May Day Actions in Defense of Immigrant Families Announced
1:13 pm By Jennifer Woodard Maderazo · Activism| Cities| Immigration
16 Apr 2008
With the weather getting nice, it’s time to get your marching shoes on. The marches and actions for the National Day of Action in Defense of Immigrant Families have been announced for May 1st.
Check after the jump for all the activities in the cities near you.
ARIZONA
Tucson
March and Meeting
South Gate Shopping Center
8 AM
Phoenix
March
Veteran’s Memorial Coliseum to State Capitol
8:30 AM
CALIFORNIA
Berkeley
Rally and March
Sproul Plaza to City Hall
11 AM
Castroville
Chico
Meeting/March
City Hall
3 – 8 PM
Davis
Meeting and March
UC Davis Campus
11 – 2 PM
Farmersville
March
Memorial Park
4 PM
Fort Bragg
March
La Bamba Store
9:00 AM
Fresno
Meeting and March
Medical Center- Fulton Mall
4 - 8 PM
Los Angeles
March
Olympic/Broadway
12 PM
Los Angeles
March and Meeting
3rd/Vermont to McArthur Park
2 – 7 PM
Los Angeles
March
5 Points to City Hall
11 AM
Madera
Meeting
5 PM
Martinez
Vigil and March
Martinez Marina
5:30 PM
Modesto
Mitin
Hatch Road/Crow Landing
10 AM
Mountain View
Vigilia
The Worker Center
Calvary Church
5 PM
Oakland
March
Fruitvale Plaza – along International Boulevard
9 AM
Sacramento
March
Hiram Johnson High School to State Capitol
10 AM
Salinas
Four marches
Constitutional and Laurel
12 PM – 5 PM
San Diego
March
Chicano Park to City Hall
10 AM
San Diego
Rally
City College
3 PM
San Francisco
March
Dolores Park to Civic Center
12 PM – 3 PM
San Jose
Rally and March
Mi Pueblo Shopping Center
4 PM
San Rafael
Vigil and march
Community Center – Canal
6 AM – 10 AM
Santa Rosa
March
Old Albertsons Shopping Center
11 AM
COLORADO
Denver
March
Lincoln Park
10 AM
ILLINOIS
Chicago
Rally and March
Union Park
Chicago
10 AM
INDIANA
Indianapolis
March
5 – 9 PM
KENTUCKY
Louisville
Meeting y march
Courthouse to Jefferson Park
5 – 7 PM
MASSACHUSSETTS
Boston
Meeting and march
Boston Common
4 PM
Chelsea
March
City Hall to Central Square
2 – 5 PM
MICHIGAN
Detroit
Meeting
Downtown
MINNESOTA
Minneapolis
Marcha
Lake Street
4 PM
NEVADA
Las Vegas
Mitin
US Federal Courthouse
7 PM
NEW JERSEY
Elizabeth
Meeting
Warinanco park
11 AM
NEW MEXICO
Albuquerque
March
Tiguex Park
3 – 5 PM
Santa Fe
March
Downtown – De Vargas Park
4 – 7 PM
NEW YORK
New York City
Meeting and March
Union Square Park to Federal Plaza
4 PM
NORTH CAROLINA
Raleigh
Peaceful Gathering
Legislative House
OREGON
Portland
Meeting and March
SW Park
4 PM
Salem, OR
March to State Capitol
11 AM -3 PM
PENNSYLVANIA
Pittsburgh
March and Meeting
Downtown to Mellon Square Park
4 PM
TEXAS
Austin
Meeting
State Capitol
5 – 7:30 PM
McAllen
March
Municipal Park
6 PM
San Antonio
Meeting and March
Plaza del Zacate
12 PM – 7 PM
WASHINGTON
Bellingham
Meeting
Cornwall Park
12-6
Mt. Vernon
Meeting and March
11am
Seattle
March and meeting
Seattle Center Fisher Pavillion
3 PM
Yakima
March
Miller Park
3:30 PM
WISCONSIN
Madison
March and meeting
State Capitol
12 PM
Milwaukee
March
12 PM
CANADA
Vancouver
March in Solidarity with Migrants, Migrants and Undocumented
Clark Park to Grandview Park
6 PM
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8 Responses to May Day Actions in Defense of Immigrant Families Announced
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April 17th, 2008 at 10:58 am
I liked the marches at the beginning but I believe that right now its overkill. People are marching and then what? Its being counterproductive… the last couple of years we’ve had, one successfull string of organized marches the year of Sensenbrenner, with plenty of really uneventfull marches and “boycotts”.
You can march all you want but if you don’t communicate with your elected officials by jamming their faxes, their e-mails and their phone lines or, even voting for those who can, you don’t count… this is not being done and obviously elected officials are not listening.
EYES OF TEXAS
April 17th, 2008 at 12:12 pm
The general public takes a very negative response to thousands of illegal aliens and their supporters marching in the streets, causing disturbance, blocking traffic flow and demanding our laws be changed to accomodate their ethnic group. All these marches do is make everyone more aware of the fact that there are too many people in the U.S. illegally and that our government must get involved to resolve the situation by enforcing existing immigration laws.
Maegan la Mala Ortiz
April 17th, 2008 at 12:14 pm
I think marches are just one weapon in an activist’s toolbox. In order for them to be effective, other weapons need to be used in conjunction.
E
April 17th, 2008 at 3:30 pm
Amen Maegan… People like EYES OF TEXAS make me want to march despite some of my concerns about the marching tactics… I’ll go jam my congressperson’s fax machine after I come back from the march….
Maegan la Mala Ortiz
April 17th, 2008 at 7:27 pm
Eyes of Texas lives to go on progressive Latino blogs and talk mierda. I just try and ignore.
EYES OF TEXAS
April 18th, 2008 at 8:31 am
Only trying to give you facts about the negative results of creating demonstrations and marches that in the end only unites American citizens in favor of enforcing all existing immigration laws to their fullest extent. Ignore me or not, I live to see the day that all illegal immigration is stopped and this nation is returned to its citizens.
Luis
May 1st, 2008 at 12:11 am
Eye of Texas, what a disappointment that whatever your ethnic identity may be, I hope you do realize that your ancestors also came to this land illegaly. Everyone who studied history (so I hope your one smart man) is aware that the White immigrants who first started to domiante this continet did not come here legally. Lastly, why do you think so many “illegal” people are here? Because of people like you who believe its okay to exploit them in their native country.
texican
May 2nd, 2008 at 8:50 am
Luis I addressed your post yesterday but the truth is too offensive so it got deleted. On another point you made about the exploitation is not entirely accurate. Take make Mexico for example a foreign owned compamy is prohibited in Mexico and has been for a long long time. So tell me again who is exploiting the mexicans in mexico who make up close to 55% of illegal immigrants in the USA