Voces de la Frontera e-newsletter - April 22, 2008
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eNewsletter April 21, 2008
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It's just
ten days to the May 1st March!
Are there friends, workmates, or family
you can speak to about attending the march?
Can you offer time as a
volunteer to help prepare for the event or on the day itself? Please contact us
on (414) 643 1620
Can you help with a donation towards costs? Voces
de la Frontera can now accept online payments, large or small...
Whatever
you can do, please do it now!
In solidarity,
Voces de la
Frontera
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MAY 1st
MARCH
'First 100 Days' - Wisconsin's message message to
candidates
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 In the week that presidential candidates began to sketch out
plans for the opening weeks of their administrations, Voces de la Frontera
launched 'First 100 Days' as the rallying cry for the statewide civil
rights march - read press
release
Last
year, more than 80,000 people took to the streets of Milwaukee - and it is vital
that massive numbers do so again to send a clear message in this election
year.
Be part of May 1st, 2008. Be part
of history.
DOWNLOADS: Flyer Poster
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Businesses, Unions: Your comments needed to
stop SS No Match attack
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 A 'foolish immigration purge':
"Leave it to the Bush administration to throw thousands of law-abiding American
workers and companies off a cliff in perilous economic times. Americans anxious
about keeping their jobs should raise a stink and hope that the court rebuffs
the agency again." - New York Times editorial
A 30 day public comment
period is underway after the Department of Homeland Security has published its
No Match rule in the official register.
Millions of U.S. jobs are under
threat. It is vital that businesses, unions, and nonprofit organizations
register their comments by April 25th. Please act before Friday to add your
opposition.
Background on the No Match
attack
Model comments / how to add
yours
QUICKLINK: Make comments
online
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For Life, Land
and Dignity We Defend our Natural Resources...
The
Damages of Development: Xalalá Dam in Ixcán, Guatemala
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 Please join us for Guatemalan activist Jeronimo Osorio
Chen's visit to Milwaukee. Mr. Chen will discuss the overwhelming community
opposition to the Xalalá hydroelectric dam, a massive development project that
would displace indigenous communities and damage the ecosystem in the Ixcán,
Quiché region of Guatemala. The Xalalá dam is one example of the forced
displacement imposed by free trade agreements and "development" programs that
form part of the root causes of migration to the U.S.
Thursday, April 24 at 1:00-2:30pm,
UW Milwaukee, Bolten Hall, Room B87
Friday, April 25 at 7pm, Voces de la Frontera,
1027 S. 5th Street, Milwaukee WI
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Read the
latest Voces de la Frontera newspaper
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Our free monthly newspaper can be found in stores, schools, churches
and other community venues across southeast Wisconsin. It is also available online or by subscription.
Look out for a
special May issue to commemorate the May 1st march, available Thursday, May
8th.
For more information, contact Dave Moore at 414-643-1620 x 208 or
email
dave@vdlf.org
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Contact
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Voces de la Frontera - Milwaukee, 1027 S. 5th
Street - Phone: 414-643-1620
Voces de la
Frontera - Racine, 1701 Douglas Avenue - Phone: 262-619-4180
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