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terça-feira, 29 de outubro de 2013

Campanha Aumento Salário Mínimo

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PASTORES (AS); AJUDE. LEGISLAÇÃO DE EXTREMA IMPORTÂNCIA PARA AJUDAR NOSSO POVO.


Dear Friend,

Massachusetts Communities Action NetworkWe are on the verge of getting onto the 2014 ballot towards getting the highest minimum wage in the country and the strongest sick time policy. We have collected 150,000 signatures so far.

We need your help to get across the finish line to collect the full 226,000 signatures to get these two popular issues on the ballot. 

This email is meant for those of you who live in Massachusetts. I am sorry to bother the others of you as I'm pulling out all stops to reach people on my lists.

We are in the last few weeks of the campaign to raise the Minimum Wage for 650,000 low wage earners from $8 to $10.50 an hour and for close to 1 million people who do not have Earned Sick Days in their jobs now. This is a chance to stand in solidarity with and improve the lives of 1 million people in Massachusetts.

There is a huge Raise Up MA coalition of over 100 organizations and unions collecting signatures. I'm proud that our Massachusetts Communities Action Network (MCAN) organization has organized a big share thus far collecting over 32,000 of these 150,000 signatures.

If we get the signatures by November 20, then the Legislature must either pass this or we will put it on the ballot for a binding vote in November 2014.

Here's how you can help during the last month:
  1. Volunteer 1.5 or more hours to cover a polling place on Election Day on November 5 to get signatures from voters as they leave the polls. All cities in the state have elections on November 5 so we can place you at a polling place in your city or a city nearby to you. Please email me at LewFinfer@gmail.com and we'll find a place for you.
  2. If you can collect 10 or more signatures, we'll send you petitions. You can collect from friends, relatives, neighbors, co-workers, people who go to your religious congregation, etc.
    Please email me at LewFinfer@gmail.com and we will mail you petitions on minimum wage and earned sick days.
I appreciate your considering this request.

Sincerely,

Lew Finfer, Director
Massachusetts Communities Action Network
(617) 822-1499      http://www.mcan-pico.org/

quinta-feira, 24 de outubro de 2013

Immigrants BOSTON LOVE THE RED SOX

APOIO:  minhasolucaototal.com

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IMMIGRANTS  THE RED SOX! 

Join us tonight at 6:30pm in Fenway Park to support the Red Sox in the World Series and bring our message for immigration reform to 40,000 fans

  • Xander Bogaerts: Aruba
Immigrants contribute to the Red Sox Roster — and to America!
  • David Ortiz: Dominican Republic
  • Ryan Dempster: Canada
  • Felix Doubront: Venezuela
  • Franklin Morales: Venezuela
  • Junichi Tazawa: Japan
  • Koji Uehara: Japan
  • Xander Bogaerts: Aruba
We will meet at 6:30pm on the corner of Lansdowne St and Brookline Ave, to distribute fliers and signs to bring into the game and hold a banner to remind fans that we are now in the World Series of Immigration Reform, and the series ends this year.

12 million families need the support of all Americans to win!

To RSVP contact any of the Keeping Families Together Coalition members below or Cristina Aguilera at caguilera@miracoalition.org / 617-999-5919


The New England Coalition for Keeping Families Together: AFL-CIO, American Civil Liberties Union of Massachusetts (ACLU), American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA), ADL's Latino-Jewish Roundtable, Anti-Defamation League, The African Council, Agencia ALPHA, Berkshire Immigrant Center, Birfly Conexion Juvenil Inmigrante, Boston New Sanctuary Movement (BNSM), Boston College Students, Brazilian Immigrant Center, Brazilian Ministers Network (BMNET), Brazilian Women's Group, Brockton Interfaith Community, Centro Presente, Centro Comunitario de Trabajadores de New Bedford, Centro Comunitario de Trabajadores de Lynn, Chinese Progressive Association, Chelsea Collaborative, Citizenship Brazilian Movement, Cleghorn Neighborhood Center, Comite de Refugiados El Salvador (CORES), Dominican Development Center, East Boston Ecumenical Community Council (EBECC), Emerson College Students / EmersonUNITE, Harvard College Act on a Dream, Harvard Kennedy School Students, Irish International Immigrant Center (IIIC), Immigrant Worker Center Collaborative (IWCC), Jobs with Justice, Just Communities of Western Massachusetts, La Comunidad Inc, Latinas Know Your Rights, Latinos Unidos de Massachusetts (LUMA), Maria Luisa de Moreno International Foundation, Massachusetts Immigrant and Refugee Advocacy Coalition (MIRA Coalition), MassCOSH, Matahari Eye of the Day, MIRA USA, Neighbors United for a Better East Boston, New Hampshire Alliance of Immigrants and Refugees, Oiste?, Queer Asian Pacific-Islander Alliance (QAPA), REACH Beyond Domestic Violence, SEIU 32BJ/615, SEIU 1199, SEIU Local 509, Student Immigrant Movement, UNITE HERE Local 26, Williams College Students, Women’s Institute for Leadership Development (WILD).

terça-feira, 22 de outubro de 2013

Ninguém nasceu para viver só.

Josimar Salum (*)

Ninguém nasce para viver só. Com certeza. Embora muitos estejam rodeados de muita gente vivem ou pelo menos se sentem sozinhas.

Um homem que tem muitos amigos pode viver fazendo festas. O que conta é que há amigo mais chegado que um irmão. 

Cada pessoa precisa ter alguém bem chegado muito além da companhia da diversão, da mesa de jogos, da rodada de bebidas e da companhia dos bailes e das noites. O ser humano somente se realiza em amar e ser amado, e isto requer exclusividade que somente a fidelidade e lealdade geram.

Outros acabam se sentido só porque viveram sempre em torno de si mesmos. Viveram relacionamentos superficiais, sem compromisso, passageiros. Acaba se sentindo só todo aquele que só pensa em si mesmo. Nos relacionamentos supérfluos e descartáveis perdeu a confiança nas pessoas. E hoje vive a colheita das sementes do egoísmo. 

Quem não vive para doar, ajudar o outro, servir e amar tranca-se a si mesmo na cela da solidão.

Na era da informação onde “todo mundo sabe de tudo” a Verdade pode não ser conhecida. Quanto mais velozes chegam notícias mais depressa são engolidas. E as notícias são a narração de fatos e intepretações dos comunicadores. E velozmente passam a ser o que todo mundo pensa. E a massificação gera solidão.


É que essas percepções da realidade, sugestões e informações dos meios de comunicação infringem a solidão. É preciso se libertar da ilusão das massas. Somente deve interessar as percepções do que colhemos nos relacionamentos chegados. Fiquei estarrecido ao ver as pessoas “tão felizes” comemorando em Outubro o fim do “shutdown” do Governo Americano. Absolutamente nada que lhes diziam respeito, enquanto muita gente já vivia no  “Default” de suas próprias dívidas.

A pressão exterior para ter que ver o que todos estão vendo e ter que opinar em sintonia com o que todo mundo está pensando, anulou a identidade própria. 

Sem identidade não há identificação e pessoas assim se sentem sozinhas porque sumiram no meio das outras.


Você não nasceu para viver só. Com certeza. Mas quando  a pessoa quer se parecer com a outra e deixar de ser si mesma, ela desaparece e apesar de estar juntinho de outras pessoas, se sente só. Ninguém é igual a ninguém. Cada pessoa é especial. É preciso ter coragem para ser quem é.

A Sociedade Americana em que vivemos é geradora de soldadinhos de chumbo. A Liberdade vai pelo ralo quando se vê obrigado a ser o que se convencionou politicamente aceitável. Não é livre uma pessoa que não pode expressar quem é e o que pensa.  Pessoas no meio da multidão, sem serem identificadas, desaparecem, se sentem sozinhas, se angustiam e se deprimem.

Há um fenômeno no meio da adolescência e juventude Americana conhecido como “Peer Pressure” em que o garoto obriga-se a si mesmo a se vestir e comportar como o grupo para poder ser aceito entre os seus pares. Medo de ficar sozinho por não ser aceito.

O “bullying” só próspera porque a pessoa se sente vitimada. Ela dá importância sem igual ao que o grupo pensa. É extremamente cruel porque a pessoa se sente empurrada para a solidão. 

Precisamos de verdadeiros amigos, mesmo que sejam poucos. Amigos sinceros, fiéis, companheiros, quem você almeja dar um passo para mais perto, para relacionar-se. Apenas tenha coragem de abrir seu coração e deixar correr as palavras de seus lábios. Não vão concordar sempre um com o outro, mas vão ser quem são sem precisar provar nada.

Nada pode substituir nossas conversas interpessoais, nossa aproximação com nossos semelhantes, nossas longas conversas mesmo por telefone com aqueles que gostamos de ouvir e sermos ouvidos.

É falsa a percepção de que por conta da tecnologia a distância entre as pessoas não existe mais. Famílias continuam distantes, porque nada vai substituir o abraço apertado de sua mãe, o beijo molhado de seu filho, a refeição de domingo na casa de sua irmã mais velha.

Solidão é a incapacidade de fazer o que a gente gosta com quem amamos. 

Já é muito bom e funciona como um santo remédio esperança de um encontro iminente, mesmo que esteja a um ano de distância no tempo. O coração se aquece, a solidão cede pelos dias que vão passando, quando se vai sonhando o dia tão esperado do reencontro que se aproxima.

Deus pensou que não era bom que o homem vivesse só. Um casal que se conhece, homem e mulher que decidem viver a vida juntos, se aceitarem a despeito de suas desigualdades, gostos, percepções é a simples resposta para a pessoa não ser uma ilha.

Não fique em casa isolado.  Mesmo assim, se sentir-se só... Olha, afinal, você não está só. Deus está perto, distante apenas por uma palavra. Diga: Jesus! E você vai ver o que quero dizer quando afirmo que você nunca está só. Nunca esteve só. Nunca ficará só.

(*) Josimar Salum é Empresário e Escritor. Publicou recentemente o livro O MANIFESTO: Para Católicos, Evangélicos, Pentecostais e Protestantes. www.jesusmanifesto.org




sexta-feira, 11 de outubro de 2013

Coalisão Mantendo Famílias Juntas.

USE TRADUTOR ACIMA

Dear Keeping Families Together Coalition, 

The active participation of every single one of you resulted in a great event on October 5th in MA. Our message was heard loud and clear, that we will not give up until immigrants in this country are respected and a just immigration reform is active. THANK YOU for all your commitment!

That was just the beginning, right? THE TIME IS NOW TO:

1) DEBRIEF AND REFLECT: What did we learn Pre/During/Post October 5th? Join us next Wednesday, October 16th from 10am to 11am to debrief. Location: TBC in Waltham. 

2) ESCALATE OUR ACTIONS: Get ready for direct action! take part of a training, right after the debrief meeting, to continue the struggle and demand an end to deportations and just immigration reform now. Wednesday October 16th from 11am to 4pm. Lunch will be served. Location: TBC in Waltham. Later that day at 7:30pm join Agencia ALPHA for a #PrayForReform service. Both fliers attached below  

3) PASS LOCAL LEGISLATION: Join the Safe Driving Coalition for a strategy session to build support statewide and pass this legislation! Next Friday, October 18 from 10AM to 1PM  at the Brazilian Women's Group - 697 Cambridge St. Suite 106, Brighton, MA 02135. Lunch will be served. 

Please make every effort to attend or to send a representative from your organization. RSVP as soon as you can by replying to this e-mail about 1, 2 and 3. 


Have a great long weekend, 

Cristina, Alexandra and Renato. 

PS: did you remember to send in your Oct. 5th donation commitment? Remember that we need to pay the event bills! please send it in soon. 

More Oct. 5th photos/media below -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

PHOTOS:

MEDIA COVERAGE: 


PRESS STATEMENT: 
Over 1,000 Immigrants and Allies March in Boston for Respect and Immigration Reform 
Boston march and rally was one of 183 actions held across the U.S. to move House Speaker John Boehner to pass immigration reform
Over 1,000 immigrants and allies marched down Boylston street Saturday afternoon
BOSTON, MA – Over 1,000 immigrants and their allies from all across the Commonwealth marched proudly and loudly down Boylston Street this afternoon, demanding that Congress pass immigration reform now. The march was among 183 actions held throughout the U.S. today to raise a collective voice for immigrant dignity and respect. These events occured in 154 cities in 40 states and the District of Columbia, each speaking collectively for immigration reform, and individually on issues that concern the distinct communities. In Boston, marchers asked for support on several State House measures, including the Trust Act, the Safe Driving Bill, the Domestic Workers' Bill of Rights, and In-State Tuition, as well as support for raising the minimum wage.
Over 50 immigrant organizations  participated in the Boston march, with buses bringing attendees from Williamstown, Springfield, Worcester, Lynn, Brockton and New Bedford. After leaving from Copley Square at 12:30, the march stopped at a Bank of America branch to deliver a letter asking the company to support immigration reform. The march ended at 1:30 in the Boston Common, where speakers from a stage rallied the crowd until 2:30, ending with the cries for immigration reform from "El Rancherito de Oro," five-year-old ranchero singer, Jossue Girón. 
"This young man should take John Boehner's job!" said Leon David, a Haitian community organizer and one of the event's two MCs.
The rally included a warm welcome in many different languages "We come from many different nations, but we all call America our home," said the event's other MC, Damaris Lopez, of Agencia ALPHA. Sabrina Barroso, a sophomore from Revere High School and volunteer with  Mira U.S.A. then sang the U.S.national anthem. It was followed by three immigrants telling stories illustrating the need for both state and local reforms. Then a letter of support from Congressman Michael Capuano was read, and a call to action was made by Cristina Aguilera, Campaign Organizer for the Massachusetts Immigrant and Refugee Advocacy Coalition.
During the stage event, children and adults gathered at a nearby table to make postcards asking Congress to move forward with reform for the sake of their families. Their pleas were directed mainly toward one man — House Speaker John Boehner. After the Senate passed a bipartisan immigration reform bill in June, with a path to citizenship for the nation's 11 million undocumented immigrants, reform has only been blocked by John Boehner's refusal to let a bill move forward in the House. Meanwhile, the suffering for families and our economy continues.
"100,000 immigrants have been deported since the Senate passed immigration reform in June," said Leon David. "We are here because we cannot wait any longer. We need John Boehner to stop blocking the passage of reform, and to let a bill move forward for the well being of immigrant families and the prosperity of our nation."


Some of the crowd at the rally
   
Sabrina Barroso sings the national anthem; MCs Leon David and Damaris Lopez, right
  
El Rancherito de Oro

Some of the crowd at the march

The New England Coalition for Keeping Families Together: AFL-CIO, American Civil Liberties Union of Massachusetts (ACLU), American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA), ADL's Latino-Jewish Roundtable, Anti-Defamation League, The African Council, Agencia ALPHA, Berkshire Immigrant Center, Birfly Conexion Juvenil Inmigrante, Boston New Sanctuary Movement (BNSM), Boston College Students, Brazilian Immigrant Center, Brazilian Ministers Network (BMNET), Brazilian Women's Group, Brockton Interfaith Community, Centro Presente, Centro Comunitario de Trabajadores de New Bedford, Centro Comunitario de Trabajadores de Lynn, Chinese Progressive Association, Chelsea Collaborative, Citizenship Brazilian Movement, Cleghorn Neighborhood Center, Comite de Refugiados El Salvador (CORES), Dominican Development Center, East Boston Ecumenical Community Council (EBECC), Emerson College Students / EmersonUNITE, Harvard College Act on a Dream, Harvard Kennedy School Students, Irish International Immigrant Center (IIIC), Immigrant Worker Center Collaborative (IWCC), Jobs with Justice, Just Communities of Western Massachusetts, La Comunidad Inc, Latinas Know Your Rights, Latinos Unidos de Massachusetts (LUMA), Maria Luisa de Moreno International Foundation, Massachusetts Immigrant and Refugee Advocacy Coalition (MIRA Coalition), MassCOSH, Matahari Eye of the Day, MIRA USA, Neighbors United for a Better East Boston, New Hampshire Alliance of Immigrants and Refugees, Oiste?, Queer Asian Pacific-Islander Alliance (QAPA), REACH Beyond Domestic Violence, SEIU 32BJ/615, SEIU 1199, SEIU Local 509, Student Immigrant Movement, UNITE HERE Local 26, Williams College Students, Women’s Institute for Leadership Development (WILD).


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Cristina Aguilera
Campaign Organizer
Massachusetts Immigrant and Refugee Advocacy Coalition (MIRA)
105 Chauncy St, suite 901
Boston, MA 02111
(617) 350-5480 x 206
Fax: (617) 350-5499

Our Shared Table — MIRA's Annual Thanksgiving Luncheon
State House, Grand Staircase
November 26, 11:30-1:00
Reserve your place

sexta-feira, 4 de outubro de 2013

Hundreds of Immigrants and Allies to March this Saturday, October 5, for Respect and Reform

PRESS ADVISORY
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Thursday, October 3, 2013
CONTACT:Franklin Soults, MIRA Coalition
fsoults@miracoalition.org
617-350-5480 ext. 204
216-849-2271 (cell)
 Hundreds of Immigrants and Allies from Across State to March Through Boston this Saturday, October 5, for Respect and Reform

Press Conference on Friday lays out collaboration 
of  50 area organizations in national day of action


BOSTON, MA – On Saturday, October 5, hundreds of immigrants and their allies from across Massachusetts will march through Boston demanding fundamental changes in immigration laws and policies, from the passage of comprehensive immigration reform in the U.S. House of Representatives, to support for bills such as the Trust Act and Safe Driving Bill at the State House. Groups ranging from the American Civil Liberties Union to SEIU chapters will join with some 50 immigrant organizations from across the state in this action, which will culminate in a rally at the Boston Common.
The Boston gathering will be among 166 actions being held throughout the U.S. on October 5 to raise a collective voice for immigrant dignity and respect. These events will occur in 141 cities in 40 states and the District of Columbia, and will include the partisipation of 13 House Reps, 1 Senator and 2 Governors.
Yesterday, five U.S. Representatives from across the nation introduced the “Border Security, Economic Opportunity and Immigration Modernization Act,” a bill that contains bipartisan-backed provisions from the Senate immigration bill, as well as the border security bill passed unanimously by the House Committee on Homeland Security. In the actions on October 5, immigrants and their allies will demand that House Speaker John Boehner allow this bill to move forward for the well being of immigrant families and the prosperity of our nation.
Organizers will hold a press conference on the morning before the march, Friday October 4, at 11:30 a.m. in SEIU 32BJ District 615, 26 West Street, Boston MA
 Press Conference Speakers Include
  • Eva Millona. Executive Director of Massachusetts Immigrant and Refugee Advocacy Coalition (MIRA)
  • Roxana Rivera, District 615 Leader of SEIU 32BJ
  •  Patricia Sobalvarro, Executive Director of Agencia Alpha
  •  Natalicia Tracy, Executive Director of the Brazilian Immigrant Center
  •  Magalis Troncoso, Executive Director of Dominican Development Center 
  • Affected Immigrant Family
DETAILS OF THE MARCH, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 5
WHO: Hundreds of Immigrants and Aliies
WHAT: March for Immigrant Respect and Immigration Reform
WHERE: Copley square to Boston Common
WHEN: Saturday, October 5, Starting at 12 Noon
SCHEDULE FOR SATURDAY
  • Buses will come from FitchburgNew Bedford, Brockton, Lynn, Springfield, Williamstown and Worcester and gather in Boston
  • Hundreds of marchers will gather at the corner of  Boylston St and Dartmouth St (public sidewalk in front of the Public Library in Copley at 12 noon
  • Public figures will be the "Leaders of the March," guiding participants towards two Bank of America branches on Boylston St. to deliver a letter demanding a public statement against anti-immigrant politics and in support of Immigration Reform.
  • The march will continue down on Boylston St. to turn on Charles St.
  • Attendees will arrive at Boston Common’s corner of Beacon St and Charles St. to begin the 1 hour program on the stage with music and the testimonies of 3 families and request the commitments of our MA congresional delegation to meet with Speaker Boehner and demand to enact immigration reform NOW.
THE MESSAGE OF THE MARCH
The Boston rally will demand an end to the deportation practices that have driven 11 million immigrants into the shadows, and the passage in the House of Representatives of a comprehensive immigration reform bill with a path to citizenship, which would accord these immigrants the full respect of the society to which they belong and strengthen the economy to which they contribute. Marchers will also call for the passage of important state bills such as the Safe Driving Bill and the Trust Act, measures that would increase the safety of our roads and return real security to our communities
The march will be held at a crucial moment — the final days in which the U.S. House of Representatives can move forward with an immigration reform bill this year. After the U.S. Senate passed bipartisan immigration legislation (S. 744) that includes a pathway to citizenship in June, progress was blocked by House Speaker John Boehner, who refused early this summer to bring any comprehensive bill to the floor of the House. Now, after a summer of actions in which 26 members of Boehner’s Republican party have declared their support for reform, the combined force of labor, community, ethnic and faith organizations will call for Speaker Boehner to stop blocking the passage of comprehensive immigration reform with a path to citizenship —a concept now supported by a bipartisan majority of representatives.
 
To that end, the rally will call on all members of the Massachusetts delegation to the House — all of them Democrats —  to raise their voices publicly for consideration of a comprehensive bill, one with a path to citizenship and without militarization of the border. The rally will begin with a noon and march from Copley square past several branches of Bank of America, which supporters will publicly call to stop supporting Speaker Boehner with campaign contributions. 
PARTICIPATING ORGANIZATIONS
The New England Coalition for Keeping Families Together: American Civil Liberties Union of Massachusetts (ACLU), American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA), ADL's Latino-Jewish Roundtable, Anti-Defamation League, The African Council, Agencia ALPHA, Berkshire Immigrant Center, Birfly Conexion Juvenil Inmigrante, Boston New Sanctuary Movement (BNSM), Boston College Students, Brazilian Immigrant Center, Brazilian Ministers Network (BMNET), Brazilian Women's Group, Brockton Interfaith Community, Centro Presente, Centro Comunitario de Trabajadores de New Bedford, Centro Comunitario de Trabajadores de Lynn, Chinese Progressive Association, Chelsea Collaborative, Citizenship Brazilian Movement, Cleghorn Neighborhood Center, Comite de Refugiados El Salvador (CORES), Dominican Development Center, East Boston Ecumenical Community Council (EBECC), Emerson College Students / EmersonUNITE, Harvard College Act on a Dream, Harvard Kennedy School Students, Irish International Immigrant Center (IIIC), Immigrant Worker Center Collaborative (IWCC), Jobs with Justice, Just Communities of Western Massachusetts, La Comunidad Inc, Latinas Know Your Rights, Latinos Unidos de Massachusetts (LUMA), Maria Luisa de Moreno International Foundation, Massachusetts Immigrant and Refugee Advocacy Coalition (MIRA Coalition), MassCOSH, Matahari Eye of the Day, MIRA USA, Neighbors United for a Better East Boston, New Hampshire Alliance of Immigrants and Refugees, Oiste?, Queer Asian Pacific-Islander Alliance (QAPA), REACH Beyond Domestic Violence, SEIU 32BJ/615, SEIU 1199, SEIU Local 509, Student Immigrant Movement, UNITE HERE Local 26, Williams College Students, Women’s Institute for Leadership Development (WILD).

quinta-feira, 3 de outubro de 2013

Imigração faz batida em Woburn e prende um brasileiro

25 de setembro de 2013.
Na manhã de segunda (23), por volta das 5:30 AM, quatro agentes do Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) e dois policiais da cidade de Woburn (Massachusetts) prenderam três imigrantes, sendo dois hispanos e um brasileiro. Segundo informações, os oficiais chegaram ao local da prisão em uma Van branca.

De acordo com Edson Gatti, responsável pela residência onde foram efetuadas as prisões, os agentes e policias bateram em todas as portas do quartos da casas pedindo aos moradores o Green Card.
Três brasileiros inodcumentados conseguiram se livrar da prisão. Fábio, de 28 anos, que havia saido mais cedo para trabalhar, Geraldo, 58 anos, que não abriu a porta do quarto quando os policias bateram e Maria que não havia dormido em casa neste dia.
Os policias checaram as duas casas, quarto por quarto e encontraram  e prenderam o brasiliero João, de 58 anos, e dois hispanos: Elvis, 25, e Carlos, 28.  Todos vivem ilegalmente nos Estados Unidos.

Na tarde do mesmo dia, Elvis foi liberado. De acordo com a esposa de Carlos, ele foi preso pois tinha uma audiência de tribunal pendente. Ela afirmou que o marido e o brasileiro serão deportados.
Todos que foram presos trabalhavam em restaurante.
Brazilian Times

terça-feira, 1 de outubro de 2013

Dia 5 de Outubro - Manifestação de Imigrantes em Boston


AVISO DE IMPRENSA
PARA DIVULGAÇÃO IMEDIATA
Sexta Feira, 27 de setembro,  2013
CONTACTO:
Franklin Soults, MIRA Coalition
fsoults@miracoalition.org
617-350-5480 ext. 204
216-849-2271 (cell)




Manifestação de Imigrantes em Boston 
Por Respeito e Reforma de Imigração 
Dia 5 de Outubro
Mais de 90 ações em todo o país vão exigir uma votação 
sobre a reforma de imigração e o fim das deportações

BOSTON– No dia 5 de outubro ao meio-dia, um grande grupo de apoiantes da reforma de imigração vai se reunir em Boston para  exigir o respeito para com os  imigrantes e uma reforma abrangente de imigração. O grupo vai exigir um fim às práticas de deportação que manteem 11 milhões de imigrantes nas sombras, e pedir a passagem de um projeto de lei de reforma imigratória abrangente, com um caminho para a cidadania, que daria a estes imigrantes pleno respeito na sociedade a que pertencem e fortaleceria  a economia para a qual eles contribuem.

A passeata em Boston será uma das mais de 90 atividates que está sendo realizado em todo os EUA no dia  5 de outubro para  levantar a voz coletiva para a dignidade e respeito dos imigrantes, e exigir dos Representantes Estaduais Americanos que avancem com um projeto de reforma da imigração neste ano. Depois do Senado dos EUA aprovar uma lei de imigração bipartidária (S. 744) que incluiu um caminho para a cidadania, em junho, o progresso foi bloqueado por Câmara, pelo Rep. John Boehner, que se recusou no início deste verão a trazer qualquer projeto de lei abrangente para o plenário da Câmara. 

Agora, depois de um verão de ações em que 26 membros do Partido Republicano de Boehner declararam o seu apoio à reforma, a força combinada dos sindicatos, das comunidades étnicas e de organizações religiosas,  exigiram ao Speaker Boehner que pare de bloquear a passagem de uma reforma abrangente de imigração com uma caminho para a cidadania, um conceito agora apoiado por uma maioria bipartidária de representantes.

Para este efeito,  a manifestação irá apelar a todos os membros da delegação de Massachusetts da Câmara dos Representantes- todos democratas - a levantarem as suas vozes publicamente para a consideração de um projeto abrangente, com um caminho para a cidadania e sem militarização da fronteira.  A manifestação começará com uma marcha a partir de meio-dia na Copley Square em Boston que passar’a por vários ramos do Bank of America, que é um grande apoiante do político Boehner e vai chamar publicamente a parar de apoiá-lo com contribuições de campanha.
 
O QUE / ONDE:

Sábado 5 dia 5 Outubro 12:00pm - 3:00pm

Downtown Boston, MA

Manifestação/Passeata começa ao meio-dia no Boston Public Library (Boylston St & Dartmouth St)
Os participantes vão marchar em direção ao centro de Boston e o comício terminará no Boston Common (Beacon St & Charles St)

QUEM:

The New England Coalition for Keeping Families Together: American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA), Anti-Defamation League, The African Council, Agencia ALPHA, Birfly Conexion Juvenil Inmigrante, Boston New Sanctuary Movement (BNSM), Boston College Students, BMNET - Brazilian Ministers Network, Brazilian Immigrant Center, Brazilian Women's Group, Centro Presente, Centro Comunitario de Trabajadores de New Bedford, Centro Comunitario de Trabajadores de Lynn, Citizenhip Brazilian Movement (euqueroficar.com), Chinese Progressive Association, Chelsea Collaborative, Cleghorn Neighborhood Center, Comite de Refugiados El Salvador (CORES), Dominican Development Center, East Boston Ecumenical Community Council (EBECC), Emerson College Students EmersonUNITE, Harvard College Act on a Dream, Harvard Kennedy School Students, Irish International Immigrant Center (IIIC), Immigrant Worker Center Collaborative, Jobs with Justice, Just Communities of Western Massachusetts, La Comunidad Inc, Latinas Know Your rights, Latinos Unidos de Massachusetts (LUMA), Maria Luisa de Moreno International Foundation, Massachusetts Immigrant and Refugee Advocacy Coalition (MIRA Coalition), MassCOSH, Matahari Eye of the Day, MIRA USA, Neighbors United for a Better East Boston, New Hampshire Alliance of Immigrants and Refugees, Queer Asian Pacific-Islander Alliance (QAPA), REACH Beyond Domestic Violence, SEIU 32BJ/615, SEIU Local 509, Student Immigrant Movement, UNITE HERE Local 26, Williams College Students, Women’s Institute for Leadership Development (WILD)