The plan for the April 10 Day of Action came from the grassroots. The National Capital Immigrant Coalition – a coalition of immigrant, labor, faith, civil rights and business community groups in the metro, Washington, DC area – and allies around the nation, developed the concept of a National Day of Action. Their good idea caught on like wildfire and today hundreds of local grassroots organizations and coalitions are working together in cities all over America to make our voices heard.
Regional Coalition Launches Drive To Mobilize 20,000 to Washington
“Instead of fixing a broken immigration system, Congress is poised to pass legislation that will turn all the 11 million undocumented, as well as the people who help them, into felons,” said Jaime Contreras, President of the National Capital Immigrant Coalition and Regional Chair of SEIU Local 32BJ.
The sleeping Latino giant is finally awake," said Jaime Contreras, president of the national Capital Immigration Coalition.
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Latinos force US rethink on visas
Tom Baldwin, Washington
April 08, 2006
THE political muscle of Latinos on the march in the US has forced Republicans into a remarkable retreat, paving the way for a compromise deal in Congress that will give American citizenship to millions of illegal immigrants.
http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,20867,18748116-2703,00.html
LULAC is part of the National Capitol Immigration Coalition (NCIC)
http://tinyurl.com/pjwwg
Coordinated by the National Capital Immigrant Coalition in the metro Washington, DC area and hundreds of grassroots organizations around the nation, immigrant communities and allies will come together for the largest mobilization for immigrant justice in our nation's history.
The www.April10.org website is hosted by FIRM - the Fair Immigration Reform Movement, a project of the Center for Community Change.
The Center, founded in 1968, grew out of a powerful combination of ideas and events in the 1960s. Many important partners, including the Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Fund, the Ford Foundation, and leaders of the United Auto Workers, made the Center for Community Change a reality.