Painting Signs for the Silent Witness
On May 1st people throughout the country will join marches, prayer vigils, and other events in support of Immigration reform. For the past few years, May 1st has become a national day to call for immigrant justice and this year we are closer than ever to achieving comprehensive immigration reform, while at the same time fending off anti-immigrant legislation around the US. Join us in Greensboro at the small park at the corner of McGee and Davie Streets in the downtown area for a short gathering at 6 p.m. Then help us make a clear but silent witness for comprehensive immigration reform by joining us as we line Elm Street with people holding signs upholding human dignity and calling for positive reform.
We will stand in witness for 30 minutes and then we will gather again in the park for a few words in closing.
Immigration, Coffee, and Knowing Our Neighbors
Join us for a screening of the documentary “Dying to Get In: Undocumented Immigration at the US / Mexico Border” (produced by a student at Elon University) and a discussion facilitated by a group of students and community members who recently visited the US-Mexico Border, all over a cup of coffee from Café Justo, a Mexican coffee co-op formed to address the root cause of labor migration from Mexico to the US.
Monday, May 24, 2010
6:30pm—8:15pm
Hosted by: New Creation Community Presbyterian Church (in Redhead Hall, First Presbyterian Church)
617 North Elm Street, Greensboro, NC
For more information, contact Ryan Nilsen at 336-379-0037 ext. 1#
or by email at RNilsen@faihouse.org.
Documentary Trailer: http://www.bretttolley.com/dying-to-get-in/trailer.php
Learn About Café Justo: http://www.justcoffee.org/
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