[Lekooks] May 1st Day of Action - March and Rally for Immigrant and Worker Rights

[Liz Kreml]

I'm going and would love to carpool but 11:30 seems a little late, it
starts at noon, is that really when you're going to leave?

And here's a fact sheet on ICE's 287g program to "deputize" local LEO's to
enforce federal ICE mandates.

https://www.ice.gov/factsheets/287g

I think we need to consider county and city employees being directed by a
federal agency, as in 287g, more closely. It raises an important
fundamental question about how our government operates with implications
far beyond this one application and no one (media) seems to be addressing
that.

For me this march is both for justice for immigrants and workers and
against a precedent setting overreach of the federal government. That's why
I'm going to march in my Guy Fawkes mask as V. That and I'm skipping work
and don't want to end up in the background of a news story. :-)

And justice for all,
Liz

​https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guy_Fawkes_mask

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On Sat, Apr 29, 2017 at 6:54 PM, Kerry Duma via Lekooks <lekooks at lekook.org>
wrote:

> Dear kooks,
>
> This Monday May 1st is a national day of action for immigrant and worker
> rights.  Hundreds of cities will see marches and actions, and many
> organizations have endorsed the call for a general strike led by immigrants
> and workers.  Voces de la Frontera is organizing a statewide march in
> Milwaukee at noon.  The march will leave from 1027 S. 5th Street and march
> to the Wells Street entrance of the Milwaukee County Courthouse to rally on
> the courthouse steps.
>
> If you would like to carpool down for the march and rally, we'll leave
> from the Nagawaukee Park and Ride at 11:30 on Monday.  Let me or Phil know
> if you will be joining us.
>
> In solidarity and resistance,
> Kerry and Phil
>
> *WHAT:* Wisconsin Day without Latinxs, Immigrants, & Refugees: statewide
> march in Milwaukee. Part of the May 1st national day of resistance for
> immigrant and worker rights (partial list of 200+ events here
> <https://voces.ourpowerbase.net/sites/all/modules/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=574&qid=1130363>
> )
>
> *WHO*: Voces de la Frontera, Youth Empowered in the Struggle, Coalition
> for an Inclusive Wisconsin, State Rep. David Crowley, elected officials,
> Muslim community organizations, LGBTQ leaders, religious leaders, thousands
> of immigrant workers, business owners, students and their families,
> community supporters, more
>
> *WHEN:* Monday, May 1st, 12pm. Buses leaving throughout the morning from
> 12 cities throughout the state. Click here
> <https://voces.ourpowerbase.net/sites/all/modules/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=575&qid=1130363> for
> a list of bus pickup locations and times when interviews can be conducted.
>
> *WHERE:* March assembles at 1027 S. 5th St. in Milwaukee and marches to
> the Wells St. entrance of the Milwaukee County Courthouse. Rally on the
> courthouse steps to follow.
>
>
> MILWAUKEE – Monday, May 1st, is a national day of action for immigrant and
> worker rights to resist Trump and keep families together. Hundreds of
> cities will see marches and actions, and many organizations have endorsed
> the call for a general strike led by immigrants and workers. In Wisconsin,
> tens of thousands are expected to strike & withdraw children from
> school while hundreds of businesses close (partial list here
> <https://voces.ourpowerbase.net/sites/all/modules/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=573&qid=1130363>) to
> join the 12pm statewide march in Milwaukee leaving from Voces de la
> Frontera’s office.
>
> “Milwaukee has become the national epicenter of the fight against 287g and
> Trump’s efforts to turn local law enforcment into an arm of the mass
> deportation machine,” said Christine Neumann-Ortiz, Executive Director of
> Voces de la Frontera. “The recent federal court decision blocking Trump’s
> executive orders attacking sanctuary cities, counties, and
> states represents progress for our movement, but we cannot rely on the
> courts alone. On May 1st, we’re marching to celebrate local sanctuary
> victories, demand that Governor Walker remove Sheriff Clarke from
> office, and to demand Clarke face criminal charges for his responsibility
> for the deaths in the jail and abuses of power. Tens of thousands will
> march to reject Clarke’s efforts to bring 287g to Wisconsin, and against
> the Trump Administration’s campaign of state terror against immigrant
> families and people of color.”
>
> Nationally, the immigrant rights movement is demanding an end to Trump’s
> attacks on immigrant communities, Black communities, Muslims, LGBTQ people,
> women, and working class people. In Wisconsin, marchers will endorse these
> demands and urge Governor Scott Walker to fire Milwaukee County Sheriff
> David Clarke, block the anti-sanctuary city bill, and restore driver’s
> licenses to immigrants.
>
> Over 200 marches and rallies have been called nationwide (partial list
> here
> <https://voces.ourpowerbase.net/sites/all/modules/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=574&qid=1130363>).
> Networks, organizations and unions mobilizing nationally on May 1st include
> the Fair Immigration Reform Movement, the Black Lives Matter movement,
> AFL-CIO, United We Dream, SEIU, Food Chain Workers Alliance, Church World
> Service, Moveon.org, Sierra Club, Alliance to Reclaim Our Schools, United
> Farm Workers, Fight for $15, National Day Laborer Organizing Network
> (NDLON), American Federation of Teachers (AFT), National Educator’s
> Association (NEA), and hundreds more.
>
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