all events take place on Wednesday, February 20, unless otherwise noted
Also see the La Resistencia website for additional event info.
Read the Call for this Day of Solidarity
JOURNALISTS: On February 20 people in over 25 cities will be marking the National Day of Solidarity with Muslim, Arab and South Asian Immigrants with actions and events in New York, Texas, Oklahoma, Hawaii, Georgia, California, Washington, Ohio, Illinois and other states.Ê Please find an on line press kit at http://www.laresistencia.org/eng/struggles/f20/presskit/index.html for more information.
ATLANTA, GA
12:00 NOON
Rally - Atlanta University Center - J.P Brawley & Fair Street
info: 404-239-8054 or randr_atl@leveller.org or http://www.leveller.org/randr_atl
ATLANTA, GA
12:00 NOON
Rally & speak-out
Fulton County Courthouse, 136 Pryor Street (downtown Atlanta)
Speak out in front of the courthouse where Imam Jamil Al-Amin is on trial
info: 404-239-8054 or randr_atl@leveller.org or http://www.leveller.org/randr_atl
ATLANTA, GA
4:00 PM
Speak-out & rally
5 Points Station, Peachtree St. downtown Atlanta
info: 404-239-8054 or randr_atl@leveller.org or http://www.leveller.org/randr_atl
ALBANY, NY
12:00 NOON
Distribute blue triangles at a weekly Peace Action vigil for peace
sponsored by Capital District Stand for Peace Coalition
East side of State Capitol on Eagle St, across from City Hall
info: 518-274-4863 or laportac@crisny.org
AUSTIN, TX
12:00 NOON
Rally on Main Mall - University of Texas
info: permanence79@yahoo.com
AUSTIN, TX
7:00 - 9:00 PM
Teach in for Immigrant Rights and Civil Liberties
University of Texas Campus ART building, room 1.120
info: 512-371-0449 or bougiej@chaos.ph.utexas.edu
AUSTIN, TX
SATURDAY FEBRUARY 23
1:00 PM
MARCH: from Guadalupe Park (4th & Guadalupe St.)
RALLY: at the State Capital Building (11th & Congress Ave.) at 2:00 PM
info: permanence79@yahoo.com or 512-459-0650 or tabby@mail.utexas.edu or 512-472-1808
CLEVELAND, OH
7:00 PM
Open mic with featured performers TBA
Pilgrim Church, 2592 W. 14th
sponsored by Northeast Ohio Radical Action Network
info: Neo_ran@yahoo.com
FREMONT, CA
10:00 AM
Press conference with ACLU, National Lawyers Guild, a Mulim leader in Fremont, a
Christian minister and the Arab-American Anti-Dicrimination Comittee.
Fremont Congregational Church (Balcow, between Central & Eggers in Fremont)
info: jamesgonzales@onebox.com or 510-342-2519 x6215
FRESNO, CA
6:30 PM
Bring a candle and join us for a candlelight vigil on National Day
of Solidarity With Muslim, Arab and South Asian Immigrants
Masjid Mosque, 2111 E. Shaw Avenue
Endorsed by:Ê Fresno Center for Nonviolence, PeaceFresno, American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee, San Joaquin Valley Coalition for Immigrant Rights, WomenÕs International League for Peace & Freedom (WILPF).
info: vmfout1@sierratel.com or 559-658-8260
HAYWARD, CA
6:00 AM
Faith community observances
All Saints Catholic Church on 2nd and D St in Hayward
info: jamesgonzales@onebox.com or 510-342-2519 x6215
HAYWARD, CA
6:00 PM
Faith community observances
West Minister Hills Prysbyterian Church
at Roosevelt and Gading in Hayward
info: jamesgonzales@onebox.com or 510-342-2519 x6215
HONOLULU, HI
12:00 NOON
University of Hawaii - Administration Building
Protest & speak out against University cooperation with INS spying on foreign students
KENT, OH
Kent State University
Mass wearing of blue triangles, including professors
display case in the student center by Muslim Student Association
tabling by Muslim Student Association and Kent State Anti-War Committee
info: ksawc@yahoo.com
LOS ANGELES, CA
7:00 PM
Candlelight Vigil
USC Campus on the corner of Jefferson & Hoover
Bring signs, banners & statements of solidarity
Initiated by the LA/OC Coalition to Stop the War
info: 323-962-8084 or RandRLA@aol.com
NEW YORK, NY
11:00 AM - 3:00 PM
Columbia University
Speak out against hate and intolerance on campus
Low Plaza - West 116th street and Broadway
info: LSY7@columbia.edu
NEW YORK, NY
3:30 PM
Rally and Press Conference at the INS buildling
26 Federal Plaza, between Broadway & Duane Streets
5:00 PM - March to Washington Square Park
info: 212-817-7877 or feb20nyc@yahoo.com or http://www.geocities.com/feb20nyc/
PHILADELPHIA, PA
4:00 - 5:00 PM
Candlelight Vigil in front of INS
PHILADELPHIA, PA
5:30 - 8:00 PM
Film and discussion about the Japanese-American internment
during World War 2
American Friends Service Committee building (Cherry Street)
local sponsors: AIDS Services in Asian Communities, Philadelphia Arab
American Association, A.N.S.W.E.R. Coalition, International Action Center,
Solidarity - Philadelphia, Refuse and Resist!, AFSC - Third World Coalition
info: 215-724-1618 or 215-552-8548 or 215-241-7531
SAN FRANCISCO, CA
4:30 PM
Protest at Federal Building
450 Golden Gate Avenue
Speakers: Arab American Anti Discrimination Committee; Jeff Adachi, Former Chief Attorney for the Public Defenders Office in SF; Rosalyn Chan, Asian Law Caucus; Riva Enteen, National Lawyers Guild SF; Iman, GOMAC - Grassroots Organizers from the Muslim and Arab Community; Yuri Kochiyama, activist and former internee of WW2 concentration camps; Lisa Maldonaldo, Field Director, ACLU Northern California; Siri Margerin, family friend of Idriss Stelly who was killed by the SFPD; Students for Justice in Palestine; Kriss Worthington, Berkeley City Council; Xochitl, Refuse & Resist! Youth Network.
info: 510-288-7432
SAN MARCOS, CA
12:00 - 1:00 PM
California State University San Marcos
Free Speech Area
Open Campus Forum for the National Day of Solidarity
sponsored by the Progressive Activists Network
info: pan@csusm.edu
SAN MARCOS, TX
University of San Marcos
drum circle, speeches and perfomances,Ê and a moment of silence
sponsored by Students Against a Violent Earth
info:Ê penfold22@hotmail.comÊor studentsagainstaviolentearth@yahoo.com
SEATTLE, WA
12:30 PM
University of Wasington Campus
Speak-Out in Red Square
Sponsored by UW Coalition Against the War
info: 206-648-0603 or randrseattle@hotmail.com
SEATTLE, WA
5:30 PM
University of Wasington Campus
Educational Forum in Johnson 101
"CommunityÊ Conversation about the arrests, interrogations and detentions ofÊ immigrants, and how we can work together to resist these attacks and buildÊ a hospitable community for our Muslim, Arab and South Asian neighbors"Ê Co-sponsored by ACLU at UW, Hate Free Zone Campaign of Washington, and
Refuse & Resist!
info: 206-648-0603 or randrseattle@hotmail.com
SEATTLE, WA
After the forum
Ethnic Cultural Center (3931 BrooklynÊ Ave NE)
POTLUCK meal
Sponsored by UW Coalition Against the War
info: 206-648-0603 or randrseattle@hotmail.com
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