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Service Employees International United

[SEIU] and the National Action Network invite one and all to join the National Day for Dignity and Respect: October 5th

STAND TOGETHER FOR IMMIGRATION REFORM!
On October 5, 2013, the broadest and most diverse movement in our country right now will bring together diverse communities from immigrant, faith, labor, and civil rights groups. Thousands will join in over 90 marches and rallies across our nation to call on Congress to pass commonsense immigration reform with a pathway to earned citizenship in 2013.

Add your name now to pledge your commitment to commonsense immigration reform »

We will demand respect for our hard work and for the many contributions we make to the nation’s culture, economy, communities, and faith. We will march for commonsense immigration reform with a pathway to citizenship, legal immigration rules that promote family unity and protect worker rights, and an end to the destruction of our families through deportations.

Mark your calendar for October 5, 2013, and find an event near you.

On October 5, 2013 the broadest and most diverse movement, including our vast immigrant communities in America as well as faith, labor, and civil rights groups, will join in marches and rallies in over 40 cities across our nation calling for Congress to pass immigration reform with legalization that leads to citizenship in 2013. We will demand respect for our hard work and for the many contributions we make to the nation’s culture, economy, communities, and faith. We will march for commonsense immigration reform with legalization that leads to citizenship, legal immigration rules that promote family unity and protect worker rights, an end to the destruction of our families through deportations, and a halt to the rush towards massive wasteful spending on unneeded border militarization and for profit immigrant detention prisons.

We march for an America where our hard work is honored; where our many contributions to the nation are respected; and where our families and children can dream of building lives of dignity and without fear. We cannot let the continued failures of Washington result in more families torn apart, more abusive employers and poverty wages, more children who cannot dream. We march for a better America for all, and we invite all our friends to join us. It’s time to raise our voices and make sure Congress hears our call for Dignity and Respect!

There is a growing list of national and local groups and national leaders calling for these marches. This includes labor, faith organizations, immigrant and civil rights groups, community organizations, and youth groups. Initial conveners include the ACLU, AFL-CIO, AFSCME, AFT, Alliance for a Just Society, Alliance for Citizenship, American Jewish Committee, America’s Voice, APALA, Asesores de Conmigua, Asian Americans Advancing Justice-AAJC, CAMBIO, Center for Community Change, Church World Service, Credo, CWA, Family Immigration Organization, Farmworker Justice, FIRM, Gamaliel, Hermandad Mexicana Transnacional, Immigration Equality Action Fund, Immigrant Legal Resource Center, Jobs with Justice, LCLAA, Leadership Conference of Women Religious, LULAC, Mi Familia Vota, NAKASEC, NALACC, NALEO, National Domestic Workers Alliance, National Employment Law Project, NCLR, Organizing for Action, PICO, Presente.org, Religious Sisters of Charity, SAALT, SEIU, UAW, UFCW, UFW, UNITE HERE, United We Dream and US Action… Read below for the full growing list of national and local endorsements.

To add your endorsement to this event, please fill out the form here. Any questions about the event, how to attend one, or how to get involved should be directed at octoberimmigration@gmail.com.

En Español
El 5 de octubre de 2013, al movimiento más amplio y diverso, que incluye comunidades de inmigrantes en Estados Unidos, comunidades de fe, sindicatos y grupos de derechos civiles se unirán a las marchas y manifestaciones en más de 40 ciudades en todo el país haciendo un llamado al Congreso para que aprueben una reforma migratoria con una legalización que conduzca a la ciudadanía en el 2013. Exigiremos el respeto por nuestro arduo trabajo y por nuestras contribuciones a la cultura, la economía, a las comunidades y a la fe de este país. Marcharemos por una reforma migratoria con sentido común con una legalización que lleve a la ciudadanía, normas legales de inmigración que promuevan la unidad familiar y protejan los derechos de los trabajadores, y se ponga fin a la destrucción de nuestras familias por medio de las deportaciones, y al alto presupuesto invertido innecesariamente para la militarización de la frontera y para los centros de detención que lucran con la comunidad inmigrante.

Marchamos por un Estados Unidos en donde se honre nuestro trabajo; donde nuestras contribuciones al país sean respetadas; y en donde nuestras familias y nuestros niños puedan realizar sus sueños de construir vidas dignas y sin temor. No podemos dejar que los fracasos constantes de Washington resulten en un mayor número de familias desechas, más empleadores abusivos y salarios míseros, más niños que no puedan realizar sus sueños. Marcharemos por un mejor Estados Unidos para todos, e invitamos a todos nuestros amigos a unirse a nosotros. ¡Es tiempo de alzar nuestras voces y asegurarnos de que el Congreso escuche nuestro llamado de Dignidad y Respeto!

Existe una amplia lista de grupos nacionales y locales así como de líderes nacionales que cada día sigue incrementándose haciendo un llamado para estas marchas. Esto incluye a grupos laborales, organizaciones de fe, grupos de inmigrantes y derechos civiles, organizaciones comunitarias, y grupos de jóvenes. Los convocantes iniciales incluyen a la ACLU, AFL-CIO, AFSCME, AFT, Alliance for a Just Society, Alliance for Citizenship, American Jewish Committee, America’s Voice, APALA, Asesores de Conmigua, Asian Americans Advancing Justice-AAJC, CAMBIO, Center for Community Change, Church World Service, Credo, CWA, Family Immigration Organization, Farmworker Justice, FIRM, Gamaliel, Hermandad Mexicana Transnacional, Immigration Equality Action Fund, Immigrant Legal Resource Center, Jobs with Justice, LCLAA, Leadership Conference of Women Religious, LULAC, Mi Familia Vota, NAKASEC, NALACC, NALEO, National Domestic Workers Alliance, National Employment Law Project, NCLR, Organizing for Action, PICO, Presente.org, Religious Sisters of Charity, SAALT, SEIU, UAW, UFCW, UFW, UNITE HERE, United We Dream y US Action.

Para incluir su organizacion a la amplia lista de patricinadores, favor de inscribirse a www.seiu.org/endorse. Si hay preguntas sobre los eventos y sobre el trabajo en su estado, favor de ponerse en contacto con octoberimmigration@gmail.com.