Posts Tagged ‘may 1 boycott’
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.
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L.A. Mayor Villaraigosa Tells Students to go to School on May 1
9:00 am By Maegan La Mala · Activism| Immigration| Los Angeles · 1 Comment
27 Apr 2006
Los Angeles mayor and grandson of Mexican immigrants is telling students and their parents that skipping out on school on Monday, May 1st, the day of the national boycott, should not be an option. This is a backstep from the active urging he did for the million plus people rally in downtown L.A. on March 25. The statement signed by Villaraigosa, cardinal Roger Mahony, and Los Angeles Unified School District Supervisor Roy Romer reads :
We support the celebration of our liberty as American citizens to freely, responsibly and legally express ourselves. We firmly believe children must attend school everyday, including May 1, they have to be there ready to learn.
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