Support the Cesar Chavez Day Walk Saturday and WALKOUT! March 30
JOIN THOUSANDS IN CELEBRATING CESAR CHAVEZ DAY (the State Holiday) by participating in the
THE 9TH ANNUAL CESAR CHAVEZ WALK
Walk alongside Chavez family members, students, elected officials, celebrities,
and community members in celebrating Cesar Chavez Day 2007
SATURDAY, MARCH 31st, 2007
at Historic Olvera Street
(Main Street between Arcadia and Cesar Chavez Avenue)
125 Paseo de la Plaza
Los Angeles, CA 90012
8:00am
Join us for music, educational booths, and fun!
COME AND MAKE HISTORY!
For more information or to register:
www.ufwfoundation.org
cesarchavezwalk@yahoo.com
(323) 722-0118
Hosted By: www.ufwfoundation.org
When: 31 Mar 2007, 08:00
Where: La Placita Olvera
845 North Alameda Street
Los Angeles, CA 90001
United States
Description:
www.ufwfoundation.org
Click Here To View Event
THIS YEAR THE WALK WILL BE THE LARGEST COLLECTION SITE FOR THE OVER 28,000 FARM WORKERS WHO WERE AFFECTED by THE CA CITRUS FREEZE WHICH WAS DECLARED AN EMERGENCY IN CA AND FEDERALLY.
PLEASE SUPPORT THOSE WHO PUT FOOD ON YOUR TABLE-IN THEIR TIME OF NEED.
SPECIAL GUEST WALK TEAM:
”BLACK EYED PEAS”
and
PERFORMING LIVE:
“UPGROUND”
WEBLINKS
CHAVEZ WALK PROMO VIDEO
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e7GCCBIgFaQ
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MARCH 30, 2007:
HONOR THE
CÉSAR CHÁVEZ HOLIDAY!
Close All Schools, Government Offices & Workplaces on Friday, Mar. 30
Para español, vea el _BLOG_ (http://blog.myspace.com/chavezdayofaction)
California has an official state holiday, during which state workers get a
paid day off, but most school districts do not honor it. The following states
officially recognize the importance of observing Chavez's birthday but do not
give the day off: Arizona, Colorado, Michigan, New Mexico, Texas, Utah, and
Wisconsin.
* Stop the Raids
* Make California a Sanctuary State
* Full and Equal Rights for All Immigrants
* No More Second Class Treatment
* No More Separate & Unequal
Educational Opportunities
* Integrated, Equal Quality Schools for All
* Build the New, Integrated, Youth-Led
Civil Rights Movement
MARCH IN YOUR TOWN!
Don't see your city? _Email_ (mailto:california [at] bamn.com) us and we'll add
it! MARCH IN L.A.!
Gather at 9AM at East L.A. College (1301 César Chávez).
March down to L.A. City Hall. MARCH IN OAKLAND!
Thursday, March 29: WALKOUT in solidarity with Mar. 30 walkout (on Friday
the schools honor the Chávez Holiday). 11:00 A.M. CONVERGE + RALLY at City Hall
(12th + Broadway).
Friday, March 30: Gather at 9AM at International + 98th Ave.
March down International Blvd. to the downtown Federal Building. MARCH IN
RICHMOND!
9:00AM - Gather at St. Cornelius Church (201 28th St., corner of MacDonald
Ave.). March to School District building.
10:00AM - Rally at School District (1108 Bissell Ave).
11:30AM - Join Oakland rally at Oakland Federal Building (1301 Clay + 13th
St., near 12th St. Oakland BART) MARCH IN SACRAMENTO!
8:30AM - WALKOUT + MARCH begins at Hiram Johnson High School (6879 - 14th
Avenue). March down Broadway to 10th St., and then to the State Capitol. MARCH
IN SAN DIEGO!
9:00AM - Gather at Chicano Park (Logan Heights area). MARCH IN SANTA ANA!
Gather at 9AM at Bristol Street (Bristol & Mcfadden).
March to City Hall on Civic Center.
¡Sí se puede! Spring 2006, millions of different voices speaking as one. One
mighty movement extending over thousands of miles, marching last spring on
different days in different cities focused on the same goals—defeat HR 4437
and let America know the sleeping giant is awake and striding for freedom. One
day we were marching through downtown Chicago, the next down César Chávez
Avenue in Los Angeles, on another we were descending on our state capitol in
Sacramento, and on another on our nation’s capital, Washington, D.C.
Our movement was fueled by waves of school walkouts. Young people leading the
way in countless cities and towns, no one can forget that feeling of power.
So many of us made the decision then and there, on a march, at a rally, in a
church or during a walkout to keep fighting for ourselves, our families, our
communities and to never accept less than full equality, complete dignity and
total respect.
Sí se puede—the words which gave our grandparents the hope and courage to
march with César Chávez became our battle cry for freedom.
¡Sí se puede! César Chávez would be so proud of us. The movement he helped
lead which began in the fields and factories to put food on our tables and to
give us union recognition, was reborn last spring as a powerful new Latina/o
youth-led civil rights movement. Our new movement unites immigrants with and
without papers and people of all races in a fight for equal rights and
benefits and for full citizenship rights for all.
¡Sí se puede! César Chávez lifted us from invisibility and filled us with
pride and dignity. His example taught us that when we organize on a mass basis
and fight we can win.
In 2000, a bill sponsored by Antonio Villaraigosa, now Mayor of L.A., made
César Chávez’s birthday, March 31, a statewide holiday. The holiday will be
celebrated this year on Friday, March 30. Several school districts, including
Oakland Unified and San Francisco Unified, and several schools including San
Diego’s year-round schools, are closed on Friday, March 30 in honor of the
holiday. State offices and many colleges and universities including UCLA will
also close on March 30.
The César Chávez holiday was specifically created to give students from
kindergarten through college the day off of school. Still, many schools,
including in Los Angeles (LAUSD, the largest Latina/o district in the nation) remain
open. It is our right and our duty to demand that every school in California
close to honor the Chávez holiday. March 30 is our day to march in every city
in California.
Our movement must demand that every school, college campus, every government
office, and business follow the letter and spirit of the law and close in
honor of the Chávez holiday. The only meaningful way to honor the work of César
Chávez is to adopt his method of mass struggle for justice and equality as
our own.
Marching on the Chávez holiday will revitalize and strengthen our new civil
rights movement and provide us with the power we need to build on our gains.
Our mass actions, in particular the waves of mass student walkouts last
spring, achieved important immediate victories and continue to have a profound
impact on the political life of our state and nation. Our huge and historic
national mobilizations defeated many of HR 4437’s most reactionary provisions. The
state takeover of the Oakland schools and the attempted mayoral takeover of
LAUSD suffered real setbacks because of our mobilizations.
Our fight for equal educational opportunities requires students, teachers and
the community to have democratic control over our schools. UCLA, which for
ten years has arrogantly allowed the number of Latina/o and black students to
drop to pitiful and insulting levels, announced a new admissions system this
year in the wake of L.A. and Orange County school walkouts. Continuing our
struggle can reverse the damage done by the anti-affirmative action Prop 209
throughout our state.
Despite our gains, the raids go on. Police harassment and all forms of
discrimination persist. A new guest-worker bill threatens to assign many of us to
permanent second-class citizenship. New immigration laws and restrictions are
already in the works. In Mexico, our brothers and sisters fighting in Oaxaca
need us to build and make more powerful our new civil rights movement so they
can achieve victory.
Sí se puede. The sleeping giant has awoken. It is time to start moving
again.
THE WEEKEND AFTER MARCH 30...
(http://www.bamn.com/mysp/la_conference_flyer_english.pdf)
University of Southern California (USC)
Room 101 Taper Hall (near Jefferson + Hoover)
See _FLYER_ (http://www.bamn.com/mysp/la_conference_flyer_english.pdf) for
schedule.
On Friday March 30, we close our schools and march to honor California’s
César Chávez Holiday. A year ago, we closed our schools and marched to defeat an
unjust law, HR4437. This year, we close our schools and march to enforce the
spirit and letter of a just law declaring César Chávez birthday a school
holiday in California.
When we take to the streets on Friday, March 30th, we will reassert the power
of the new civil rights movement we are building and give living expression
to the heartfelt pride and dignity of the Latina(o) communities. A year after
the struggle to defend immigrant rights gave rise to the biggest and
potentially most powerful civil rights movement in more than 100 years, it is up to
us to keep the movement alive and to provide the leadership needed to
increase the power of our movement.
On Saturday, March 31, and Sunday, April 1, the weekend following our
statewide Chávez day actions, the young leaders who have been organizing our mass
actions will come together in Los Angeles for a conference. The conference
sponsored by BAMN is being organized to develop, consolidate, and build the
collective leadership of our new civil rights movement. The movement’s ability to
become stronger and bolder relies on our building a more politically
conscious and accountable leadership. The conference of the new civil rights
movement will give the young leaders of the movement an opportunity to discuss and
draw out the lessons we have learned from the struggles we have led so that we
can chart a course for our future.
The birth of the new civil rights movement was not the brainchild of a single
great woman or man. The politics of our movement – our demand for equality,
our assertion of pride in being Mexican, Salvadorian, etc., in being
Latina(o), black, Asian, or Arab, our growing resistance to any form of harassment or
mistreatment, our unrelenting struggle for full citizenship rights whether
or not we have papers, and our determination to be treated with respect and
dignity by all — are the battle cry of a people striding towards freedom. Our
leaders, the people who led the walkouts, marches, boycotts and rallies, are
humble and modest. Many would not call themselves leaders or are not conscious
of their role as leaders.
The students who scaled the school walls and led our marches past principals,
police, and politicians are our real heroes and leaders. Shy, quiet students
who spent countless hours organizing on Myspace and over the internet are
the anonymous but crucial leaders of our movement. Women and men who work
countless hours in the factories and the fields and who organized co-workers and
relatives to stay home and boycott are the leaders of our mighty struggle for
dignity and respect.
For our new movement to grow, we do not need a single great leader to emerge
or be anointed. We need some of our leaders to recognize that they are
leaders and to step forward and guide the development and political direction of
our movement. To take the next step forward, our leaders need to become
organized and better politically educated, and to learn how to function as a single,
integrated, collective leadership.
On March 31-April 1, we will have a great deal to discuss. The Conference of
the New Civil Rights Movement will be organized to give the leaders of our
young and powerful movement a maximum opportunity to learn the political method
and practical skills needed to broaden and deepen our movement.
We have the power to win. With a conscious leadership stepping forward to
organize our struggle, victory awaits us.
Close down the schools on Friday March 30th. March to honor César Chávez
Holiday. Attend the Conference of the New Civil Rights Movement of March 31st
and April 1st. Become a part of the collective leadership needed to win.
PRE-REGISTER for the conference by _e-mailing us_
(mailto:california [at] bamn.com) your name, phone number, email, school, and city.
The latest list of cities where students are organizing, and schools where
people are planning to walk out or stay out March 30th:
Los Angeles: Roosevelt High School, Garfield High School, Manual Arts High
School, Locke High School, Lincoln High School, King/Drew Medical Magnet High
School, Crenshaw High School, Hollenbeck Middle School, Fairfax High School,
Dorsey High School, Bravo Medical Magnet High School, Verdugo Hills High
School, Venice High School, Santee High School, North Hollywood High School,
Orthopaedic Hospital Medical Magnet High School, Thomas Jefferson High School,
Jordan High School, James A. Foshay Learning Center, Stevenson Middle School /
Huntington Park: Huntington Park High School, Columbus High School, Community
Day School / Orange County: Santa Ana High School, Saddleback High School
(Santa Ana), Century High School (Santa Ana), Lorin Griset Academy (Santa Ana),
Valley High School (Santa Ana), Garden Grove High School, Rancho Alamitos
High School (Garden Grove), Orange High School, Beckman High School (Irvine),
Back Bay High School (Costa Mesa, CA), Estancia High School (Costa Mesa, CA),
Mountain View High School (Santa Ana, CA) / Long Beach: Cabrillo High School,
Jordan High School, Milliken High School, Poly High School, Renaissance High
School / Pomona: Ganesha High School, Garey High School, Pomona High School
/ San Diego: Bell Junior High School, Morse
Cities & Schools as of Mar. 14, 2007:
The latest list of cities where students are organizing, and schools where
people are planning to walk out or stay out March 30th:
Los Angeles: Roosevelt High School, Garfield High School, Manual Arts High
School, Locke High School, Lincoln High School, King/Drew Medical Magnet High
School, Crenshaw High School, Hollenbeck Middle School, Fairfax High School,
Dorsey High School, Bravo Medical Magnet High School, Verdugo Hills High
School, Venice High School, Santee High School, North Hollywood High School,
Orthopaedic Hospital Medical Magnet High School, Thomas Jefferson High School,
Jordan High School, James A. Foshay Learning Center, Stevenson Middle School /
Huntington Park: Huntington Park High School, Columbus High School, Community
Day School / Orange County: Santa Ana High School, Saddleback High School
(Santa Ana), Century High School (Santa Ana), Lorin Griset Academy (Santa Ana),
Valley High School (Santa Ana), Garden Grove High School, Rancho Alamitos
High School (Garden Grove), Orange High School, Beckman High School (Irvine),
Back Bay High School (Costa Mesa, CA), Estancia High School (Costa Mesa, CA),
Mountain View High School (Santa Ana, CA) / The Valley: Reseda High, Grover
Cleveland High, Taft High, El Camino Real High / Long Beach: Cabrillo High
School, Jordan High School, Milliken High School, Poly High School, Renaissance
High School / Pomona: Ganesha High School, Garey High School, Pomona High
School / San Diego: Bell Junior High School, Morse High School, Serra High
School, Gompers High School, Hoover High School, Scripps Ranch High School, Point
Loma High School, Patrick Henry High School, Vista High School (Vista),
Preuss School UCSD (La Jolla), Mission Hills High School (San Marcos), Escondido
High School (Escondido, CA) / Fresno: Fresno High School, Buchanan High
School, Sunnyside High School, Clovis West High School, Citrus Middle School
(Orange Cove, CA), Parlier High School (Parlier, California), Sanger High School
(Sanger, CA) / Downey: Downey High School, South High School / Lynwood:
Lynwood High School, Firebaugh High School / South Gate: South Gate High School,
South East High School / Whittier: Whittier High School, California High
School, Los Nietos Middle School / Norwalk: Norwalk High School, John Glenn High
School / Compton: Dominguez High School, Enterprise Middle School / San
Gabriel: San Gabriel High School, San Gabriel SDA Academy / Palm Springs: Palm
Springs High, Cathedral City High (Cathedral City, CA) / Miscellaneous SoCal
schools and cities: Santa Monica High School, Bell High School, Bell Gardens,
Anaheim, Narbonne High School (Harbor City), Montebello High School, Paramount
High School, San Gorgonio High School (San Bernardino), Westminster High
School, Alhambra High School, Carson High School, Don Antonio Lugo High School
(Chino), El Monte, Bassett High School (La Puente), Hawthorne High School
(Lennox), Eleanor Roosevelt High School (Corona), Inglewood, San Pedro High School,
UC Riverside / Miscellaneous California: Silver Creek High School (San Jose,
CA), Berkeley High School (Berkeley), North Monterrey County High School,
Hiram W. Johnson High School (Sacramento), Corcoran High School, Fort Bragg, UC
Santa Cruz, Watsonville, Channel Islands High School (Oxnard), Sacramento,
Paramount, San Jose, San Lorenzo High School / Other States: Forest Park High
School (Forest Park, Georgia), South High School (Sheboygan, WI), Thomas
Jefferson High School (El Paso, TX), Arlington (Texas), Mansfield (Texas), San
Antonio (Texas), Westwood High School (Mesa, AZ), Yuma (Arizona), Clark High
School (Las Vegas, NV), Johnson Junior High School (Las Vegas, NV), Bailey
Middle School (Las Vegas, NV), Cashman Middle School (Las Vegas, NV), Reno
(Nevada), Westview High School (Portland, Oregon), Naples (Florida), St. Augustine
(Florida), Chicago (Illinois), Iowa, Frederick Douglass High School (Prince
George’s County, Maryland), Omaha (Nebraska), Detroit (Michigan)
Schools in Oakland, San Francisco, Hayward (CA), Baldwin Park (CA), among
others, are already completely shut down in honor of the Cesar Chavez Holiday
on Friday, March 30th. Also, UCLA and CSULA are shut down on March 30th.
BAMN is the Coalition to Defend Affirmative Action, Integration, and
Immigrant Rights and Fight for Equality By Any Means Necessary! BAMN is organizing
this Day of Action and Conference and building the new youth-led integrated
civil rights movement.
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