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Salma and Don Francisco Honored the May 1Huelga
10:54 am By Maegan La Mala · Activism| Celebrities| Immigration · Comments Off
3 May 2006
You didn’t see them marching on Monday, the day of the national boycott, but immigrant celebs like Salma Hayek and Sabado Gigante’s Don Franciso were with the over a million protesters clamoring for human rights, at least in spirit. Salma honored the boycott in her own way by not leaving her Hollywood home and changing her plans. Salma said:
I was supposed to fly to Guatemala but since my airline was American, I re-scheduled my trip for tomorrow.
Don Francisco, whose Univision network showed regulary scheduled novelas and talk shows on the day of the boycott said:
The economy would tremble without the working force of 20 million people who are only asking for their rights to be respected and the services they all deserve, just like any other honest citizen in the rest of the world.
Via / Que Pasa
Flickr: Dia de Huelga
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1 May 2006Immigrant Communities in NYC Forming Human Chains
2:27 pm By Maegan La Mala · Activism| Immigration| New York City · 2 Comments
1 May 2006
I’ve just returned from the immigrant community of Jackson Heights, Queens, NYC where about a thousand individuals, including many families with their children, formed a human chain of solidarity that ran for 10 city blocks. Chanting, “Si se Puede” and “Bush, Escucha! Estamos en la lucha”.
Some, but not all, stores were closed.
In fact the irony of all ironies was watching the many vendors selling United States flags. Similiar human chains were held simultaniously in other immigrant neighborhoods of the city including Chinatown in downtown Manhattan. The human chain was officially convened at 12:16 pm to recognize the date that the legislation making it a felony to be an undocumented worker was first brought to the Congressional floor.
I will be posting pictures of the immigrant human chain at VivirLatino’s Flickr Page. Tag: 1mayhuelga.
San Francisco Bay Area demonstration info
12:45 pm By Jennifer Woodard Maderazo · Activism| California| Immigration| San Francisco · Comments Off
1 May 2006
If you are in the San Francisco Bay Area and looking for information on the events taking place here, look no further. The San Francisco Chronicle has published a comprehensive list of Bay Area events in their morning edition:
Oakland: 9 a.m., marchers to meet at International Boulevard and 98th Avenue and walk 7 miles to the federal buildings downtown at 1301 Clay St., where they will hold a rally at 1:30 p.m. At 6 p.m., a rally and interfaith prayer service are planned at San Antonio Park, Foothill Boulevard at 15th Avenue.
Richmond and San Pablo: 9 a.m., marchers to gather at three churches: St. Paul’s, 1845 Church Lane in San Pablo; St. Mark’s, 159 Harbour Way in Richmond; and St. Cornelius, 225 28th St. in Richmond. The three groups will meet at old City Hall, 325 Civic Center Plaza in Richmond at 10 a.m. for a rally. They will then march to the El Cerrito del Norte BART Station to board trains to join the San Francisco protest.
San Francisco: 11 a.m. protesters to gather at Justin Herman Plaza on the Embarcadero. They’ll march up Market Street at 1 p.m. and rally at City Hall at 3 p.m. There will be another rally at 5 p.m. at the Federal Building, 450 Golden Gate Ave.
San Rafael: 10 a.m. Canal Alliance members will gather at St. Raphael’s Church, 1104 Fifth Ave., and march to Marin Civic Center, where a rally is planned for 1 p.m.
Santa Rosa: 10 a.m., protesters gather at 665 Sebastopol Road (former Albertsons) and march to Juilliard Park, 227 Santa Rosa Ave.
Berkeley: Noon, UC Berkeley students plan a walkout.
San Jose: 3 p.m. marchers plan to gather at King and Story roads. At 4 p.m., they will march to Arena Green Park at Santa Clara and Autumn streets, and at 6 p.m. they will rally in the park.
Via / San Francisco Chronicle
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