listserve to receive the latest updates and action
alerts.
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