[mobglob-discuss] May 27- National Day of Action Status for All!]

[Harsha]

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

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

Saturday, May 27, 2006
Gather at 2pm
Vancouver Art Gallery (Robson Side)
WEAR WHITE.

With historic marches of hundreds of thousands of immigrants taking to the
streets in the US, grassroots immigrant and refugee groups are mobilizing
for a National Day of Action this coming May 27, 2006, with demonstrations
planned in Vancouver, Toronto, Montreal, Ottawa and elsewhere.

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 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 community-based
organizations in the Vancouver area belonging to movements and struggles
of the people of the Global South (Asia, Africa, Central and South
America, Middle East, the Caribbean region) and the struggles of such
migrant communities in Canada. With acknowledgement and in solidarity with
indigenous peoples, we strive for a positive vision in all lands in favour
of social, political, and economic justice, genuine democracy, and
self-determination that embraces the full dignity of all human beings.

Our current members are: Association of Chinese Canadians for Equality and
Solidarity Society, Bolivia Solidarity Committee, Canadian Network for a
Democratic Nepal, Consejo Indigena Popular de Oaxaca -Ricardo Flores Magon
- Vancouver, Committee for Solidarity with Colombia, Iranian Federation of
Refugees, Iranian Refugee B.C, La Surda Latin American Collective,
Justicia 4 Migrant Workers B.C, No One is Illegal, Palestine Arab Women’s
Association, Palestine Community Center, Salaam Vancouver, South Asian
Network for Secularism and Democracy, Vancouver Status of Women