[Antiracism] Re: Organizing against immigration bill HR4437

Thu Apr 13 10:17:07 EDT 2006

I hope you all are aware of and attend the rally that is being held TODAY in
Springfield and sponsored by local organizations and workers?
See attached fliers for more info
-- 
Caroline Murray
Casa Obrera
Anti-Displacement Project
130 Union Street
Springfield, MA  01105
(413) 739-7233 phone
(413) 746-3012 fax
(413) 219-1108 cell

On 4/13/06 12:08 AM, "Marc Rodrigues" <marcprodrigues at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hey everyone,
> 
> this is marc from umass.  it's exciting to see folks around here
> getting together to do something about HR4437.
> 
> i just wanted to mention a couple things and get people's feedback on this:
> 
> 1) according to the email below, the next 5-college meeting to
> organize something for may 1st is monday the 17th at 7:30... this also
> happens to be the time for the opening event for Tent State which is
> happening all next week: http://www.tentstateumass.org/Site/Home.html
> 
> I would encourage everybody in the area who is concerned with
> immigrant justice come and check out tent state, we're gonna be having
> several workshops/panels/discussions on the topic, and also will be
> discussing what to do on may 1st... do we want to possibly reschedule
> the 5-college meeting to sunday the 16th?
> 
> 
> 2) One possible action for My 1st that I would like to propose is to
> have a lunchtime picket/press conference/flyering at a local
> McDonald's.  The Coalition of Immokalee Workers, a farmworker
> organization of Mexican, Guatemalan and Haitian immigrants in Florida,
> is currently conducting a national pressure/consciousness-raising
> campaign against McDonald's to get them to pay more for the tomatoes
> they use and help improve farmworker wages and working conditions.  I
> think it's a good way to connect the issue of immigration with the
> vital work immigrants do in this country and the message of the May
> 1st strike.  Please see the following sites for more info, and get
> back to me with any feedback/questions:
> 
> http://www.ciw-online.org/
> http://www.ciw-online.org/The_Great_March.html
> http://www.ciw-online.org/2006truthtour/dailyupdates.html
> 
> thanks.
> 
> peace,
> marc
> 
> 
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: "Sifra Quintana" <squintan at email.smith.edu>
> Date: Mon, 10 Apr 2006 20:46:54 -0400
> Subject: Organizing against HR4437 (please foward to other groups)
> 
> Hi my name is Nico Quintana.  I was able to stay for the five college
> planning meeting after the rally at Amherst today and was asked to
> send out an update about the meeting and a call for action at smith
> against HR4437.
> 
> Up date on the five college movement against HR4437.
> 
> The five college community wants to work together against this bill
> and have a five college day of Action on May 1.  Each campus would be
> responsible for organizing their own community and every Monday untill
> may 1st organizers from each of the colleges will meet to talk about
> May 1st.   The plan that was discussed at the meeting so far is that
> each school would have there own rally, walk out, or what ever they
> wanted to do at their own school and then all the colleges and schools
> from the area would meet for a big rally at Amherst commons.  Times
> are still being worked out.
> 
> Meetings
> Five college Meetings
> The five college coalition would like to have the next coalition
> meeting at smith next Monday. Organizers from the five colleges and
> the pioneer valley will be coming together to organize for the
> national day of action on May 1st.
> 
> The meeting will be on Monday the 17th, 730pm Smith College (meeting
> place still TBA, possibly down stairs in the campus center).  If
> anyone has ideas for a meeting place let me know and I will email it
> out, other wise I was thinking we could meet in the campus center on
> lower level.
> 
> Smith Meeting
> The first smith meeting is scheduled for tomorrow Tuesday April 11th-
> Gillett living room @ 12pm (the meeting can move if the space is too
> small).  Every one please come cuz its going to be a hard few weeks
> with out you.
> 
> Agenda
> The smith students that went to the rally wanted to meet tomorrow to
> discuss next steps for demonstrations/ education around this issue at
> smith.  So far what was discussed:
> 1) A action for may 1st. Ideas that were disscussed were, shutting
> down the collge, having a walk out, having a rally  on Chapin lawn
> with poetry, music and chanting.
> 
> 2)Education campaigns: Smith students that went to the rallies also
> talked about handing out fliers and motivating people to write their
> senators since senate is in recess for two weeks.
> 
> 3) Faculty/ Staff  involvment : the Gov Department is going to be
> holding an educational forum on the bill and its possible implications
> in two weeks.
> 
>  Everyone who is interested in working for against this bill should
> come and be involved with the organizing effort.  This meeting will be
> facilitated by a volunteer that arrives at the meeting.  If you like
> facilitating meetings please volunteer for the job.
> 
> MEETINGS COMMING UP: Please come and get involved.
> 
> Smith Meeting- Tomorrow April 11th 12pm Gillett living room, the
> meeting most likely will move out side or to another location
> depending on the size of the group.
> 
> Five college Meeting- Monday April 17th Smith College, Location TBA,
> last resort down stairs Campus Center.
> 
> -Nico Quintana
> squintan at smith.edu
> x6909
> 
> 
> 
> ---
> support farmworker justice:
> www.ciw-online.org | www.sfalliance.org
> 
> "laugh, compañer at s, and we have to laugh because what we're going to
> do is very serious..."
> -sub. marcos, ezln
> 
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