Media opps leading up to May Day in Chicago (Updated)

[Orlando]

In this email you will find six activities leading up to the May Day march that may be of interest to journalists.   1. Sign Making with the Comité 10 de Marzo at La Misión 2. Chicago May Day Students Phone Banking 3. Chicago May Day Puppetry making and training (LVEJO) 4. Float Ornamenting with La Misión 5. “La Marcha de los Niños“ for family unity and an end to deportations 6. Union Workers and Their Children to Make Homemade Picket Signs on the Eve of May Day Rally   1.     Sign Making with the Comité 10 de Marzo at La Misión Wednesday, April 29th, at 2 pm The Mission of Our Lady of Guadalupe, 3442 W. 26th St., Little Village, Chicago. Students and community activist will arm the signs of the March 10th Committee: “Without Legalization there can be no equal labor rights. Contact: Orlando Sepúlveda, 773-387-8225, orl...@yahoo.com   2.     Chicago May Day Students Phone Banking Wednesday, April 29th, at 7 pm Décima Musa, 1901 S. Loomis Ave., Pilsen, Chicago Students from different campuses (DePaul, NEIU, HWC, UIC, U of C, and others) will gather to make phone calls to invite people to the May Day march. Contact: Ashley Weger, awe...@depaul.edu 3.     Chicago May Day Puppetry making and training (LVEJO) Wednesday, April 29th, 5pm-8:30pm   Youth Arts for Social Change Workshop for Little Village Environmental Justice Organization and the Backbone Campaign Contact person: Samuel Villaseñor,  clean...@lvejo.org Location: The Little Boys and Girls Club in Little Village, 2801 S Ridgeway Ave. (between 28th St & 30th St), Chicago, IL 60623. In the 2nd floor.   4.     Float Ornamenting with La Misión Thursday, April 30th, at 2 pm The March 10th Committee and activists from La Mission ornament their float for the May Day march. The Mission of Our Lady of Guadalupe, 3442 W. 26th St., Little Village, Chicago. Contact: Alexy Lanza, alexy...@yahoo.com, 312-656-8655 5.     “La Marcha de los Niños“ for family unity and an end to deportations April 30th, 6 pm at the corners of Jackson Blvd and Michigan Ave. The youth of Our Lady of Guadalupe Anglican Catholic Mission invites everyone to be part of “La marcha de los niños” demanding Family Unity and an end to raids and deportations. Contact: Deacon Jose Herrera, josefro...@aol.com 773.632.9992   6.     Union Workers and Their Children to Make Homemade Picket Signs on the Eve of May Day Rally WHAT:  A work session to draw by hand and then assemble hundreds of signs for the immigration rights' demonstration on May 1. WHEN:  4 p.m. -- 8 p.m., Wednesday, April 29. WHERE:  333 S. Ashland, Chicago ( Ashland and Van Buren), in the auditorium in the basement. WHO:  Workers who are members of the union Workers United and their children.   CHICAGO -- The auditorium in a historic union building will be filled with the sounds of staple guns, ripping duct tape, squeaking magic markers, and children's laughter on Wednesday, April 29. Union members and their children will gather there to draw by hand and then assemble hundreds of picket signs for the May Day rally for immigrants' rights. The members of the Chicago and Midwest Regional Joint Board of Workers United will make signs in several different languages and prepare other material for a large union contingent in the Friday, May 1 demonstration.   VISUALS:  Workers in bright T-shirts making colorful signs in different languages. Children working side-by-side with their parents to prepare for the demonstration.   There will be plenty of opportunity to interview those doing the work, to record audio, to shoot video footage, and to take still photographs.   BACKGROUND: Workers United has taken a strong stand in support of immigrants' rights. That stand has been welcomed by the union's membership, which includes many immigrant workers.    Contact:             Chris Mahin, (773) 726-1284, cma...@cmrjb.org