August 27 New York City Immigrant Workers Speak Out!

First Day of the Counter RNC Mobilization in NYC

Please visits: http://www.immigrantsolidarity.org/RNC/index.htm
Flyers: http://immigrantsolidarity.org/flyers.html

Sponsored by National Immigrant Solidarity Network
Web: http://www.ImmigrantSolidarity.org
Information Hotline: (212)330-8172

Information Hotline: (212)330-8172 Web: http://www.immigrantsolidarity.org/RNC/index.htm

Media Contact: Lee Siu Hin Tel: (626)695-3405 e-mail: siuhin@aol.com

Initial programs include..
Drivers Licenses for Immigrants
NYCPP

Immigrant Voting Rights Campaign
NICE

Day Laborers Struggle
Casa Freehold

The War Against The Poor
Poor People's Economic Human Rights Campaign

With music by
Nana Soul
David Rovics

FREE FOOD by Food Not Bombs & Seeds of Peace

MC/DJ by Artists & Activists United for Peace

Called by: National Immigrant Solidarity Network
Participated/Endorsed by: New Immigrant Community Empowerment(NICE), Still We Rise Coalition, Poor People's Economic Human Rights Campaign, New York Civic Participation Project (NYCPP), Casa Freehold, New York City AIDS Housing Network, Artists & Activists United for Peace(AAUP), Center for Constitutional Rights, International Action Center(IAC), ActionLA, Million Workers March, Campaign for Labor Rights, Student Peace Action Network, Nicaragua Network and many other human rights, labor & immigrant organizations.

**Please come to our last New York Planning Meeting**

Wednesday, August 25 5:00 PM to 7:00 PM
Center for Constitutional Rights Office
666 Broadway 6th Fl.
New York, NY 10012

Agenda:
- Volunteers sign-up
-general information, program for the August 27

Call to Action!

We are a nation of immigrant populations. The groups working together for this event include national and local organizations founded to work for civil justice and civil liberties. National Immigrant Solidarity Network ActionLA, Center for Constitutional Rights, Million Workers March, Student Peace Action Network, APALA-LA, Kensington Welfare Rights Union, Still We Rise Coalition, Nicaragua Network and many other human rights, labor and immigrant organizations.

Friday August 27, the day before the RNC Mobilization in New York City we call for a day of immigrant workers and community activists to put minds together and declare: No Immigrant Bashing! Support Immigrant Rights! No To Sweatshops! End The Racism On The Community!

Background Information

National Immigrant Solidarity Network and community, immigrant, human rights and student activist organizations will come together to call August 27 The Immigrant Worker Day of Action and Speak Out as a part of upcoming counter Republican National Convention Mobilization at New York City, August 29 to September 2.

We hope the Speak Out! can achieve a bourgeoning unity among community activists for a campaign strategy on immigrant-labor issues. We need to strengthen the anti-sweatshop campaigns, and the fight against racism. We will further the understanding on how to build a sustainable community campaign for the alternative to state and corporate causing poverty and refugees.

We want people and organizations participating in the Speak Out! help build the national structure for national campaign strategies.

We also hope the Speak Out! can be a model for the anti-globalization movement by creating a the new direction for joining international campaigns with community campaigns, to work with immigrant and student-labor organizations to support domestic immigrant rights campaigns from Mexico, Central and South Americas; and to link local issues to the anti-sweatshops and anti-globalization movements.

We will take back our communities.

Initial Schedule for the August 27 Immigrant Workers Speak Out!

Time: 4:00 PM - 10:00 PM

4:00 PM - 5:00 PM setup, welcoming people, pre-discussion gathering (just people who come early to create a space to talk)

5:00 PM opening ceremony, introduction to the Speak Out!

5:00 PM - 8:00 PM Expose (tabling and cultural performance)

8:00 PM - 9:15 PM Break out sections (workshops and meetings)

9:15 PM - 9:45 PM Report back and Closing ceremony

9:45 PM - 10:15 PM clean up

National Immigrant Solidarity Network
No Immigrant Bashing! Support Immigrant Rights!
webpage: http://www.ImmigrantSolidarity.org

Please subscribe to the August 27 Immigrant Solidarity Day of action planning listserv: Send an e-mail to: NoRNC-ImmigrantSolidarity-subscribe@yahoogroups.com