March for America is an advocacy event for immigration reform that will be held in Washington, DC, not New York City. But there will be buses picking up people from New York City. So I am posting information about the event here.
Bus Departs: 6 a.m. Sunday, March 21
Bus Returns: 10:30 p.m. Sunday, March 21
Location: 7th Avenue and 13th Street, Manhattan
Cost: $10 (Scholarships available)
Contact: Chantale Soekhoe, NYCLU Advocacy Program Assistant: csoekhoe@nyclu.org or 212.607.3371
Click here to reserve your seat now: https://secure.aclu.org/site/Ticketing?view=Tickets&id=107581
The script for the upcoming “The Kennedys” miniseries on The History Channel is right-wing character assassination, not “history.” Until The History Channel stops running politically motivated fiction as historical “fact,” I will refuse to watch their programming. Sign the petition to stop Kennedy smears.
Where: Community Room at New York Congregational Home, 123 Linden Boulevard, Brooklyn, NY 11226.
Who: Families facing deportation, community and religious leaders, and your local and national elected officials.
What: In a safe and confidential environment, you will get (1) tips on fighting deportation, locating a family member in detention, reporting abuse in detention; (2) FREE one-on-one legal consultation; and (3) information on how to be part of the movement that will reform immigration laws!
WHEN: Sunday January 24, 2010 1:15pm WHERE: Community Church of New York Gallery Room at 28 East 35th St. ADMISSION: Free, donations appreciated
Below is information about the movie taken from RESISTANCE CINEMA, the organization presenting this movie. Read more here.
Documentary filmmaker Marie-Monique Robin’s film “Le Monde selon Monsanto” (“The World According to Monsanto”) explores the history and future direction of chemical and so-called “life sciences” industrial company Monsanto. Based in St. Louis, Missouri, Monsanto was founded in 1901 to manufacture the synthetic sweetener saccharin. The multinational biotech company in the intervening decades has produced styrene and PCBs; became the leading producer of Agent Orange used in the Vietnam War; manufactures Roundup, the best-selling herbicide; and has advanced the development of genetically engineered seeds and bovine growth hormone.
“Mrs. Robin should be congratulated for revealing the sinister practices of the world’s leading producer of genetically engineered seeds. Her film is alarming and should be a call to action for everybody who cares about the quality of our food and a healthy future for our planet.” - Geert Ritsema – Greenpeace International
“Qing Wu, 29, has been a legal and permanent resident of New York City since settling here with his family from China at the age of 5. At 15, due to negative influences from ill-acquainted friends, he partook in committing certain wrongful acts (without grievous bodily injuries to persons). He took responsibility for these childhood mistakes by pleading guilty and served three years in correctional facilities. Quickly turning this hard-learned lesson into a strong work ethic and a self-promise to reform, Qing Wu exhibited exemplary behaviors and focused on studying while in detention. Upon release at the age of 18, he worked full time while going to school in the evenings to help support his family. For the past decade, he has continued to live up to that self promise by working hard, staying in school, building a respected career and securing a good job as Vice President of IT Operations. For all of his adult life, Qing Wu by any measurement has been a productive, law-abiding and tax-paying resident of this State. Now, as a result of his application for U.S. citizenship, the ICE ironically seeks to follow rigid federal immigration procedure and deport Qing Wu from his homeland and home state, all because of his regrettable acts as a misguided teenager and without regard to his contributions to society as a productive, conscientious adult. Qing Wu has been put in detention by the ICE, pending deportation.” – Sign the petition here.