FUSsa-talk Mailing List: Re: Fw: {MIFN} Reminder: Minnesota March for Justice, Opportunity and Against Racism this weekend!

[jojane (jojane]

FUS SAC should sign onto the RIFA campaign form - I'm not attending
meetings these days, so I don't know if my vote counts - but I would vote
yes to signing-on.
Jo


On Tue, 8 Sep 2009 12:57:12 -0500 "Carol Koepp" <carolkoepp [at] comcast.net>
writes:
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: Mn Immigrant Freedom Network 
> To: immigrant-freedom-network 
> Sent: Tuesday, September 08, 2009 11:15 AM
> Subject: {MIFN} Reminder: Minnesota March for Justice, Opportunity 
> and Against Racism this weekend!
> 
> 
> Dear Friends and Community Supporters,
> 
> We write to remind you about the Join the Journey of Hope, a 
> Minnesota March for Justice, Opportunity, and Against Racism 
> happening this weekend. The march will take off from the city of 
> Owatonna on Friday September 11th at 2:00pm and conclude on the 
> afternoon of Sunday September 13th at 7:00pm in the city of Albert 
> Lea. Various workshops and meetings with decision makers are planned 
> throughout the three day action, for more information or to get 
> involved please contact Ernesto Velez Bustos at 507-446-9599, 
> 507-446-1130 or zezke [at] hotmail.com.
> Please see the press release below for more information. 
> 
> 
> We also wanted to remind you to Sign the Reform Immigration For 
> America (RIFA) participation form! RIFA is a public awareness and 
> civic engagement campaign to unite people so together we can work to 
> bring the needed changes to our communities. Individuals, informal 
> groups, coalitions, organizations, schools, churches, unions, and 
> anyone interested in supporting immigrant communities can join the 
> campaign. 
> 
> 
> Please view and download the RIFA endorsement form at this link: 
> 
> 
>
http://groups.google.com/group/immigrant-freedom-network/files?&sort=date
> 
> 
> Together, we can do it! 
> alondra 
> MIFN Communications 
> 
> 
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> 
> 
> FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 
> August 25, 2009 
> 
> 
> CONTACT: Ernesto Velez Bustos, 507-446-9599, 507-446-1130 
> 
> 
> PRESS RELEASE 
> 
> 
> THE JOURNEY OF HOPE: MINNESOTA MARCH FOR JUSTICE, OPPORTUNITY, AND 
> AGAINST 
> RACISM 
> 
> 
> WHEN: Friday, September 11th to Sunday, September 13th, 2009 
> 
> 
> WHERE: The march will take off from the city of Owatonna on Friday 
> September 
> 11th at 2:00pm and conclude on the afternoon of Sunday September 
> 13th at 
> 7:00pm in the city of Albert Lea. 
> 
> 
> WHO:  Immigrant families, students, youth, faith leaders, and 
> allies. 
> Organizing groups include Centro Campesino, Minnesota Immigrant 
> Rights 
> Action Coalition (MIRAC), ISAIAH, Minnesota Immigrant Freedom 
> Network 
> (MIFN), Jewish Community Action, Interfaith Coalition on 
> Immigration, 
> Minnesota SOL (Strengthening Our Lives), SEIU Local 26, Resource 
> Center of 
> the Americas, The Advocates for Human Rights, Immigrant Law Center 
> of 
> Minnesota and Family & Children?s Services. 
> 
> 
> WHY: Various groups and communities are coming together to demand 
> that a 
> just and humane immigration reform be passed in this congressional 
> year. 
> 
> 
> Owatonna, Mn ? The current immigration reform movement has been in 
> existence 
> for well over two decades now. The 111th Congress has become 
> critical for 
> reaching the ultimate goal of just and humane immigration reform. 
> 
> 
> President Obama has said he is committed to fix the current obsolete 
> and 
> enforcement-only system. He initiated the debate, but has lacked 
> concrete 
> leadership in this critical issue. On the other hand, his 
> administration has 
> left the immigration reform struggle down in the priority list. One 
> example 
> is the fact that the failed 287-(g) program will be extended to 11 
> new 
> cities. The program allows state and local law enforcement and 
> corrections 
> authorities to work with federal immigration authorities to identify 
> and 
> remove dangerous immigrants. However, recent investigations have 
> revealed 
> that the program is flawed and local authorities are abusing this 
> program by 
> targeting noncriminal immigrants. 
> 
> 
> The current immigration system is obsolete and it will only get 
> worse if WE 
> THE PEOPLE do not take action. Voters last November turned out with 
> high 
> hopes of real change, now its time to demand the immigration reform 
> we were 
> promised. Working families are under siege with ICE raids continuing 
> to take 
> place in our communities. In our region, we have witnessed the 
> increasing 
> hostilities of fringe, anti-immigrant, and racist groups that use 
> immigration as a cover for their hate.  Nationalist groups, with 
> their 
> influx of racist letters, e-mails and signs are constantly harassing 
> our 
> communities. On top of this, rural communities, amongst them the 
> southern 
> Minnesota town of Albert Lea, are being used to build detention 
> centers and 
> increase the number of beds for immigration detainees. 
> 
> 
> As part of the Journey of Hope, an ongoing campaign to promote a 
> fair and 
> humane immigration reform as well as keeping the light of justice 
> and 
> dignity alive and burning, Centro Campesino, Minnesota Immigrant 
> Rights 
> Action Coalition, ISAIAH, Minnesota Immigrant Freedom Network, 
> Jewish 
> Community Action, Interfaith Coalition on Immigration, Minnesota SOL 
> 
> (Strengthening Our Lives), SEIU Local 26,Resource Center of the 
> Americas, 
> The Advocates for Human Rights, Immigrant Law Center of Minnesota 
> and Family 
> & Children?s Services are organizing the MARCH FOR JUSTICE 
> OPPORTUNITY AND 
> AGAINST RACISM. 
> 
> 
> The message is simple: our communities in Minnesota demand just and 
> humane 
> immigration reform passed in this congressional year. November 4, 
> 2008 
> brought change to the White House, yet the houses of millions of 
> immigrant 
> families continue to hope for the change they were promised. 
> President Obama 
> and congress need to stop politically symbolic forms of 
> enforcement-only 
> policies and stop indiscriminate ICE raids immediately. Immigrant 
> families 
> demand respect and dignity and a common sense approach to a solution 
> to our 
> immigration dilemma. Only real comprehensive immigration reform will 
> solve 
> this issue. 
> 
> 
> For more information please contact: Ernesto Velez Bustos, Centro 
> Campesino, 
> 507-446-9599, 507-446-1130, ze... [at] hotmail.com or 
> i... [at] centrocampesino.net. 
> 
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> 
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> St. Paul, MN 55114
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