Monday, July 08, 2013

Tucson Protection Network Coalition Joins the National Fast Campaign "Not One More"


(En español sigue abajo)
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
July 8, 2013
CONTACT: (939) 579-3534
Tucson Protection Network Coalition Joins the National Fast Campaign "Not One More"
Tucson, Arizona - As the House of Representatives proceeds to discuss the Comprehensive Immigration Reform Bill (CIR) and moves forward with militarization policies that will continue to harm border communities, several members of our community will begin a fast from Tuesday July 16th through Saturday July 20th in Tucson, Arizona. The Protection Network Coalition's goal is to highlight how the immigration raids and deportations continue to separate families across the country.
"We fast in solidarity with all of those who are facing deportation proceedings, all of those who have been separated from their families and all of those who have been ripped apart from their communities. We fast to say not one more deportation," declares Eleazar Castellanos, a 46 year-old community leader at the Southside Worker Center and a fasting participant. The group's spiritual fast is one of a series of travelling fasts that have been taking place nationwide. Communities in California, Oregon, New York and Florida have also participated in the national fast. The campaign is expected to end in Washington, D.C. during the last week of July.
The Not One More fast aims to have national and local impact. On a national level, the community members who will be fasting are calling on President Obama to immediately suspend deportations. They are also demanding Congress to pass an immigration reform that is inclusive of all 11 million undocumented people in the United States, and to stop the militarization of the US-Mexico border.
On a local level, the Tucson community demands local law enforcement to stop collaborating with immigration law enforcement. Police and Border Patrol collaboration continues to divide families and terrorize communities in Tucson and across the country on a daily basis.
A Press Conference at Southside Presbyterian Church is scheduled for July 16th at 11:00 AM (at 317 W. 23rd St.) and will be the starting point of the week's activities and events.
For a soon-to-be-released list of daily activities in Tucson July 16-20, go to: www.facebook.com/events/138174623048100/?fref=ts 
More information on the National Fast available at: www.notonemoredeportation.com

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8 de Julio de 2013
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La Coalición de Redes de Protección de Tucson se une al Ayuno Nacional: Ni Una Deportación Más
Tucson, Arizona - Mientras la Cámara de Representantes continua debatiendo el proyecto de ley de la Reforma Migratoria y avanzan con políticas de militarización anti-migrantes que continuaran dañando y destruyendo nuestra comunidad, varios miembros de la comunidad de Tucson estarán llevando a cabo una jornada de ayuno que comenzara el Martes 16 de Julio y terminara el Sábado 20 de Julio de 2013. El objetivo de la Coalición de Redes de Protección de Tucson es destacar como las redadas de inmigración y las deportaciones continúan destruyendo familias alrededor de los Estados Unidos.
"Ayunamos en solidaridad con todas las personas que se encuentran en proceso de deportación, con todos aquellos que han sido separados/as de sus familias y arrebatados/as de sus comunidades. Ayunamos para decir ni una deportación más," declaró Eleazar Castellanos, líder comunitario del Centro de Trabajadores del Sur de Tucson quien estará ayunando. Dicho ayuno es parte de una jornada nacional que se ha estado llevando a cabo a lo largo de Estados Unidos. Comunidades en California, Oregon, Nueva York y Florida han participado en el ayuno nacional. Se espera que la jornada de ayunos culmine en Washington, D.C. durante la última semana de Julio.
La Coalición de Redes de Protección de Tucson espera que la campaña tenga un impacto nacional y local. A nivel nacional, la comunidad le exige al Presidente Obama un alto inmediato a las deportaciones. A su vez, le hacen un llamado a la Cámara de Representantes que pasen una Reforma Migratoria Comprensiva que incluya a los 11 millones de indocumentados/as en Estados Unidos y que se pare la militarización en la frontera entre Estados Unidos y México.
A nivel local, la comunidad de Tucson le exige a las autoridades locales que paren la colaboración con la Patrulla Fronteriza. La colaboración entre la Policía de Tucson y la Patrulla Fronteriza continúa dividiendo y aterrorizando la comunidad de Tucson a diario.
Una Conferencia de Prensa tendrá lugar en:
La Iglesia Presbiteriana en Southside
el 16 de Julio a las 11:00 AM (en 317 W. 23rd St.)
La misma será el comienzo de las actividades y eventos programadas para la semana del 16 al 20 de Julio.
Para ver el programa de actividades y eventos en Tucson del 16 al 20 de Julio visite nuestra página: www.facebook.com/events/138174623048100/?fref=ts 
Más información sobre el ayuno nacional disponible en: www.notonemoredeportation.com

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Tuesday, May 18, 2010

The movement needs GAS!

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The movement needs GAS!


Donate to the Grassroots Arizona Solidarity Fund


The movement for justice and to defeat anti-immigrant laws in Arizona needs GAS’!


The National Network for Immigrant and Refugee Rights has created a solidarity fund to support grassroots immigrant community-based organizing in Arizona.


To make our voices, our mobilizations and protests against SB1070 and other anti-immigrant laws in Arizona even more powerful means that we must also provide concrete support for Arizona's frontline community groups.


The easiest way to express your support for justice and human rights is to give a generous donation.


Show Your Support for Communities in Arizona:

Give Generously to the GAS Fund


Your donation will help community groups in the Coalición de Derechos Humanos in Tucson connect our movement for justice and human rights in the interior with the voices and movement of immigrant and indigenous communities on the border demanding an end to immigration-police collaboration and the demilitarization of immigration control and border communities.


Your generous donation will ensure that community groups have the resources, volunteers and funds to more effectively organize, resist and rollback SB1070 and other anti-immigrant laws and border militarization.

Click here to make a donation to the GAS Fund - the Grassroots Arizona Solidarity Fund.


Just write-in “Grassroots Arizona Solidarity” or “GAS” in the online “designation” box and we will make sure your contribution gets to the hard-working groups in Arizona.

Make your donation to the GAS Fund here.


NNIRR believes that our communities’ voices for legalization with rights and the demand for socially just immigration reforms are sending a clear message to President Obama and Congress:

  • Stopping SB1070 and other abusive policies and practices committed against immigrant workers, families and communities demands a plan that starts with rights and justice.

As you mobilize your community to hold vigils, protests and other activities to stop SB1070 from spreading, remember to generously donate to support the grassroots community groups on the frontlines of Arizona by giving to the GAS fund.

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