Immigrants Rights Day and Labor Speaks Out Day
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Speakers available for interviews:
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Immigrants Rights Day and Labor Speaks Out Day at Camp Democracy on September 7 and 8
WASHINGTON,
DC - September 7
WHAT: Immigrants Rights Day
WHERE:
Constitution Avenue and 14th Street
WHEN: Thursday,
September 7, 2006
Summary of events on Thursday,
September 7, 2006:
For a full schedule of events, go to:
www.campdemocracy.org/schedule
PARADE OF NATIONS:
DESPIERTA AMERICA/ WAKE-UP AMERICA
10:30 Parade begins at
Constitution Ave and 14th Street through Camp Democracy to
the Center stage.
Chanting Parade, led by Statue of
Liberty followed by participants with flags . Come prepared
with banging pots, pans and whistles.
10:45-11:00 Greeting of Welcome and Solidarity
11:00-11:30 Showing of "DYING TO LIVE, A Migrants Journey"
11:30 Press Conference: Solidarity with the peace movement.
11:30-Noon "Why Don't They Just Come Here
Legally" followed by Q&A
Presenter: Atty Vicenta Montoya,
Las Vegas, NV
12:00-1:00
BREAKING BREAD AND
BROWSING: (lunch time in main tent with opportunity to
listen to recorded migrant themed music and browse the
displays and tables) -- Presentation at noon by Carlos
Arredondo, an immigrant who lost his son in the Iraq
War.
1:00-2:00 "The Poison Pills of Hagel/ Martinez"
Presenter:
Atty Cristina Reibel, Legal Aid Justice
Center, Richmond, VA followed by Q & A.
2: 00-3:15 Film: May Day Demonstration in New Orleans followed by “Indentured Servitude in the 21st Century.” Presenter: Community Activist Carolina Reyes, New Orleans Worker Justice Coalition, New Orleans, LA
3:15 – 4:00 PM Film producer Robert Greenwald speaking.
Joining in We Are America March: Rally 4-6, March 6-8
4-5 p.m. Peter B. Collins leads workshop on "The FCC and Media Consolidation"
8-10 Memorial Candlelight Service for those who have died crossing the border
Musicians, singers, poetry
Camp Democracy is a 17-day event
focused not only on ending the war but also on righting
injustices here at home and on holding accountable the Bush
Administration and Congress.