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DESCRIPTION:\n	East Bay activists join national protest against Arizona law, 
 \n\n	Challenge New Police - ICE Collaboration in Alameda County\n\n	 
 \n\n	Street theater to send message: “Wrong for Arizona - Wrong for 
 Oakland”\n\n	 \n\n	What: Community residents and organizations will join 
 a National Day of Action against Arizona’s discriminatory SB 1070 – on 
 the day the harsh law is scheduled to go into effect – with a creative 
 street theater performance. Advocates will also draw connections between 
 Arizona’s law and the Federal “S-Comm” program that creates a new 
 collaboration between police and ICE. Alameda County was compelled to join 
 S-Comm this spring without any opportunity for public scrutiny.\n\n	 
 \n\n	When/ Where: Thursday, July 29th 2010:\n\n	 \n\n		12:00pm – 1:00pm: 
 Oakland Federal Building, 1301 Clay Street (at 14th Street), Downtown 
 Oakland, CA\n	\n		3:00pm - 4:00pm: Fruitvale BART Plaza, 35th Ave & 
 International Blvd, Oakland, CA\n\n	 \n\n	Who: Mujeres Unidas y Activas, 
 Causa Justa :: Just Cause, East Bay Alliance for a Sustainable Economy 
 (EBASE), Interfaith Coalition for Immigrant Rights, East Bay Sanctuary 
 Covenant, National Network for Immigrant and Refugee Rights, Filipino 
 Advocates for Justice,\n\n	 \n\n	Visuals[JR1] : Street theater, giant 
 Sheriff Joe Arpaio mask, community members chanting and holding colorful 
 signs, Interfaith prayer ceremony.\n\n	 \n\n	Why: This Thursday - the day 
 Arizona’s immigration law is set to go into effect, - is a national day 
 of action in solidarity with the people[JR2] of Arizona, against the 
 discriminatory law SB 1070. The passage of this racist policy, which 
 threatens to hurt public safety and unleash a wave of racial profiling, has 
 sparked coordinated collective action in Arizona and all across the 
 country. Many are calling on President Obama to direct federal agencies not 
 to help enforce the unjust law; several rights groups and the US Dept. of 
 Justice have also taken Arizona to court.\n\n	 \n\n	Additionally, Alameda 
 County’s immigrant communities see a clear connection between the 
 injustice occurring in Arizona and a federal policy which the county is 
 being forced to participate in. The so-called “Secure” Communities or 
 S-Comm program mandates collaboration between police and immigration 
 officials, effectively referring to immigration officials for deportation 
 immigrants whose fingerprints are taken by law enforcement personnel, even 
 for minor infractions, even if the person is innocent.\n\n	 \n\n	“We 
 stand in solidarity with thousands of immigrant families now living in fear 
 because of Arizona’s inhumane law,” said Reverend Deborah Lee of the 
 East Bay Interfaith Immigrant Rights Coalition . “And here at home, we 
 must shine a light on Arizona-like policies like S-Comm which could make us 
 less safe and waste valuable funds.”\n\n	 \n\n	In Oakland, Mujeres Unidas 
 y Activas in collaboration with Causa Justa :: Just Cause, EBASE and dozens 
 of other community organizations will use street theater to educate the 
 community on the dangers of laws like SB 1070, which essentially mandates 
 racial profiling and police harassment. They will also educate the 
 community on S-Comm and how this program, unlike its misleading name, will 
 actually decrease safety in our neighborhoods. Advocates will make clear 
 that what the program will actually do is increase resources going towards 
 criminalizing and harassing community residents at a time when those 
 precious funds should be directed instead towards filling gaps in critical 
 local services caused by the local municipal\nfinancial crisis.  “We need 
 real and humane solutions to our broken immigration system, like 
 legalization for all, not harsh enforcement policies which drive the 
 immigrant community further into the shadows,” said Juana Flores of 
 Mujeres Unidas y Activas.\n\n	 \n\n	 \n\n	                                  
                                                                             
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 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2010/07/27/18654779.php
SUMMARY:Fruitvale Action to Protest SB1070
LOCATION:Actions are scheduled to protest the passing of SB1070.\n\n3:00pm - 4:00pm: 
 Fruitvale BART Plaza, 35th Ave & International Blvd, Oakland, CA
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2010/07/27/18654779.php
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