Posted on 04/30/2006 8:24:47 PM PDT by Will_Zurmacht
Web-posted Apr. 29, 12:40: PM Rally to advocate positive immigration reform By Pablo Candia Dodge City Daily Globe
Dodge City’s Latino community will participate in a two-day event Sunday and Monday to advocate positive immigration reform and defend immigrant worker rights.
The first part of the event has been named "A Day of Unity" and will run from 5:30-7:30 p.m. Sunday, and "A Day of Action” will take place from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Monday. The Regional Latino Affairs Council of Southwest Kansas will promote these activities in Wright Park.
Organizers said they want to have a positive movement without attitudes that might be interpreted as confrontational.
"Sunday, April 30, will provide an opportunity for us to unite without having to worry about how it will affect our jobs, our paychecks, or our children’s education,” said a press release from the council. “We want to show our actions are aimed at legislators and not our people, community, businesses, school system or local economy.”
On Sunday, participants in the Wright Park event will receive updated information on the immigration reform bill that is being debated in the U.S. Senate. Also they will receive educational information on how the process to get citizenship works and how to participate more in the community.
A history of immigrants and three testimonials from Latinos in the process of legalization will also be offered. Two musical groups, "Decision" and "Diferencia," will contribute to celebrate the event.
Monday’s “Day of Action” is intended to encourage Latino immigrants to become more involved with the community by doing volunteer work.
Organizers said they are encouraging Latinos to go to work and send their children to school on Monday under the slogan "Positive action for positive change." They said Monday’s activities will be mostly for those Latino workers who have permission of their employers to take Monday off. Cargill Meat Solutions and National Beef will both close for Monday’s rally.
The activity will start with a tree dedication in Wright Park to symbolize that Latino immigrants also have their roots in southwest Kansas. Afterwards, the participants will be organized into groups to do volunteer work at parks, hospital, nursing homes and help the elderly, schools and the local Mexican American Ministries office. Organizers are encouraging Latino immigrants to wear white shirts during the events and carry American flags to show peace and unity, and to let others know they are also part of America.
The two-day activities, organizers said, are not exclusively for Latino immigrants, and the whole community is invited. Participants are encouraged to take lunches with them for Monday’s activity.
According to the organizers, CBS Evening News staff phoned them to indicate an interest in coming to Dodge City to cover the events.
"Does he have a real SS card"?
Illegals are actively courted by our SS to obtain valid cards.....it was all part of GWB's "normalization" of SS with messsssico.
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