LAST ANNOUNCEMENT: Please forward widely, as soon as possible. A celebration of the third anniversary of the March 10, 2006 march for Legalization for All The crisis & our march to justice 2nd Annual Conference of the March 10th Committee Saturday March 7th. Azteca Mall, 3200 S. Kedzie Ave., Chicago, IL., 60623 The immigrant struggle is everybody’s struggle. Everybody’s struggle is an immigrant struggle. March 10th, 2006, gave birth to a mass mobilization for the legalization of the twelve million undocumented workers in the United Sates. But after three years, Washinton DC and the political right have only made the plight and uncertainty of millions of working families harsher. Now, and after a decade of neoliberal policies that have taken the world to the edge of economic collapse, the uncertainty has spread to all the homes of this country’s working folks. In response, the American people stopped the political rule of the right, overwhelmingly voting for change. In search of that change, immigrants are getting ready once again to march this May Day to demand justice and equality for all. With that purpose, the March 10th Committee invites you to a conference dedicated to discussing ideas for the next steps in the fight for social justice, while building unity between immigrant and native born workers. Program: SATURDAY, MARCH 7TH CONFERENCE SCHEDULE 9:00-10:00 Registration **Please note the General Workers Assembly starts at 9:00, other workshops at 10:00 9:00-12:00 GENERAL WORKERS ASSEMBLY Participating in round table discussions: Workers from Republic Windows, United Electrical Workers, Local 1110 Chicago Workers CollaborativeUnion Latina Trabajadores de Pizza Hut, Tech Air and others Moderator: Fernando Huerta (CWC) 10:00-12:00 WORKSHOP: Capitalism in crisis and its impact on immigrants Panelists: Lee Sustar – economic and labor writer for Socialist Worker newspaper Mark Meinster, United Electrical Workers organizer Moderator: Margot Nikitas, Jane Addams Hull House Museum
10:00-12:00 WORKSHOP: Health care crisis – its impact on immigrants and all workers Panelists: Kevin W. Minder, S.T.D. – Executive Director of the Center for Immigrant Healthcare Justice, St. Louis Carrie Schiff - C-SPAN (Chicago Single Payer Action Network) Pilsen Women's Medical Center Moderator: Jane Anichini 12:00-1:00 LUNCH onsite - Vendors of the Azteca Mall will sale food 1:00-5:00 Youth and education Round tables Moderator: Jorge Ortiz 1:00-2:00 Immigrant youth in education Carmela García, NEIU student, will kick off discussion 2:00-3:00 School/Campus Mobilizations Eli Martínez, Movimiento Cultural Latino Americano Kimberly Manzanares, UIC Against Budget Cuts and Mexican Student of Aztlán Proyecto P’alante 3:00-4:00 The fight Against school Closings Juan Ibarra Flores, Movimiento Cultural Latino Americano Caucus of Rank and File Educators of Chicago Teachers Union VOICE Blocks Together 4:00-5:00 The Crisis and its affect on Youth Ben O. 1:00-3:00 WORKSHOP: Responding to the Wars and Attacks on Immigrants Panelists: Laura Paz, Comité Anti Militarización (CAMI) Vicki Cervantes, La Voz de Abajo Rafael Cervantes, Chicago Otra Moderator: Héctor Gamboa 1:00-3:00 WORKSHOP: Labor Struggles in the Economic Crisis Panelists: Representative from Unión Latina Moisés Zavala, United Food and Commercial Workers, Local 881 Sharon Smith, labor historian and author of Subterranean Fire: A History of Working Class Struggle in the United States Moderator: Dulce Mora, Radio Arte 1:00-3:00 WORKSHOP: Repression and racism: An immigrant perspective Panelists: Ali Al Arian, Palestinian American whose father was political prisoner in US after 9-11 Alie Kabba, United African Organizations, CAAELLI: advocates against discrimination of African immigrants Nancy Flores, struggles for justice for her family after a police officer was driving drunk and killed her brother Moderator: Caty Bautista, South East Chicago Coalition for Immigrant Rights BREAK 3:00 to 3:15 3:15-5:15 WORKSHOP: What do we want for Immigration Reform in 2009? Panelists: Jorge Mújica, March 10 Committee José Artemio Arreola, ICIRR, Illinois Coalition for Immigrant and Refugee Rights Kristin Kumpf, Interfaith Worker Justice Center Claudia Lucero, National Alliance of Latin American and Caribbean Moderator: Bridget Broderick, March 10 Committee 3:15-5:15 WORKSHOP: Voices from the struggles against the oppression based in gender and sexuality. Panelists: Allison Burque and Kimberly Lux University of Chicago Feminist Student Organization and the Chicago Dialogue Project Missy Lorenzen, Join the Impact Yasmin Nair, freelance journalist, Chicago LGBTQ Immigrant Alliance Gender Just Owen Daniel-McCarter, Esq., Collective Member Transformative Justice Law Project of Illinois Moderator: Rosi Carrasco 5:30-8:00 PLENARY THE NEXT STEPS: END THE RAIDS AND DEPORTATIONS AND ORGANIZING FOR MAY DAY Panelists: Rosi Carrasco, Latino Organization of the Southwest Orlando Sepúlveda, International Socialist Organization Carlos Arango, Casa Aztlán James Thwinda, Chicago Jobs with Justice Carmela García, Movimiento Cultural Latino Americano Moderator: Tania Unzueta --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Internet group address: http://groups.google.com/group/ChicagoMayDay To send e-mail: [email protected] To unsuscribe: [email protected] -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
