FW: Postville Iowa, Immigration Raid Anniversary and the Play "La Historia de Nuestras Vidas"

[Rosendo Delgado]

Dear Compañer@s:

 

  Please pay atention to this press release in regards to Postville Iowa.

This is were ICE raided and aprehended 389 of our Mexican and Centro American brothers and sisters; the rest is history.

 

Rosendo Delgado

Latinos Unidos de Michigan

 

-----Original Message-----
From: Trisha Chokshi [mailto:tcho...@midwesthumanrights.org]
Sent: Tuesday, March 24, 2009 1:22 PM
To: immig...@midwesthumanrights.org
Subject: [immigrants] FW: Postville Iowa, Immigration Raid Anniversary

MCHR Immigrant Committee Members -

 

There are two different pieces of information on Postville below that might be of interest to Committee members.  

The first is about a play, written by a group of men affected by the raid, that's being shown in IA next month; the second  

is about the May 12 first anniversary of the raid. Documents for both of these items are attached.

 

Trisha

TRISHA CHOKSHI
Associate Coordinator
Midwest Coalition for Human Rights
c/o Heartland Alliance
208 South LaSalle Street |Suite 1818
Chicago, IL 60604
Tel: (312) 660-1612
Website: www.MidwestHumanRights.org

 

-----Original Message-----

From: Kate Elizabeth Blair [mailto:blai...@luther.edu

]  
Sent: Monday, March 23, 2009 9:41 PM 
To: Peterson, Dawn [ICRC] 
Subject: Fwd: POSTER - print this version!

Hello Dawn Peterson!  
 
 I have currently been collaborating with a group of men affected by the Postville raid and a group of community artists on a play which the men from Guatemala and Mexico/Postville wrote. You can share this information with anyone who might be interested. Attached is a flier - I will forward another flier which lists the dates for the other location for the performance.

La Historia de Nuestras Vidas: A work in progress presentation of an original play detailing personal accounts of U.S. immigration, the raid in Postville, and federal detention. Saturday, March 28th, and Sunday, March 29th at 7:30 p.m. Good Shepherd Church, 701 Iowa Avenue, Decorah.

The play will also be performed the following weekend, Saturday, April

4 at 4 p.m., and Sunday, April 5, at 6 p.m. in the CFL Recital Hall at Luther College. All seating by open donation.

Thank you, again, and hope to see you at the play!

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From: Sol Varisco [mailto:SVar...@dmdiocese.org]
Sent: Monday, March 23, 2009 11:30 AM
To: Sol Varisco
Subject: FW: Postville Iowa, Immigration Raid Anniversary

 

FYI Please share with your contacts information below from Sister Mary about first year anniversary of Immigration Raid in Postville. Find press release attached.

 

Thanks,

 

Ms.Sol Varisco-Santini

Migration and Refugees Services

Program Coordinator

Catholic Charities

601 Grand Avenue

Des Moines, IA 50309

Phone:515-237-5068

Fax: 515-237-5070

svar...@dmdiocese.org

"Violence anywhere hurts everyone everywhere,"MLK.Season For Nonviolence begins on January 30 to April 4th.

 

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FOR IMMEDIATE PRESS RELEASE   POSTVILLE, IOWA   A Call for Nationwide Awareness and Commemoration of the Postville, Iowa Immigration Raid   May 12, 2009   POSTVILLE, IA - Tuesday, May 12 marks the first anniversary of the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) raid on Postville, Iowa.   To stand in solidarity with the 389 people who were detained and their families, a nationwide day of remembrance has been declared to promote awareness of the devastating effects of raids.   The prayer vigil and walk to commemorate the event will be held as follows:   Tuesday, May 12, 2009 3:30 p.m. – Gather at St. Bridget’s Church, 141 W Williams St, Postville, Iowa 4:00 p.m. – Prayer Vigil and Remembrance 5:00 p.m. – Solidarity Walk to Agriprocessors   The event is a unified call for comprehensive immigration reform, just labor practices, family unity and an end to raids.   Invitations will be sent throughout the country to political and faith leaders, social justice advocacy groups, and all who offered assistance to those affected by the raid, requesting their presence in body or spirit on the day of the event.   On this nationwide day of remembrance and solidarity, We urge faith communities of all denominations to sound a call for justice, e.g., ringing of church bells or blowing of the shofar at 10:00 a.m, the time the raid began. Text of the prayer vigil and remembrance will be available for adaptation for local use after April 15 at www.postvillestbridget.org. Individuals and towns are encouraged to don red ribbons as in Postville on the day of the raid.   Media Contact: Sister Mary McCauley, BVM Email: mmcc...@bvmcong.org Phone: 563.581.6877   Prayer Vigil text available after April 15 at www.postvillestbridget.org   ###