Immigrant Rights Movement Calendar of Events July-August-September 2006 ** * July 14-16, 2006: "Al-Awda: Fourth Annual International Convention" in San Francisco, CA. Sponsored by Al-Awda, The Palestine Right of Return Coalition, and the General Union of Palestine Students, at SFSU, for more info: www.al-awda.org tel (415) 678-6220 info@al-awda.org * July 15: Community Forum on Immigration, Labor, and Racial issues: Saturday, July 15th @ 10AM - 1PM at Centro del Pueblo San Francisco. Contact: Evelyn Sanchez, evinoemi@yahoo.com * July 19: March in Chicago, July 19th Wednesday, stop the deportations, raids, sanctions, separation of families; more info: www.legalizacionsi.com * July 20 in Oakland: "From Sasabe to Tucson -- Border Tour Reportback:" Bay Area community forum and reportback on border community tour that was organized by NNIRR and Tucson-based Coalicion de Derechos Humanos June 14-18, 2006. AT THE ASIAN RESOURCE CENTER, 310 8th Street in the lobby. Contact: Sheila Chung, sheila@immigrantrights.org * July 28-30: NNIRR national membership meeting, July 28-30, in Oakland, CA. Contact: Diana Wu, diana@nnirr.org * August 1-5: The national LCLAA convention will be held in San Antonio, TX from August 1st to the 5th. Contact: Gabriel Camacho, GCamacho@afsc.org * August 11-13: National immigrant rights movement conference in Chicago August 11-13, convened by March 25 Coalition. * August 12: Bay Area Immigrant Rights Coalition community summit Saturday August 12, 2006 in Oakland. Contact: Sheila Chung, sheila@immigrantrights.org * August-September, Community Hearings to counter the Republican-led House hearings being held this summer linking border militarization to immigration control: NNIRR with members and allies in the Rights Working Group are organizing a series community hearings in different states. NNIRR with Coalicion de Derechos Humanos, community hearing and mobilization in Yuma, Arizona, and a proposed one in Los Angeles, CA, also on August 14. Contact: Arnoldo Garcia, agarcia@nnirr.org * September 4: National day of action for immigrant rights, September 4, Labor Day. * September 12-15: NNIRR convening and organizing community mobilizations to the U.N. High Level Dialogue on Migration, in New York City. Contact: Colin Rajah crajah@nnirr.org bh
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