Bishop Provenzano encouraged parish leaders in the Episcopal Diocese of Long Island to publicize the urgent event and "march" announced below and to join him in Brooklyn at Cadman Plaza on Thursday, July 29 at 9:30 a.m. to participate in the march. Father Charles McCarron of Episcopal Community Services was also at the march.
10 a.m., July 29
Click here for pdf flyer in English about the event
Click here for pdf flyer in Spanish about the event
10:45 a.m., July 29
iPhotos provided by Bishop Larry.
Crowd photo, bottom, by MK Metz provided by Fr. McCarron.
March Across the Brooklyn Bridge
"We Are ALL Arizona!"
On July 29, Arizona's new law legalizing racial profiling, known as SB 1070, is scheduled to go into effect.
In response, immigrants and their allies from New York and New Jersey will march across the Brooklyn Bridge to call for the repeal of Arizona's unconscionable law.
SB 1070 makes it a crime to be undocumented and requires the police to check the immigration status of those suspected of being undocumented.
Immigrant communities, elected officials, and citizens alike will gather as part of a new civil rights movement to condemn SB 1070 - which many have likened to the racial segregation laws of the past - as a clear violation of the most basic civil and human rights that must be immediately stopped.
Further, they will demand an end to all programs like SB 1070 that target immigrant communities for mass detentions and deportations here in New York City and across the country.
The "We Are All Arizona" march in NYC on July 29th will raise a platform by local immigrant rights organizations including:
(1) a call for an end to SB 1070 and the proliferation of copycat legislation now surfacing in over 20 states;
(2) a call for an end to the use of racial profiling;
(3) a demand for just and humane immigration reform that upholds family unity and human rights over increased enforcement;
and (4) a call for an end to related programs such as 287(g), Criminal Alien Program, and Secure Communities (now in NY State) that use local law enforcement to tear families apart.
Thursday, July 29
9:30 am- Gather at Cadman Plaza, Brooklyn
10:00 am- March across Brooklyn Bridge
11:00 am- Press Conference at Foley Square
Sponsored by Families for Freedom, Churches United to Save and Heal, New York Sanctuary Coalition, DRUM, and VAMOS Unidos.
