For Immediate Release
May 18, 2007
Contact:
Wingshan Lo
Alvaro Huerta
Caroline Lee, 323-937-3718
Delegates from Los Angeles County’s Immigrant Community to Converge in Sacramento –
will call on state leaders to support immigration reform
and pro-immigrant state legislative agenda
WHAT:
Immigrants, refugees and advocates from Los Angeles County’s Asian, Latino and other immigrant/refugee communities will be boarding buses on Sunday morning to travel to the State Capitol and to participate in the 11th Annual Immigrant Day on Monday, May 21st. They will be joining hundreds of immigrants and advocates from throughout the state to in a broad show of unity to call on Governor Schwarzenegger and state legislators to enact health care reform and protect the safety net for low-income seniors, children and the disabled.
WHEN:
Sunday Morning, May 20th, 2007
WHERE:
Participants will be picked up at the following sites; buses will board promptly:
BUS #1
9:00 a.m.
Korean Resource Center,
900 S. Crenshaw Blvd.
Los Angeles, CA 90019
BUS #2
9:00 a.m.
Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights of Los Angeles,
2533 W. 3rd Street, Suite 101
Los Angeles, CA 90057
WHO:
Clients, members, volunteers and staff from the Korean Resource Center, Filipino American Service Group, Inc., the Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights of Los Angeles, and the Asian Pacific American Legal Center.
Immigrant Day is organized by the California Immigrant Policy Center (CIPC). CIPC is a policy of the Asian Pacific American Legal Center (APALC), Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights of Los Angeles (CHIRLA), National Immigration Law Content (NILC) and Services, Immigrant Rights and Education Network (SIREN).
VISUALS:
APALC pick-up site will include over 40 participants with banners in support of the just and humane immigration reform, access to affordable healthcare, and immigrant integration programs.
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