{news} immigr rights/anti-war rallies today,tmw; new AFSC-CT coordinator

Sat Sep 30 10:27:23 EDT 2006

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From: AFSC Connecticut 
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Subject: Support Immigrant Rights in Connecticut and Say No to War


                                     American Friends Service Committee Connecticut  
                                 
                                In This Issue:  Sept 28 2006   
                                 
                                 .    Support Immigrant Rights in Connecticut and Say No to War  
                                   
                                 
                                 .    Introducing the new AFSC Connecticut AFSC Program Coordinator  
                                   
                                 
                                Support Immigrant Rights in Connecticut and Say No to War  
                                 
                                Friends,

                                This Saturday and Sunday there are two very important marches and rallies for immigrant rights here in Connecticut. AFSC has been actively participating in the organizing of these activities.

                                Saturday, September 30 Danbury

                                Assemble at Kennedy Park at 12:30 p.m.

                                March to City Hall at 2:00 p.m.
                                STOP THE DEPORTATIONS!

                                FREE THE DANBURY 11!

                                LEGALIZATION FOR ALL!

                                On September 19, the city government of Danbury assisted an immigration raid in our own community. Disguising themselves as contractors, a police agent picked up 11 people looking for work and detained them without telling their families.

                                Mayor Boughton's Assistant told a local newspaper that raids are coming next to Stamford, Brewster and Katonah. This is nothing but a conscious attempt to terrorize the immigrant community! 

                                It is time to stop Mayor Boughton & his Police Chief. We will not be terrorized! Stop the Deportations! WE WANT THE DANBURY 11 FREED!

                                Sunday October 1, the Immigrant Rights and Antiwar Struggles Unite for a Statewide March and Rally in Hartford: 

                                Sunday October 1, 2 pm 
                                Meet at Capitol Ave and Broad St, Hartford; Rally at South Green Park 
                                (where Park St meets Maple Ave and Main St) 

                                Around Connecticut and throughout the country today, families are in fear. Government agents could show up at any time and drag them away. Our government is in an all out campaign to tell the 15 million undocumented workers who work hard everyday and make this country run: Shut up or else! In the past weeks, Raids and random arrests have instilled fear in millions. They know they could be next. In Danbury, 11 people disappeared without a trace. Their families are in grief. Raids and Deportations are increasing by the day. Today anyone could be picked up at any time and families are getting ripped apart as we speak. This has to stop.

                                People of Conscience from throughout Connecticut for Immigrant Rights and Against the War will come together this Sunday Oct 1 against Exploitation and War. We say: Legalization for every immigrant. No criminalization of immigrants. No guest worker program. No deportations. No use of local authorities as ICE agents. Yes to expedited visas for family reunification. Yes to workers' rights for immigrants. 

                                We also say: Not another dime for Bush's wars. Spend the billions at home to help the victims of Katrina, to raise wages, to improve schools and to guarantee everyone health care. Stop the attacks on Arabs and Muslims

                                Sponsored by: Regional Coalition for Immigrant Rights (CT) and Middle East Crisis Committee Endorsed by: Connecticut United for Peace, American Friends Service Committee, Coalition for Immigrants of Hartford, Colombia Action/CT, Connecticut Peace Coalition/New Haven, International Socialist Organization/New Haven, Latinos Contra la Guerra, La Sexta Internacional, Palestinian American Congress, People of Faith CT, Socialist Action, Unidad Latina en Acción, DACORIM, JUNTA, 32 BJ, MECHA.


                                Introducing the new AFSC Connecticut AFSC Program Coordinator  
                                 
                                Greetings friends,

                                My name is David Amdur and I started as the Connecticut Program Coordinator for AFSC in early August.

                                I am originally from the Boston area and have lived there most of my life. I have many years of working in the solidarity movement with El Salvador. I started working with the Boston chapter of the Committee in Solidarity with the People of El Salvador (CISPES) in 1991. I also did a lot of Chiapas solidarity work and worked with Tonantzin: the Boston Committee in Support of the Native Peoples of Mexico from 1994-1996

                                I lived in El Salvador from 1996 to 2000 while volunteering with CISPES and then working as one of the Co-coordinators of U.S.-El Salvador Sister Cities. My work focused on coordinating and leading delegations from the U.S., coordinating advocacy campaigns the El Salvador end of things, and overseeing the development projects supported by grassroots solidarity committees in the U.S. 

                                I worked in the New England Regional Office of AFSC for 5 months in 1997 and 1998 and coordinated the Gifts for Latin America campaign of the Latin American Action Program.

                                I was the national program director of CISPES in 2000 and 2001. I moved back to Boston in 2002 and worked with Boston Fair Trade Action, doing educational and advocacy work to raise awareness about the Free Trade Area of the Americas and the Central American Free Trade Agreement.

                                I worked as a community organizer with the East Boston Ecumenical Community Council. I worked with the Latino Community in East Boston on trying to achieve legislation providing greater access to driver's licenses and in-state tuition benefits. I organized a bus of residents to participate in the closing rally of the Immigrant Workers Freedom Ride. 

                                I come to the AFSC and Connecticut after working for two years in the Interfaith Program at Equal Exchange, a worker owner fair trade cooperative. I ran the Interfaith delegation program and did outreach and promotion with various religious denominations in support of fair trade.

                                I am excited to be the new AFSC Connecticut Coordinator and look forward to meeting folks and working together in the work AFSC has been carrying out. 

                                    
                                American Friends Service Committee
                                Connecticut Area Office
                                56 Arbor Street, Suite 213
                                Hartford, CT 06106
                                Phone: 860.523.1534
                                Fax: 860.523.1705
                                Email: connecticut at afsc.org  Visit AFSC CT Online  
                             
                       
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