[Sosfbay-discuss] MAY DAY ACTIONS

Sun Apr 27 21:38:06 PDT 2008

On Sun, April 27, 2008 21:14, Drew Johnson wrote:
> In San Jose, an Immigrants Being Active Participants in Change march will
> gather at 4pm in the Mi Pueblo Foods parking lot (Story and King Roads)
> and will head down King Road and Santa Clara Street to San José City Hall
> (Santa Clara and 5th Streets).

Here's the SF and Oakland timeline:

MAY DAY, Thursday, May 1, 2008
10:30 am:  Meet at Mason and Beach (in Fishersmans' Wharf).  March to
Justin Herman Plaza.
12:00 noon:  Rally at Justin Herman Plaza.
12:30 PM:  Direct Action to Stop the War (DASW)
                March/protest at military recruitment center & ICE
                Depart from Justin Herman Plaza (Embarcadero BART)
1:30pm:  Take the "J" Car to Dolores Park.
2:00 pm:  Assemble at Dolores Park for the Immigrants' Rights May Day March.
OAKLAND 3:00 pm: Assemble at Fruitvale BART Station for Oakland's
Immigrants' Rights May Day March. March to Oakland City Hall.
http://maydayilwu.googlepages.com/oaklandmayday2008%21
3:30 pm:  March to Civic Center.
5:00 pm:  Immigrants' Rights May Day Rally at Civic Center.
OAKLAND 6:00 pm: Oakland's Immigrants' Rights May Day Rally at Oakland
City Hall. http://maydayilwu.googlepages.com/oaklandmayday2008%21
6:00 pm:  Take the "N" Car to AT&T Baseball Park.
6:00 pm:    Community MAY DAY Potluck Celebration!
                ILWU Local 34
                801 Second Street
                San Francisco, CA 94107
7:30 pm:   Young Worker's United Party
                Balazo at 2183 Mission St (and 18th)
                Bands at 9pm: Beefycakes!; Angela Chase!; Concepto
Tambor!; Mezklah!; DJ Rael spinning hip hop and Latin
music!

> MAY DAY IN OAKLAND:
>
> OAKLAND SIN FRONTERAS
>
> April 25, 2008 For Immediate Release
>
> Contact: Andrea Mercado, Mujeres Unidas y Activas (510) 205 3684,
> andreacristina at mujeresunidas.net
>
> Solange Echeverria, SEIU Local 1877 (408) 280 7770
> srecheverria at hotmail.com
>
>
> On May 1 Oakland Families Call for "No War, No Walls, No Raids"
> Thursday, May 1, 2008 Rallies, Music and March in Oakland
>
> 3:00-4:00pm Rally & Cultural Performances, Fruitvale BART Plaza
>
> 4:00-6:00pm March down International Blvd to Oakland City Hall
>
> 6:00-7:30pm Rally & Cultural Performances at City Hall, 1 Frank Ogawa
> Plaza
>
> Two years have passed since millions of immigrants took to the streets
> demanding human rights and calling for "legalization for all". This year a
> coalition of Oakland community based organizations, community clinics,
> labor unions, student groups, and anti-war organizations have planned a
> multicultural, intergenerational event that focuses on the root causes of
> migration: economic displacement, trade policy, war and militarization,
> and calls for human rights, social services, sanctuary, peace and unity.
>
> Confirmed Speakers Include:
>
> Cynthia McKinney, Former member of the US House of Representatives
> Evelyn Sanchez, Bay Area Immigrant Rights Coalition
> Clarence Thomas, International Longshore & Warehouse Union
> Betty Olson- Jones, Oakland Education Association, President
> Maria Jimenez, Mujeres Unidas y Activas
> Sharon Cornu, Alameda Central Labor Council
> Carlos Mares, Lucha Unida, Day Labor Organizer
> High school student, Youth Together
> Filipino Airport Worker, PAWIS
>
> Cultural Performances:
> FUGA (pending confirmation)
> Roxana Damas, singer/ songwriter
> Danza Cuauhtonal, Aztec Dancers
> East Side Arts Alliance performers
> Peralta Creek Middle School Spoken Word Poets
> La Pena Cultural Center performers
>
> Sponsoring organizations include: Alameda Central Labor Council, AFSCME
> Local 3299, Anak Bayan East Bay, Bay Area Labor Committee for Peace &
> Justice, Black Alliance for Just Immigration, La Clinica de La Raza, East
> Side Arts Alliance, EBASE, Filipinos for Affirmative Action, Huaxtec, ISO,
> Just Cause Oakland, Mujeres Unidas y Activas, OEA, Peace and Freedom
> Party, SEIU 1877, SEIU United Healthcare Workers West, Spanish Speaking
> Citizens Foundation, Teamsters, Unite Here 2850, United for Peace and
> Justice, and more
>
> # # #
>
> ________________________________
>
>
> MAY DAY 2008 NO PEACE NO WORK
> Labor demands the end to the war of occupation of Iraq.
> Labor support respect and justice for immigrants.
>
> The ILWU will shut down the Port to demonstrate its opposition to the Iraq
> Occupation.
>
> Immigrants will once again take to the streets with their allies to demand
> their rights, respect and justice.
>
> At 10:30 a.m., assemble at Beach & Mason in SF, near the ILWU Local 10
> Hall at Fisherman's Wharf, march at 11:00 down Embarcadero to Justin
> Herman Plaza (across from the Ferry Building), for a rally at Noon.
>
> To march with immigrants in San Francisco, assemble in Dolores Park at
> 2:00 p.m. MARCH to Civic Center, where there will be a RALLY at 5:00.
>
> To march with immigrants in the East Bay, assemble at Fruitvale BART in
> Oakland at 3:00 p.m. MARCH to Oakland City Hall Plaza for a RALLY 6:00
> p.m.
>
> MAY DAY 2008 DEMANDS
> (adopted by Oakland Sin Fronteras - Oakland Without Borders)
>
> 1. END THE HARASSMENT AND PERSECUTION OF IMMIGRANT COMMUNITIES BY FEDERAL
> AGENCIES & LOCAL POLICE
>
> 2. MONEY FOR SERVICES, NOT WAR
>
> 3. STOP THE UPROOTING AND DISPLACEMENT OF THIRD WORLD COMMUNITIES
>
> 4. HALT THE USE OF NO-MATCH LETTERS TO INTIMIDATE WORKER ORGANIZING
> EFFORTS
>
> 5. HOLD ELECTED OFFICIALS ACCOUNTABLE TO SUPPORT IMMIGRANT RIGHTS
>
> for more info: http://maydayilwu.googlepages.com/
>
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> Call your congressperson and senators 1-800-828-0498
> Tell them
> Don't attack Iran! Bring our troops home now!
> No more money for occupation!
> Demand the Army accept Lt. Watada’s resignation.
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>
>
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