[GPRI] New Bedford Solidarity Rally To Be Moved Indoors

[Riana Good]

Please make the final push to attend the first large scale rally since the
raids to support the families, show a presence  despite the climate of fear
(and rainy climate) and to speak out and stand with  workers
against sweatshop exploitation. Let¹s send a message to the workers  that we
love them and to the establishment that we will not  tolerate this! 

The location has been changed due to likely weather conditions:

Saturday, March 17 at 2:30PM
Greater New Bedford Vocational High School
1121 Ashley Blvd. 
New Bedford, MA 02745

Map here... 
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<http://maps.google.com/maps?

> Providence will have carpools leaving from Faunce
> Arch (Brown University) and DARE ( 340 Lockwood St,
> Providence, RI ) at 1:30pm.
> ************ ********* ********* *

> Rally to Support Detainees, Deportees, and their
> Families 
>
> On Tuesday, more than 500 armed homeland security
> officers descended upon Michael Blanco Inc in New
> Bedford, MA . Over 350 employees, mostly mothers with
> young children, were swept up in the raid, shackled
> together in groups of three by their wrists and
> ankles and marched to buses bound for Fort Devens,
> 100 miles away. 
>
> Community activists in New Bedford have scrambled
> to locate the children and their parents. One baby
> who was breast-feeding had to be hospitalized for
> dehydration because her mother remained in
> detention, authorities said. One mother was located
> in Texas after her 7-year-old child called a state
> hot line set up to help reunite the families.
>
> This is not a new story, but the story keeps
> getting more horrific. In recent months raids have
> hit nearly every state in the  country. According to
> ICE's own numbers over 500 people are deported from
> this country everyday ! Each one of these
> deportations has a very human element that is about
> families and children. It's time that we pressure
> the President to "Stop the Raids" and lead on
> passing a Fair and Humane Immigration Reform Bill.
> Everyday we wait hundreds of more families are torn
> apart, children abandoned, and communities
> disrupted. 
>
> In New Bedford, families will be holding a huge
> rally at the federal building here calling for the
> release of all detainees, a congressional hearing on
> the raids, and immediate passage of humane and fair
> immigration reform.
> . 
>
> So please join the families in New Bedford and
> all the other cities and towns that have had ICE
> raids tear at the fabric of their communities by
> moving to action on  Saturday, March 17. It's time
> for us to say "ENOUGH IS ENOUGH!" Stay tuned to
>www.miracoalition.org to learn more. For more
> information contact (508) 979- 4684 or (508)
> 996-8113. 
>
>
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