[Peace-discuss] co-sponsor the Immigrant Workers Freedom Ride

Sun Sep 21 22:52:43 CDT 2003

I think it would be a great thing for AWARE to do,
especially inlight of recent discussions.  There is
also some precedent: last year AWARE cosponsored my
modest little demonstration in support of the mostly
immigrant tomato pickers in front of Taco Bell.

Ricky
--- Al Kagan <akagan at uiuc.edu> wrote:
> I think there will be good support for this event. 
> I suggest we put
> it on our next agenda, but give some indication now
> that we will
> likely support it.  Does anyone disagree?
> 
> 
> At 6:11 PM -0700 9/21/03, Linda Evans wrote:
> >Hey all,
> >
> >This was waiting for me when I got home from the
> AWARE
> >meetings and it was mentioned in our 3-5pm meeting
> >tonight.
> >
> >What does everyone think?  You can email the list
> or
> >me personally at veganlinda at yahoo.com.
> >
> >Linda
> >
> >September 21, 2003
> >
> >Dear Linda,
> >
> >My Name is Demian Kogan, and I am a student at the
> >University of
> >Illinois.  I
> >am contacting you about an opportunity for your
> >organization to
> >co-sponsor the
> >Immigrant Workers Freedom Ride stop in
> >Champaign-Urbana.
> >
> >Beginning on September 20th, nearly one thousand
> >immigrant workers and
> >their
> >allies will board buses in Seattle, Portland, San
> >Francisco, Los
> >Angeles, Las
> >Vegas, Minneapolis, Chicago, Houston, Miami and
> Boston
> >and cross the
> >United
> >States over the next 12 days. The new Freedom
> Riders
> >will travel some
> >20,000
> >miles of U.S. highways and stop at more than 100
> >cities, towns and
> >workplaces.
> >
> >
> >The Immigrant Workers Freedom Ride from Illinois
> will
> >be leaving from
> >Chicago
> >on Saturday August 26th, and will travel through
> >Northern, Central, and
> >Southern Illinois making stops in 9 cities with an
> >array of events
> >including
> >rallies, press conferences, direct actions, and
> other
> >activities.  One
> >of the
> >cities that the bus will be stopping at will be
> >Champaign.
> >
> >The group that is organizing the bus from Illinois
> is
> >called the
> >Illinois
> >Coalition for Immigrant and Refugee Rights (ICIRR).
> >Myself and two
> >other
> >students Lian Alan, and Diana Mora, have been
> working
> >closely with
> >ICIRR on
> >this campaign, and we are responsible for a large
> part
> >of the planning
> >process
> >for the Champaign-Urbana Freedom Ride stop. The
> riders
> >will be here on
> >September 29th and 30th.  We are planning a rally
> at
> >the Champaign
> >County
> >Courthouse in Urbana at 101 E. Main Street, for the
> >evening of the 29th
> >at
> >7:00pm. We have invited local politicians,
> community
> >members, and
> >students to
> >rally behind this event.
> >
> >The events have local and national relevance as
> >immigrants work for:
> >-- Driver Licenses
> >-- Hospital Interpreter Services
> >-- Access to Higher Education
> >-- Legalization for Immigrants
> >-- Workers Rights
> >-- An End to Special Registration Programs
> >
> >
> >We are hoping to get a great turnout for the big
> >public event, the
> >Rally on
> >the 29th, and we thought that your organization
> would
> >be interested in
> >co-sponsoring this event.  Co-sponsorship entails
> >publicizing the event
> >to
> >your members, and committing to bring people out to
> >the rally on the
> >29th. If
> >you'd like to make a financial contribution of any
> >amount, it would be
> >greatly
> >appreciated.  I have included a copy of the email
> >announcement for you
> >to
> >distribute to your email list below.
> >
> >
> >
> >Please contact me at dakogan at uiuc.edu  or 384-0196
> if
> >you have any
> >questions.
> >You can also reach Lian at lianalan at uiuc.edu, or
> Diana
> >at
> >mora at uiuc.edu.
> >Thank you for your consideration. I look forward to
> >hearing from you.
> >I have
> >included some links that you may be interested in
> >looking at for more
> >information.
> >
> >Immigrant Worker Freedom Rides national website:
> >www.iwfr.org
> >Illinois Coalition for Immigrant and Refugee Rights
> >website:
> >www.icirr.org
> >New York Times article about the national campaign:
>
>http://www.nytimes.com/2003/09/17/national/17IMMI.html
> >
> >
> >
> >Sincerely,
> >
> >Demian Kogan
> >
> >
> >
> >*********************************************
> >RALLY for IMMIGRANT RIGHTS!
> >Immigrant Worker Freedom Rides Rally
> >
> >Monday, September 29th 7:00p.m.
> >
> >Champaign County Courthouse
> >101 E. Main Street, Urbana, IL 61801
> >*********************************************
> >
> >Immigrants in our community need:
> >-- Driver Licenses
> >-- Hospital Interpreter Services
> >-- Access to Higher Education
> >-- Legalization for Immigrants
> >-- Workers Rights
> >-- An End to Special Registration Programs
> >
> >Beginning on September 20th, nearly one thousand
> >immigrant workers and
> >their
> >allies will board buses in Seattle, Portland, San
> >Francisco, Los
> >Angeles, Las
> >Vegas, Minneapolis, Chicago, Houston, Miami and
> Boston
> >and cross the
> >United
> >States over the next 12 days. The new Freedom
> Riders
> >will travel some
> >20,000
> >miles of U.S. highways and stop at more than 100
> >cities, towns and
> >workplaces
> >to focus public attention on the injustices of
> current
> >immigration
> >policies.
> >
> >
> >The Illinois Freedom Rides bus is coming to
> >Champaign-Urbana to
> >highlight the
> >local movement for immigrant rights ! You have a
> >tremendous opportunity
> >to
> >take part in history in the making by attending the
> >Immigrant Worker
> >Freedom
> >Rides Rally in  Urbana-Champaign! Speakers will
> >include: Immigrant
> >Freedom
> >Riders, Local Immigrant Rights Speakers, and Local
> >Politicians.
> >
> >
> >The event is inspired by the Freedom Rides of the
> >Civil Rights
> >Movement, and
> >the Illinois Immigrant Workers Freedom Ride bus
> will
> >travel through
> >Northern,
> >Central, and Southern Il, while buses leave from 9
> >other cities across
> >the
> >entire United States. The buses will then go to
> >Washington D.C. to meet
> >with
> >local representatives, and then culminate in New
> York
> >City to celebrate
> >the
> >rewriting of history.  Donít miss this opportunity
> to
> >locally take part
> >in
> >this national campaign for immigration policy
> reform.
> >
> >Sponsored by:  Illinois Coalition for Immigrant and
> >Refugee rights
> >(ICIRR),
> >East Central Illinois Refugee and Mutual Assistance
> >Center (ECIRMAC),
> >and
> >Champaign County Health Care Consumers (CCHCC).
> >
> >For more information, or to volunteer or donate,
> >contact:
> >
> >Demian Kogan: dakogan at uiuc.edu
> >
> >Immigrant Worker Freedom Rides national website:
> >www.iwfr.org
> >Illinois Coalition for Immigrant and Refugee Rights
> >website:
> >www.icirr.org
> >
> >
> >=====
> >"There are some things you need just to stay alive:
>  food, water, a
> >place to live, clothes to keep warm, help when you
> are ill or
> >injured... Peace is having the things you need." 
> (Peace Begins with
> >You by Katherine Scholes, children's book)
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
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> 
> Al Kagan
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> Library Administration
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> 
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