Wednesday, April 30, 2008

May Day for Undocumented Workers
















Marches and Rallies on May Day.
Tomorrow, May 1, there will be marches and rallies throughout the country. The marches and meetings will have different objectives - to make the country more aware of the plight of undocumented immigrants ; to protest the raids and inhumane attitude and behavior of ICE; to show support to immigrants.

There are differing attitudes among the pro-immigrant community about the marches and rallies. Some people believe that the marches make things worse - they make the other side even more angry and undocumented immigrants pay for this anger. Others say that the marches are necessary, that people cannot remain silent, because silence means agreement.

Whether you attend a march or not. It is important for everyone reading this post to at least be aware that people all over the country are so concerned they plan to take to the streets, even with the awareness of the risk involved - (the police violence that erupted in L.A. last year).

Below are times and locations of marches around the country, I apologize if some are not more specific, but this is all the information I have.



ARIZONA

Phoenix
8:30 a.m.
Veteran’s Memorial Coliseum to State Capitol

Tucson
8:00 a.m.
Southgate Shopping Center - I 10 & 6th Ave
Rally: 11:30 am
Armory Park

CALIFORNIA

Berkeley
11:00 a.m.
Rally and March
Sproul Plaza to City Hall

Chico
3:00 – 8:00
Meeting/March
City Hall

Davis
11:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m.
Meeting and March
UC Davis Campus

Farmersville
4 p.m.
Memorial Park

Fort Bragg
9:00 a.m.
La Bamba Store

Fresno
4:00 – 8:00 Meeting and March
Medical Center- Fulton Mall

Los Angeles
12 noon
Olympic/Broadway

Los Angeles
2:00 – 7:00 p.m. March and Meeting
3rd/Vermont to McArthur Park

Los Angeles
11 a.m.
5 Points to City Hall

Madera
5 p.m. Meeting

Martinez
5:30 p.m. Vigil and March
Martinez Marina

Modesto
10:00 a.m. Meeting
Hatch Road/Crow Landing

Mountain View
5:00 p.m. Vigil
The Worker Center at Calvary Church

Oakland
9 a.m.
Fruitvale Plaza – along International Boulevard

Sacramento
10 a.m.
Hiram Johnson High School to State Capitol

Salinas
12:00 – 5:00 p.m.
Four marches
Constitutional and Laurel

San Diego
10:00 a.m.
Chicano Park to City Hall

San Diego
3:00 p.m. Rally
City College

San Francisco
12:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m.
Dolores Park to Civic Center

San Jose
4:00 p.m. Rally and March
Mi Pueblo Shopping Center

San Rafael
6:00 – 10 a.m. Vigil and march
Community Center – Canal

Santa Rosa
11:00 a.m.
Old Albertsons Shopping Center

COLORADO

Denver
10:00 p.m.
Lincoln Park

ILLINOIS

Chicago
10:00 a.m.
Rally and March
Union Park

INDIANA

Indianapolis
5:00 p.m. – 9:00 PM

KENTUCKY

Louisville
5:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m. Meeting y march
Courthouse to Jefferson Park

MASSACHUSETTS

Boston
4:00 p.m. Meeting and march
Boston Common

Chelsea
2:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.
City Hall to Central Square

MICHIGAN

Detroit
Downtown

MINNESOTA

Minneapolis
4 p.m.
Lake Street

NEVADA

Las Vegas
7:00 p.m. Meeting
US Federal Courthouse

NEW JERSEY

Elizabeth
11:00 a.m. Meeting
Warinanco park

NEW MEXICO

Albuquerque
3:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Tiguex Park

Santa Fe
4:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m.
Downtown – De Vargas Park

NEW YORK

New York City
4:00 p.m.
Meeting and March
Union Square Park to Federal Plaza

NORTH CAROLINA

Raleigh
Peaceful Gathering
Legislative House

OREGON

Portland
4:00 p.m. Meeting and March
SW Park

Salem
11:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m.
March to State Capitol

PENNSYLVANIA

Pittsburgh
4:00 p.m. March and Meeting
Downtown to Mellon Square Park

TEXAS

Austin
5:00 p.m. – 7:30 p.m.Meeting
State Capitol

Houston
2:00 pm
1900 block of Louisiana at St. Joseph Parkway
Mickey Leeland Federal Building

McAllen
6:00 p.m.
Municipal Park

San Antonio
12 noon – 7:00 p.m. Meeting and March
Plaza del Zacate

WASHINGTON

Bellingham
12 noon – 6:00 p.m. Meeting
Cornwall Park

Mt. Vernon
11:00 a.m. Meeting and March

Seattle
3:00 p.m. March and Meeting
Seattle Center Fisher Pavillion

Yakima
3:30 p.m. March
Miller Park

WISCONSIN

Madison
12 noon March and meeting
State Capitol

Milwaukee
12 noon

CANADA

Vancouver
6:00: p.m.
Clark Park to Grandview Park



Information provided by blogs:

Vivir Latino
Managee
Citizen Orange

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