Immigrant Communities in Action formed in January 2005 as the Queens Drivers License Coalition to build the power of diverse immigrant communities in Queens & citywide to drive back the attack on immigrants in New York and around the country. The coalition is made up of over 20 organizations of immigrants affected by this issue and non-immigrants concerned with the rights of immigrants.

Monday, August 07, 2006

SAVE THE DATE! OUTDOOR COMMUNITY COUNTER-HEARING & PRESS CONFERENCE at the site of sham, anti-immigrant House Field "Hearings" to SAY NO TO ENFORCEMENT-ONLY BILLS/COMPROMISES & DEMAND A JUST LEGALIZATION Friday, August 25th 10am UPSTATE: Transpo. leaving NYC at approx. *5am*
SAVE THE DATE! Immigrant Communities in Action is organizing an outdoor counter-hearing & press conference to bring pro-immigrant community voices to the site of a House "Field Hearing" that is being held in Upstate NY on August 25th (exact location TBA). The House Field Hearings, held across the country, are the latest political maneuver by Republicans in Congress to mobilize their conservative base for increased enforcement and against legalization for 14 million undocumented immigrants. These "sham", one-sided hearings centralize the anti-immigrant agenda of Border Patrol, DHS, local police, etc in an effort to counter the power of the historic mobilizations of millions of immigrants this past spring.
The Field Hearing for NY is being held in a distant locale in an intentional attempt to sidestep and exclude New York City's powerful immigrant voice. We will make our voices heard and demonstrate our fierce opposition to a disingenuine political process and anti-immigrant agenda through an OUTDOOR COMMUNITY COUNTER-HEARING at the site of the hearing, which is being held upstate in a currently unannounced location.
The demo will feature community testimony, a creative element and a press conference. Due to the distance from NYC, it will be an all-day commitment but maximum participation will be critical given the importance of letting Congress know that immigrants are still united in a fight for a just legalization and our voices cannot be excluded: let's come together to re-ignite the momentum of our movement!
TO MAKE THIS CRITICAL ACTION HAPPEN, WE NEED BUSES OR VANS TO BE DONATED!
Please be in touch if you are aware of resources. If we can't have buses donated, we'll be asking for individual or organizational contributions to transportation expenses.
RSVP/More info: immigrantcommunitiesinaction@gmail.com DRUM: 718-205-3036

posted by Immigrant Communities in Action at 3:08 PM