Puente's proposed messaging for Saturday

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Dear Nicholas ,
First, thank you for stepping up and growing this movement for human rights beyond the borders of Arizona. It is through the dedicated action of people like you that we will set our country on the right track.
 
Second, you may or may not have already held your action, but I want to pass onto you the messaging we are asking people holding solidarity actions to use. We have been fighting for justice in Arizona and across the country for quite some time, so we have put a lot of time into thinking about and testing how we want to be framing this fight. Please see the messaging as a resource you can turn to as you paint your signs, develop your chants, write press releases, and talk to the press. If we are all speaking with a unified voice we will be much more powerful.
 
Below are messaging document and press advisory for your use.

 

Third, after your actions please send photos and video to Joseph Phelan - josephtho...@gmail.com or Marco Lorea - mlo...@ndlon.org so they can post your images to the www.altoarizona.com website.
 
In solidarity,
 
Sal Reza
Puente Movement
Phoenix, Az.

 

 

 

Messaging and Talking Points: Phoenix March Against SB 1070
May 29, 2010
www.altoarizona.org

 

"Undocumented and Unafraid No Tenemos Miedo"
'We can't wait…We won't be criminalized"

 

We will have the following demands for the Obama Administration:

 

Direct the Department of Homeland Security to refuse to take custody of anyone charged with violating
provisions of SB 1070.

 

Reassert the federal government's exclusive control over immigration law by making clear that state

 

and local police do not have the inherent authority to enforce immigration law.

 

Immediately suspend and terminate all police-ICE partnerships, including 287(g) agreements and the
so-called 'Secure Communities Initiative."

 

Stop Criminalizing Our Communities. SB1070 is racist and immoral.

 

Brown is not a crime, state-sanctioned discrimination is.
SB1070 will force local police to racially profile people

 

Arizona Governor Jan Brewer signed the most racist law in recent memory.

 

SB1070 violates United States Constitution and internationally recognized human rights.

 

Be On The Right Side of History: SB1070 is Where We Draw The Line

 

We march peacefully with dignity and a clear demand: Obama Stop SB1070 NOW
We are ALL undocumented and unafraid. We are all Arizona

 

We're not going anywhere. We will demonstrate until SB1070 is struck down

 

This is an unjust law and we will be forced to break it.

 

More than 30 states are organizing events in solidarity with the tens of thousands marching in Phoenix
today to assert our human rights and denounce the criminalization of our communities
Boycott Hate, Boycott Arizona

 

Arizona can't and will not profit from hate
We pledge to boycott the following companies that fund hate and support SB1070: Arizona

 

Diamondbacks, Tostitos, Anheuser-Busch Bud Light Beer, Jimmy Johns Gourmet Sandwiches

 

Conferences, Cities, and Cultural workers have all stepped up to boycott the state because they know
that SB1070 violates our nation's values.

 

President Obama: You have the Power to Stop SB1070, Use it

 

Obama could resolve this human rights crisis with the stroke of a pen
The president needs to end all police/immigration collaborations. Just like states can't have their own

 

military, they shouldn't meddle in the laws of migration.

 

Just like in the Civil Rights movement of the 1960s, the Federal Government must intervene in this
human rights crisis

 

Arizona is the Frontline of A Failed Federal Policy

 

SB1070 is part of a dangerous national trend of empowering local police to meddle in immigration enforcement

 

There are mini-Sheriff Arpaios and Arizonas creeping in all of our communities

 

287(g), Secure Communities and other ICE-police programs promote racial profiling and destroy public safety

 

Don't fall into the Arizona trap. Reject police-ICE collaborations

 

 

 

For Immediate Release
Contact: Sarahi Uribe, 202.285.9673 sarah...@gmail.com
Natalia Jaramillo, 786-317-3524 nat...@theworkerscenter.org
 
 
National Resistance to SB 1070 Escalates with Tens of Thousands Marching in Phoenix May 29th
Over 60 actions planned across the nation to join efforts in demanding President Obama take Federal Action
 
WHAT: National civil and human rights leaders rally to stop racial profiling law, SB 1070. Call on Obama Administration to take Action.
 
WHEN:  Saturday May 29, 2010
8:00am:  Pre-Rally and Performances at Indian Steele Park (Corner of 3rd Street and Indian School Rd)
10:00am-10:30am: estimated march start (see attachment for march route)
1:00pm-1:30pm: estimated arrival to State Capitol on 1700 West Washington, Phoenix, AZ. Follow by Rally and Performances
 
WHO: Rep. Raul Grijalva, Rep. Luis Gutierrez, National Day Laborer Organizing Network Executive Director Pablo Alvarado, AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka, International Executive Vice President of SEIU Eliseo Medina, Co-founder of United Farm Workers Dolores Huerta, singer Jenni Rivera, singer Alex Lora of El Tri, Trail of DREAMs, original participants of Mississippi Freedom Summer, and thousands of people from Arizona and states across the nation.
 
Pablo Alvarado, Executive Director, National Day Laborer Organizing Network, states, "The eyes of the world are watching and President Obama must act. SB1070 is where we draw the line and say enough is enough.  Enough of a disastrous and dangerous 'enforcement first' strategy to immigration reform. Enough to the criminalization of workers and families. We will escalate our struggle until the President acts concretely to stop the implementation of SB1070 and modernize the immigration laws to match the values of our nation."
 
***Logistics for media and march route attached. For a list of local solidarity actions visit: www.altoarizona.com
 
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