Vancouver- May 27 March for Immigrant Rights

 

(en español abajo)

Stop the Deportations! STATUS FOR ALL!
Dignity and Justice for Immigrant Communities!

NATIONAL DAY OF ACTION
Vancouver, Toronto, Ottawa, Montreal, Halifax, Fredericton, Peterborough, and more...

Saturday, May 27, 2006
Gather at 2pm
Vancouver Art Gallery (Robson Side)
In solidarity with marches in the US, please wear white.

==> Family-friendly march
==> Free charter buses will be at 12:30 pm at Kwantlen College, Surrey and 1 pm at parking lot corner Fraser and Southeast Marine Drive, Vancouver. Return 5 pm.

With historic marches with hundreds of thousands of immigrants taking to the streets in the US, grassroots immigrant groups are mobilizing for a National Day of Action this coming May 27, 2006, with demonstrations planned in several cities.

Across Canada, migrants, refugees and their allies will demonstrate against the deportation and detention of migrants and refugees, for a full, inclusive, unconditional and ongoing regularization program, and for full rights and dignity for immigrant communities against racism, poverty, and criminalization.

We are demonstrating because hundreds of thousands of people live without status, without sufficient access to health care or education, and in great fear of being detained or deported, all the while being the most exploited in the workplace. For decades immigrants have been scapegoated, and now since 9/11, the false link between immigrants and terrorism has developed with the racist use of Anti-Terrorism legislation and Security Certificates. Thousands of migrants, especially immigrant women, are forced to live in poverty; while thousands of temporary workers perform hard and dangerous labour, yet are denied their basic rights.

Join us on May 27 as we refuse to be silenced and as we refuse to live in fear. Celebrate our communities courage as we stand together to demand status for all and dignity for our friends, families, and communities!

For more information, contact us at saic@resist.ca or call 778-885-0040.

==> COMMUNITY PROGRAMMING FOR MAY 27TH NATIONAL DAY FOR IMMIGRANT JUSTICE AND STATUS FOR ALL! From Monday May 22nd to Saturday May 27th, CO-OP Radio will bring daily reports leading up to May 27th National Day for Immigrant Justice and Status for All! Tune in daily (May 22nd to May 25th) to the Brown Bagger lunch show noon to 1pm for reports from across Canada and Wake up with Co-op (Monday, Wednesday, and Friday at 7:30-9 am) for reports from Vancouver, Toronto and Montreal. Also tune into Bulland Awaaz (Monday May 22nd 5-6 pm), The Rational (Monday May 23rd 6-7 pm), Y57 Youth Show (Monday May 22nd 7-8 pm), Voices of Palestine (Tuesday May 23 8-9 pm), Collective Perspectives (Wednesday May 24th 6-7 pm), and Americana Latina Al Dia (Saturday May 27 noon-1:30 pm) for programming on (im)migrant justice! In Vancouver, also check out community programming leading upto the march on Latino Soy, Radio India, Radio Punjab, and Arab Media Channel.

==> Organized by the STATUS Coalition, a coalition of Middle Eastern, Latino, South Asian, African, Iranian, Chinese, and South East Asian immigrant community-based organizations: Association of Chinese Canadians for Equality and Solidarity Society, Bolivia Solidarity Committee, Canadian Network for a Democratic Nepal, Consejo Indigena Popular de Oaxaca -Ricardo Flores Magon - Vancouver, Committee for Solidarity with Colombia, Iranian Federation of Refugees, Iranian Refugee B.C, La Surda Latin American Collective, Justicia 4 Migrant Workers B.C, No One is Illegal, Palestine Arab Women’s Association, Palestine Community Center, Salaam Vancouver, South Asian Network for Secularism and Democracy, Vancouver Status of Women

==> ENDORSERS AND SUPPORTERS OF MAY 27TH RALLY (as of Monday May 22nd): Americana Latina Al Dia, Anti-Capitalist Community Forum, Anti-Trafficking Coalition Vancouver, Al-Awda Vancouver, Anti-Poverty Committee, Asian Society for the Intervention of AIDS, B.C. Committee for Human Rights in the Phillipines, BC Latin American Collective, Bulland Awaaz, Bus Riders Union, Café Rebelde Coalition, Canada Palestine Association, Canadian Auto Workers Union (CAW) National, Canadian Union of Public Employees Union (CUPE) Local 15, Chetna Association, Collective Perspectives, Co-op Radio, Colouring Book Project, Downtown Eastside Residents Association, Filipino Nurses Support Group, Grassroots Women, Group of Relatives and Friends of Political Prisoners in Mexico, Haiti Solidarity BC, Headlines Theatre, Hospital Employees Union, International Solidarity Movement, Muslim Canadian Congress, Latin American Connexions, Latinos in Action, Kalayaan Resource & Training Centre, North Shore Women’s Centre, Palestine Human Rights Committee, Philippine Women Centre, of B.C, Poets Against the War, Red Star Club, Rainbow Refugee, SIKLAB (Overseas Filipino Workers), Red Mexicas in Canada, SFPIRG, Teaching Support Staff Union, Ugnayan Ng Kabataang Pilipino Sa Canada (Filipino Canadian Youth Alliance), Vancouver Internationalist Bolivarian Circle “Bob Everton, Voices of Palestine, Wake up with Co-op, Wall Must Fall Campaign Canada, War Resisters.

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¡MARCHA POR LOS DERECHOS DE LOS INMIGRANTES!

DÍA DE ACCIÓN NACIONAL
Vancouver, Toronto, Ottawa, Montreal, Halifax, Fredericton, Peterborough, y otras...

Sábado 27 de mayo del 2006
Nos encontramos a las 2pm
en la Galería de Arte de Vancouver (lado de Robson).
VESTIR de BLANCO.

Con las marchas históricas de centenares de millares de inmigrantes volcándose a las calles en los EE.UU.., grupos de base de inmigrantes se están movilizando en Canadá para que el 27 de mayo del 2006 nos manifestemos en contra de la deportación y la detención de inmigrantes,
por plenos derechos y dignidad para las comunidades inmigrantes y en contra del racismo y la pobreza.

Únase a esta causa para que el 27 de mayo rechacemos ser silenciados y rechacemos vivir con miedo. ¡Celebremos el valor de nuestras comunidades al alzarnos en unidad para exigir el estatus para todos/todas y dignidad para nuestros amigos, familias, y comunidades!

Organizado por la Coalición STATUS, una coalición de organizaciones de base del Medio Oriente, Latinas, del Asia del Sur, del África, de Irán, China, y del Asia Sur oriental. Para más información, contactarnos al correo: saic@resist.ca o al teléfono 778-885-0040