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EmailMarch 6, 2006
HR 4437 and other anti-immigrant legislation
By Omar Medina
On Thursday, March 9, 2006 MEChA will be sponsoring an informational workshop on the recently passed house bill HR 4437 and the various anti-immigrant laws that are being proposed at the federal level. The workshop will take place in Stevenson Hall, room 2091 at 6:00pm.Davin Cardenas, a MEChA de Sonoma alumnus, will be the presenter of the workshop. Davin currently works for the Graton Day Laborer Center and is actively involved in the development of a coalition to fight against the anti-immigrant legislation in Sonoma County.
The workshop is the first of a series of events that MEChA de Sonoma is sponsoring in our efforts to combat the anti-immigrant sentiment that is building in the nation.
Other events that MEChA de Sonoma will be sponsoring/participating in are:
- 3/12/2006: Community Forum at OUr Lady of Guadalupe Church, 8400 Old Redwood Highway, Windsor, CA
- 3/16/2006: Resist, Organize, and Overcome: Organizing against anti-immigrant legislation
- 3/25/2006: Human/Immigrant Rights March at Flagstaff, AZ
- 3/26/2006: UFW and Immigrant Coalition March for Human/Immigrant Rights; from UFW office in Santa Rosa to Downtown Old Courthouse Square.
For more information email us at: info@mechadesonoma.org.
