May Day - for Immigrant Rights - in Milwaukee
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eNewsletter May 2, 2008
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 It's
official - Milwaukee's May 1st march
was the largest in the nation with
30,000
taking to the streets yesterday to deliver
a clear message of
'First 100 Days' - a
call on the next president to commit to
just and
humane immigration reform in
their first 100 days in office.
This
newsletter has links to lots of
excellent news coverage of the marches - but
it also comes with an
appeal for you to make your voices heard again.
Many of those news reports allow
comments and, in many cases,
the anti-immigration crowd have the platform
all to themselves.
Can you add a voice of reason and compassion to turn
the tide?...
In solidarity,
Voces de la
Frontera
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GOOD MEDIA, BAD
ATTITUDES
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The
media is full of decent coverage of yesterdays march in
Milwaukee.
But many websites that allow comments are already full of
bile,
especially the Racine Journal Times and Kenosha News (in bold below).
Now's the time to have your say...
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Did we miss something? Send details
to vdlf@vdlf.org
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Don't wait until November to vote!!
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Because
of our work to support immigrant rights, Voces de la Frontera is
one of
three nominees in an online poll begun today...
One Wisconsin Now has three
candidates nominated for a 'FROWN' and three
great candidates for 'RENOWN', including ourselves, our friends at
Wisconsin
Network for Peace and Justice and Senator Herb Kohl.
VOTE
HERE
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Next
Voces de la Frontera newspaper OUT SOON!!
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Look out for a special issue to commemorate the May 1st march with
lots of
pictures and coverage. We aim to have that available by Thursday,
May 8th
- watch this space.
Do you have photos of the march
to share? We're looking for the very best
photos for use at our website and
in our next newspaper...
email your pictures and your name
to 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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