FUSsa-talk Mailing List: Mn. Immigration Freedom Network People = Power

[Carol Koepp (carolkoepp]

FYI - Mn. Immigrant Freedom Network is one of the advocacy groups we are 
working with on the immigration series.
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From: Mn Immigrant Freedom Network 
To: immigrant-freedom-network 
Sent: Friday, July 31, 2009 8:59 AM
Subject: {MIFN} People = Power


Dear Friends,

Yesterday we accidentally said the wrong dates for a festival which is actually 
taking place on AUGUST 8-9. Please see corrections and additions below if you 
are interested in helping us reach our $5,000 goal!

VOLUNTEER AUGUST 8 and 9
MIFN will be teaming up with the Ecuadorian Civic Society for their festival 
scheduled to take place on Saturday August 8th and Sunday August 9th at the 
intersection of Lake St. and 13th Ave. We will have a booth selling raffle 
tickets and taquitos, can you volunteer for a couple of hours to help us run 
the booths?
If you can help out anytime during these days, please email us at peoplepower 
[at] immigrantfreedomnetwork.org or call our office at 651-287-0660.

TAQUIZA AT HOLY ROSARY CHURCH, SUNDAY AUGUST 16
On Sunday August 16th we will be working with Holy Rosary Church to sell tacos 
after the mass in Spanish, if you would like to help organize this event and 
sell tacos the day of, please contact us at peoplepower [at] 
immigrantfreedomnetwork.org or call our office at 651-287-0660.

HOST A HOUSE PARTY FOR IMMIGRANT RIGHTS
Currently our Board Members are busy cleaning their houses and inviting their 
friends to host a house party to learn about the work of MIFN and to get 
connected to immigrant rights work.
We thought we would extend the invite to you as well - would you like to host a 
house party for immigrant rights?
We can help you figure out an outreach strategy and can help craft the invites, 
we just need you to invite your friends and open up your home to a night of 
good eating, social justice and fun.
If you would like to learn more about hosting a house party or are ready to do 
it, please call Teresa Ortiz at 651-287-0660 or email her at teresa [at] 
immigrantfreedomnetwork.org

BUY A RAFFLE TICKET - ONLY $20 each!
Investing in creating a better future for immigrant youth is easy, just buy 
some of our raffle tickets! First prize is a brand new KIA car, super shiny and 
a great gas saver. Second prize is a locally made brand new Surly bicycle, 
Crosscheck, for those of you who can't get enough of this bike friendly city. 
Third prize is a free bike tune up at the Hub, as a little helping hand for 
bike owners. The raffle is over on August 23 of this year, we will be raffling 
off the items at the Spanish mass at Holy Rosary Church so hurry up and buy 
your ticket today!
You can come by our office Mon-Fri from 9am to 5pm to buy your tickets or 
purchase a ticket online by visiting this site (we will then mail you your 
tickets):

http://immigrantfreedomnetwork.wordpress.com/membership/


PURCHASE OUR BOOK - Democracia pero para quien? Democracy, but for whom?
Ok we haven't really written a book - just yet - but MIFN Staff did team up 
with Professor Louis Mendoza to author a collaborative article about the 
intersections of community organizing and university activism. You can take a 
peek at the book cover here: http://reflections.syr.edu/

In an effort to raise funds for the work of immigrant rights, MIFN is selling 
the book at our offices for only $15. You can come by our office Mon-Fri from 
9am to 5pm to purchase and pick up your book or you can purchase your book 
online by visiting this site (we will then mail you your book):

http://immigrantfreedomnetwork.wordpress.com/membership/


JOIN THE ART4JUSTICE ~ ARTE SIN FRONTERAS ORGANIZING COMMITTEE
We are beginning to organize and plan for next year's Art4Justice - Arte Sin 
Fronteras fundraising event. If you have experience in the arts community and 
have worked on social justice campaigns before, or are simply interested in 
helping make this coming year's event a success please contact Roman at roman 
[at] immigrantfreedomnetwork.org or call him at 651-287-0660. This past May we 
organized our very first Art4Justice event - it was a HUGE success! Artists 
donated their art so we could sell it and support our immigrant rights work, we 
also showed a movie tracing the history of the Oaxacan students' and teachers' 
struggle for equal access to education, then we connected via Skype with 
organizers from the movie to get an update on their movement. We had a live DJ, 
food, and an overall good time, so please consider joining the Organizing 
Committee to plan next year's event!


Seguimos en la lucha,
alondra
MIFN Communications

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Tel.  651.287.0660  or  1.877.265.8817
Email.  freedomnetwork [at] gmail.com

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www.myspace.com/MIFN

Minnesota Immigrant Freedom Network
2500 University Avenue, Suite C7
St. Paul, MN 55114

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