May 1 Immigrant Rights March! - SNS members & allies represent!

[Vanessa Mijo Lee]

Hello everyone!  Hopefully you already know that the May Day March for Immigrant Rights is coming up this Fri, 3:30 pm.  There will be an api contingent, but we hope you will march with Sahngnoksoo's pungmul drummers, who will be gathering at Judkins Park (exact location to be announced soon).  It is so important for us to have a strong presence, so please come out.
We also need a few people to carry our banner and help out with drumming (no experience required!)
We do have a "Sahngnoksoo for Immigrant Rights" banner and need a couple people to volunteer to hold it. (and uh, anyone know wher that banner is?)
We would really really love to have a couple additional puk players. Puk is the barrel drum (not the hourglass shaped drum) used in pungmul.  Puk is soooooooo easy to play.  Trust me, you'll have it down in like half an hour at most.  Seriously, drumming at marches is so much more fun that just standing/walking around chanting - you will love it!  So please hit me up if you can play puk on Fri.
and!... Sun May 3, 2pm -  Sahngnoksoo will be performing at the API Cultural Festival at the Seattle Center.  We could definitely use a couple extra puk players for that - again, it's easy!  Or, just come out and support!

Hope to see y'all on Fri or Sun!
Mijo



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Dear API Community and Friends,

I'm hoping that all of you and your organizations will be able to come out for this year's May 1st Immigrant and Worker Rights rally and march! An Asian/Pacific Islander (API) contingent will be gathering in two places and marching together.

Friday, May 1st
3:30pm - 20th and Jackson in the Central District (Beginning of the march route)
3:45pm - 7th and Jackson in the International District (Waiting for the march to come through the ID and joining with the API contingent)

We are uniting in a call for genuine immigration reform. Please feel free to bring your own signs and banners from your organizations.

For more information on this event, please visit http://elcomitewa.org/mayeng.html
Check out this youtube clip for May 1st http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vLmIkJmaR0c

To volunteer for this event (security and bucket brigade volunteers are still needed), please contact Joanne Alcantara (jow...@gmail.com) or El Comite's Carlos Marentes at (laza...@hotmail.com). Please also consider making a generous donation to this event:
Committee for Immigration Reform and Social Justice
2021 S Weller St, Seattle, WA 98144
note: May 1st Rally and March

Looking forward to your participation!

[Vanessa Mijo Lee]

clarification:  Sahngnoksoo is planning to join up with the api contingent, but will be gathering at the park, not 20th/Jackson.