[antiwar-van] May 27- National Day for Immigrant Rights!

[Harsha]

For our poster and more information: www.solidarityacrossborders.org

Stop the Deportations! STATUS FOR ALL!
Dignity and Justice for Immigrant Communities!

NATIONAL DAY OF ACTION
Vancouver, Toronto, Ottawa, Montreal, Halifax, Fredericton, Peterborough,
and more...

Saturday, May 27, 2006
Gather at 2pm
Vancouver Art Gallery (Robson Side)
IN SOLIDARITY WITH THE IMMIGRANT MARCHES IN THE US, WEAR WHITE.

==> Family-friendly
==> Pick-up in Buses from Surrey and South Vancouver available, Please call
778-885-0040 for more details.

With historic marches with hundreds of thousands of immigrants taking to
the streets in the US, grassroots immigrant groups are mobilizing for a
National Day of Action this coming May 27, 2006, with demonstrations
planned in several cities.

Across Canada, migrants, refugees and their allies will demonstrate
against the deportation and detention of migrants and refugees, for a
full, inclusive, unconditional and ongoing regularization program, and for
full rights and dignity for immigrant communities against racism, poverty,
and criminalization.

We are demonstrating because hundreds of thousands of people live without
status, without sufficient access to health care or education, and in
great fear of being detained or deported, all the while being the most
exploited in the workplace. For decades immigrants have been scapegoated,
and now since 9/11, the false link between immigrants and terrorism has
developed with the racist use of Anti-Terrorism legislation and Security
Certificates. Thousands of migrants, especially immigrant women, are
forced to live in poverty; while thousands of temporary workers perform
hard and dangerous labour, yet are denied their basic rights.

Join us on May 27 as we refuse to be silenced and as we refuse to live in
fear. Celebrate our communities courage as we stand together to demand
status for all and dignity for our friends, families, and communities!

For more information, contact us at saic at resist.ca or call 778-885-0040

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Organized by the STATUS Coalition, a coalition of Middle Eastern, Latino,
South Asian, African, Iranian, Chinese, and South East Asian immigrant
community-based organizations. For more information, contact us at
saic at resist.ca or call 778-885-0040