"The day will come when our silence will be more powerful than the voices you strangle today." - August Spies

Pickets at the RNC and DNC offices on Capitol Hill: 12:30 pm
Rally and March at Malcolm X Park: 4:00 pm

Our Demands:

• Immigration Reform with Justice and Dignity for All

• Stop the Raids, Deportations, and Use of No-Match Letters
• Rescind the Anti-Immigrant Resolution in Prince William County
• Declare the District of Columbia a Sanctuary City for Immigrants
• Establish and Support Workers Centers in D.C., Maryland, and Virginia
• Support the Right of Return for Mt. Pleasant Tenants Displaced by the Recent Fire

To call attention to these demands, we will be organizing a series of events on May 1st. We will picket the national offices of the Republican and Democratic National Committees, calling on members of both parties to recognize the basic human rights of all immigrants to this country. We will also be holding a march and rally.

With national elections underway, this is a critical time for advocates of justice for immigrant communities to raise our voices in solidarity. Raids and deportations continue to tear families apart, both across the country and within the Washington metropolitan region. We aim to challenge the climate of fear that these raids have produced and to show that the immigrant community will not be silenced. We invite all organizations committed to the struggle for social justice to join us in making this mobilization a success.

Organizing Meetings are 7 pm on Tuesdays at St. Stephen's Church: 16th and Newton Sts. Metro: Columbia Heights. All are Welcome!

To Endorse or Receive More Information, email may1dc2008@gmail.com or call 202-640-5315

Sponsored By The May 1st 2008 Coalition

Participating Organizations include CASA of Maryland, the D.C. Alliance for Immigrant Justice, D.C. Jobs with Justice, DC Students for a Democratic Society, the Fellowship of Reconciliation- D.C., the FMLN-DC, the Gray Panthers, the Hip Hop Caucus, the International Socialist Organization, the Latino Media Collective, the Metro D.C. Interfaith Sanctuary Network, Mexicanos Sin Fronteras,the Richmond Defenders of Justice and Peace, the Socialist Workers Party, the 31-45 Mt. Pleasant St. Tenants Association, the Union de Trabajadores de D.C., the Virginia Immigrant People's Coalition, the Virginia Justice Center, the Virginia People United, the Washington Peace Center, and the Woodbridge Workers Committee.

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