September 1 Chicago march
Posted Mon, Feb 26, 2007 at 10:36 am
A small group of illegal immigration supporters walked the 42 to 50 miles (reports vary) from Chicago's Chinatown (meant to symbolize that we're a nation of immigrants) to Dennis Hastert's office in Batavia, Illinois. It took them four days, starting [[September 1, 2006]] and finishing [[September 4, 2006]]. Only "around 3000" showed up for the final rally. AKA the "Immigrant Workers Justice Walk".
report before: Immigrant march en route to Hastert's digs
report after: Immigration activists spar at Phoenix rally
Organized by Jorge Mujica ([[ Start of 4 day walk shows off]]).
movimiento10demarzo.org/page3.html has a list of the sponsors:
- Leaders of the Chicago March 10 Movement
- members of the Chinese American Service League (CASL)
- Illinois Coalition for Immigrant and Refugee Rights (ICIRR)
- The Council of Islamic Organizations of Greater Chicago
- Service Employees International Union
- The Korean American Resource and Cultural Center
- Rainbow Push Coalition
- United Food and Commercial Workers
- CAAAELII
- Asian American Institute
- Alliance of Filipinos for Immigrant Rights and Empowerment
- Cambodian Association of Illinois
- Chinese American Service League
- Chinese Mutual Aid Association
- Coalition for a Better Chinatown
- Indo-American Center
- Korean American Senior Center
- Lao American Community Service
- Muslim Women's Resource Center
- Vietnamese Association of Illinois
- and other, unnamed groups