Posts Tagged ‘reform immigration FOR america’
El Paso residents turn themselves in as “Hispanic” to protest Arizona law
Posted: May 6, 2010 at 10:02 am By Rachel LaBruyereIn the wake of Arizonz’s new racial profiling law, SB 1070, the country has seen the grassroots energized and mobilized. From student walkouts in Arizona and Colorado, to solidarity vigils across the country, to half a million people in the streets on May 1st, it is clear that Arizona crossed a line and the people [...]
Another May Day rally roundup
Posted: May 5, 2010 at 5:04 pm By admin22,000 people attended the rally and vigil in Phoenix, AZ.
Stories are still pouring in from last Saturday’s rallies across America. You’ve seen the pictures from the huge events in Los Angeles, Chicago, and Washington DC. But there were also fantastic events in smaller cities all over the country.
In Albany, NY, hundreds of people marched to [...]
Rally FOR America in Philadelphia on April 10th
Posted: April 7, 2010 at 11:27 am By Rachel LaBruyereIn addition to events already planned for Seattle, Chicago and Las Vegas, folks will be gathering to Rally FOR America in Philadelphia, PA this Saturday. Details below:
Where: National Constitution Center, 525 Arch St, Philadelphia, PA.
When: Saturday, April 10th, 11:30 AM.
The rally will feature numerous exciting performances, including Kyo Taiko drumming, Irish dancing, Spanish language rappers [...]
Family Unity: Now is the time!
Posted: October 13, 2009 at 9:00 am By Rachel LaBruyereToday is the day we have all been waiting and preparing for. Today, thousands of leaders and advocates from across the country are uniting in Washington, DC to call on their members of Congress to support comprehensive immigration reform. Today, we are saying enough is enough. Today we are demanding that families not be torn [...]
Why do you support Comprehensive Immigration Reform?
Posted: September 3, 2009 at 12:42 pm By adminRich Stolz, campaign manager for Reform Immigration FOR America, just sent this email to our activists. I hope you’ll join him and me by signing onto our campaign principles!
Across the country, our opponents spent August talking about what they’re against:
They’re against fairness.
They’re against justice.
They’re against keeping families together.
I’m tired of hearing what people are against, [...]
California Dreamin' FOR Immigration Reform
Posted: July 28, 2009 at 10:09 am By adminThis past weekend, DREAM students in California hit the streets, and the beach, to help spread the word about the FOR America Campaign.
Working with CHIRLA, the Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights of Los Angeles, more than 50 students successfully engaged new audiences and fended off nasty remarks from detractors.
Together, we are building support for immigration [...]
VIDEO: RI4A Town Hall Opening
Posted: June 12, 2009 at 12:37 pm By adminBelow is the powerful video that opened the Town Hall during the Reform Immigration FOR America Summit last week.
Live-Blogging the Reform Immigration FOR America Summit Round 2
Posted: June 3, 2009 at 11:09 pm By admin12:00: I’m at the opening luncheon of the RI4A Summit and Ali Noorani, Executive Director of the National Immigration Forum, is speaking about why we are here and why America needs reform.
Noorani challenges the attendees to do everything they can to win in this campaign.
The crowd is fired up and responding loudly to his calls to action.
He [...]
Liveblogging: The Reform Immigration FOR America Campaign Summit
Posted: June 3, 2009 at 10:20 am By adminHey folks! Its a beautiful morning here in sunny Washington, DC. Advocates, activists, allies and friends are starting to arrive at the Reform Immigration FOR America Campaign Summit. I will be live-blogging the Summit over the next three days, filling all of you in on the highlights of this exciting moment in the fight for [...]
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