Sacramento City Council Approves Boycott Against Arizona

Brothers and Sisters/Hermanos y Hermanas

Our mission to convince the Sacramento City Council to not only "Condemn SB1070: the Arizona Racial Profile as passed by the Arizona Legislature, legalizing "Racial Profiling,"was endorsed and passed in "Boycotting Arizona" and doing business with the State Arizona and any other business entities.

We salute the Sacramento City Council,with the exception of the following council members; Steve Cohn,who cowardly walked out and voted by abstention; the recently defeated Robbie Waters. who adamantly voted "NO:" and Lauren Hammond, who did not even appear at last night's council meeting,which is very disappointing.

We want to highly commend all those labor and community leaders and members that have worked hard and in attending the numerous meetings,marches,and getting our people out. What was important was that numerous labor and Civil rights and community organizations leaders and their members can take credit for last night’s Victory of our Capital City.

Sacramento now officially joins the numerous cities throughout the nation in “Boycotting Arizona." ”Si se Pudo, even though we did not appreciate how the Mayor and others dissected the "Speakers" list as to who would speak and in what order. Our member organizations Union Civica Primero de Mayo and the Oraganizacion de Trabajadorse Agricolas (OTAC) were not allowed to speak,much to the underhanded manipulation!.

I also want to point out that although some of our brothers and sisters, who supported the “Boycott,” and not negating their support and participation, we can and will not accept their exclusionary politics of political posturing and backdoor meetings with Kevin Johnson. They attempted to highjack the efforts of those immigrants who have worked hard.

Wh do I make reference to these “politicos” is that at no any did they invite any of our “Coalition members” in their “Backdoor discussions” with the Mayors office. To this day we have never seen them at any of the Immigration marches that our member organizations worked hard in mobilizing and marching.

Credit goes to all the labor and Community Member organizations who have been active, as we visually observed how last nights “Press Conference” by this unknown group who attempted to “hijack” the efforts of thousands of our members' hard work to the point that they attempted to exclude the grassroots efforts of many, as if they were the only group.

When one of our members requested from Ex-chief of Police Arturo Venegas ,to also speak in Spanish when participating at the press conference, he adamantly and arrogantly responded "No I will NOT speak in Spanish." In other words, he wanted only to speak to the English media and disrespected those immigrants that are directly impacted with his lack of respect to All that were in attendance at this "Press conference."

We do not respect these type of underhanded “Politics.” We are not looking for “Political Positions;" we are doing this because we believe in justice. So in the end if we claim that as was exclaimed last night “We are all united as one community,” then they should practice what they preach and give credit to those immigrants that were not allowed to speak at whose Press Conference?".

Great work Companeros/as this Victory was because of ALL OF US TOGETHER THAT DID IT !.

"SI SE PUDO !
En Solidaridad
Al Rojas
712-4251

SI SE VA PODER !
Estimados Hermanos y Hermanas

Aqui les enviamos los resultados de nuestros esfuerzos sobre la “resolucion” de el “Boicot de Arizona” en el “Consejal de Sacramento anoche y de condenar la ley aprobada en Arizona que a fines de el mes de Julio entrera en vigor una ley que legaliza por primera ves el “Perfil Racial”,sea en poder discriminizar a todapersona que sea “sospechosa” de ser “indocumentado”,sea si te pareces una persona de color.

Anoche se abrobo unanimamente la resoulcion,gracias a todos/as por su gra labor y a sus organizaciones de la communidad ,sindicatos y organizacions de derchos Civiles,dos (2) miembros votaron en contra (uno por abstencion cobardemente) y el otro por aucencia.

Todo este gran trabajo que sus personas de reuniones y Marchas y pasar volantes y hacer pancartas coordinar y llamar a nuesta gente fue lo porque anoche el Concilio de Sacramento voto por apoyar a el “Boicot de Arizona”y gracias a ustedes y los del concilio se logro.

Lo que si quisiera aclarar es que hubo algunas personas que nunca se via visto en nuestras Marchaso reuniones y menos que nos aigan invitado a sus reuniones que se sabe que sostuvieron con miembros de el concilio y sea lo que no se puede aceptar es en la manera que le faltaron el respeto a todas las organizacione de la communidad que hemos laborado por anos en al question de nuestra communidad,menos de aceptar las aclaraciones arogantes de “el ex-jefe de Policia Arturo Venegas,en cuando se le pido que hablara en el “Espanol”,que responde “QUE NO !,como que su tono sonaba como “Policia”,sea falta de respeto a los que estaban presentes de negarse de "Incluirlos NO se Acepta su Arogancia !,simplement ellos tratarron de “Excluyir” a la communidad y eso no se vale,en nada les quita de verse comprometido en el apoya,que buien ,eso se les da el credito pero no se les acepta su no ver siquiera invitado a la “Conferencia de Prensa” que convocarron al final de la sesion anoche,sea su mensaje trataron de verse como que nada MAS FUERON ELLOS ?.

Pero alultimo lo mas importante es que se logro POR USTEDES LAS BASES DE LA COMUNIDADESY POR TODO SU OBRA Y TRABAJO !

Y "SI SE PUDO !

En Solidaridad
Al Rojas
712-4251
SI SE VA PODER !