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Contact: Sabina Ahmed- 766-4336 Impactpetaluma@gmail.com
Sonoma County Youth Organize to Oppose Arizona’s Immigration Bill
Protest March to Be Held on July 29th in Petaluma
Petaluma- Youth community organizers from the groups IMPACT! and MEChA (Movimiento Estudiantil Chicano de Aztlan) are responding to the recent immigration bill passed in Arizona, SB1070, with a series of activities throughout the summer aimed at educating the community about immigration and building support to repeal the Arizona law and create a “just and humane immigration reform.” These activities include: holding house meetings with the community to discuss immigration, outreach to local businesses to support a boycott of Arizona products, introducing resolutions at the city level to express opposition to Arizona’s bill and support for immigrants’ rights, and a “March for Human Rights” protest on July 29th in Petaluma, the day SB1070 goes into effect.
Taking the lead from immigrant organizers in Arizona who are organizing similar efforts this summer, local youth activists are naming this project “Human Rights Summer,” inspired by the historic Freedom Summer of 1964 which was part of the student-led movement for Civil Rights in the South.
“Laws like SB1070 are not unique to Arizona,” says Sabina Ahmed, a member of IMPACT! “Policies like ‘Secure Communities,’ which Sonoma County has adopted, and 287(g) agreements, take away constitutional rights from immigrants and lead to racial profiling. As students and young people, we oppose all laws that violate civil and human rights.”
Organizers also hope to use Human Rights Summer to build support for ongoing local efforts for migrant justice, including campaigns to stop the impounding of immigrants’ vehicles and the separation of immigrant families, and draw connections between the situation in Arizona and what is happening in Sonoma County.
“I was very proud of the leadership from Supervisors Efren Carrillo and Shirlee Zane regarding their opposition of Arizona’s SB1070,” said Petaluma City Councilwoman, Tiffany Renee. “Assigning immigration responsibilities to local authorities compromises their ability to do their jobs. Detaining people based on suspicions of national origin is reminiscent of 1930s Germany.”
The “March for Human Rights” begins at 6pm on Thursday, July 29th, at McDowell park, off of Park Ln., between Maria Dr. and McGregor Ave. The march will be permitted and peaceful.
*For more information, go to www.impactpetaluma.org
Monday, July 12, 2010
Sunday, June 6, 2010
IMPACT! and MEChA Call for Action in Solidarity with Arizona!
IMPACT! and MEChA Call for Action in Solidarity with Arizona
Youth activists will organize a “Human Rights Summer” to build support for humane immigration reform.
On May 29th, several North Bay youth activists traveled to Phoenix, AZ to participate in a historic mobilization of over 100,000 people to stop the racist SB1070 bill recently passed in that state. As a response to the growing movement in Arizona, and nationally, for human rights and a just immigration reform, IMPACT! and MEChA (Movimiento Estudiantil Chicano de Aztlan) are calling for local action to support the fight against SB1070 as well as ongoing efforts for immigrants’ rights in Sonoma County.
IMPACT! and MEChA are joining the call from groups such as Puente and the National Day Laborers Organizing Network in Arizona, and organizing a “Human Rights Summer,” modeled after the “Freedom Summer” of 1964 in the South. The purpose of this project will be to engage in education and action in solidarity with the struggle in Arizona; pass local resolutions, similar to those of L.A., S.F., Oakland, D.C. and others, boycotting the state of Arizona; connect the crisis in Arizona to local efforts for immigrants’ rights; build a large base of support for the movement for immigrants’ rights; build relationships and resilience within our community; and center the leadership of young people in this fight.
Some specific actions that we are calling for include:
o -A report-back and info-session on our recent trip to Arizona on Friday, June 11th from 6:30 to 8:30 at the Unitarian Universalist Church, 547 Mendocino Ave., Santa Rosa, CA.
o -House meetings and movie nights to educate our community about the realities of immigration and the situation in Arizona and locally.
o -A protest march in Petaluma on July 29th, the day SB1070 goes into effect. This march will coincide with a massive mobilization in Phoenix that same day.
o -That our local City Councils pass resolutions to boycott Arizona and express support for the civil and human rights of all people.
With this Human Rights Summer, as with the historic Freedom Summer of the 1960’s, we are looking to young people to take the lead in this fight. However, we welcome and encourage all people to join us in supporting our brothers and sisters in Arizona. We also are excited to be supporting the ongoing and inspiring work of groups like the Committee for Immigrants’ Rights of Sonoma County, which is working to stop the impounding of immigrant peoples’ cars, and the collaboration between local police and federal immigration officials.
If you would like to participate in Human Rights Summer, please send an email to impactpetaluma@gmail.com. Some ways you can help out are:
* Offer to host us for a house meeting;
* Help us with outreach and education in the community;
* Attend our march on July 29th;
* donate to this project by making a check out to the Peace and Justice Center of Sonoma County, and indicate that it is for IMPACT!
“From Civil Rights to Human Rights to the Rights of Mother Earth. From Sonoma County to the Southwest. We say “No” to racial profiling and criminalization of immigrants, and “Yes” to a just and humane immigration reform.”
In solidarity,
IMPACT! and MEChA Santa Rosa
Youth activists will organize a “Human Rights Summer” to build support for humane immigration reform.
On May 29th, several North Bay youth activists traveled to Phoenix, AZ to participate in a historic mobilization of over 100,000 people to stop the racist SB1070 bill recently passed in that state. As a response to the growing movement in Arizona, and nationally, for human rights and a just immigration reform, IMPACT! and MEChA (Movimiento Estudiantil Chicano de Aztlan) are calling for local action to support the fight against SB1070 as well as ongoing efforts for immigrants’ rights in Sonoma County.
IMPACT! and MEChA are joining the call from groups such as Puente and the National Day Laborers Organizing Network in Arizona, and organizing a “Human Rights Summer,” modeled after the “Freedom Summer” of 1964 in the South. The purpose of this project will be to engage in education and action in solidarity with the struggle in Arizona; pass local resolutions, similar to those of L.A., S.F., Oakland, D.C. and others, boycotting the state of Arizona; connect the crisis in Arizona to local efforts for immigrants’ rights; build a large base of support for the movement for immigrants’ rights; build relationships and resilience within our community; and center the leadership of young people in this fight.
Some specific actions that we are calling for include:
o -A report-back and info-session on our recent trip to Arizona on Friday, June 11th from 6:30 to 8:30 at the Unitarian Universalist Church, 547 Mendocino Ave., Santa Rosa, CA.
o -House meetings and movie nights to educate our community about the realities of immigration and the situation in Arizona and locally.
o -A protest march in Petaluma on July 29th, the day SB1070 goes into effect. This march will coincide with a massive mobilization in Phoenix that same day.
o -That our local City Councils pass resolutions to boycott Arizona and express support for the civil and human rights of all people.
With this Human Rights Summer, as with the historic Freedom Summer of the 1960’s, we are looking to young people to take the lead in this fight. However, we welcome and encourage all people to join us in supporting our brothers and sisters in Arizona. We also are excited to be supporting the ongoing and inspiring work of groups like the Committee for Immigrants’ Rights of Sonoma County, which is working to stop the impounding of immigrant peoples’ cars, and the collaboration between local police and federal immigration officials.
If you would like to participate in Human Rights Summer, please send an email to impactpetaluma@gmail.com. Some ways you can help out are:
* Offer to host us for a house meeting;
* Help us with outreach and education in the community;
* Attend our march on July 29th;
* donate to this project by making a check out to the Peace and Justice Center of Sonoma County, and indicate that it is for IMPACT!
“From Civil Rights to Human Rights to the Rights of Mother Earth. From Sonoma County to the Southwest. We say “No” to racial profiling and criminalization of immigrants, and “Yes” to a just and humane immigration reform.”
In solidarity,
IMPACT! and MEChA Santa Rosa
Tuesday, May 4, 2010
IMPACT! keeps it going in April!
Here's a breakdown of some of the awesome work IMPACT! members were involved in for the month of April
We participated in 11 meetings, for projects such as Free Mind Media, the May 1st Coalition, The North Bay Sponsoring Committee, the Youth Organizing Institute, and of course, IMPACT!
We also helped organize a mass meeting of young people and students at Sonoma State University on April 10th. Over 50 youth activists from the North Bay came together to form a North Bay youth coalition, which will focus on cuts to education and broader social justice issues such as immigrants' rights, economic justice, women's rights, health care, and more. Our next mass meeting is scheduled for May 8th.
We attended another mass meeting of roughly 400 people at St. Vincents church in Petaluma, to address the unjust and illegal practice of the police towing immigrant peoples' cars. This meeting was organized by the North Bay Sponsoring Committee and mainly included people from St. Vincents church.
We held one People of color caucus for IMPACT! members. We also helped organize the monthly meeting of white anti-racist allies of Sonoma County, which over 30 people attended.
We appeared on "Aztlan en Vivo," a bilingual radio program on KBBF, as well as the North Bay Report, a news program on KRCB radio.
We organized four free art workshops at the Phoenix Theater. We gave two "Know Your Rights" trainings to educate people on their rights with the police. We also gave a Know Your Rights training, and a counter-military recruitment workshop at the annual Raza Youth Conference, organized by MEChA (Movimiento Estudiantil Chicano de Aztlan), at Sonoma State.
We attended some awesome events such as a sold-out screening of "800 Mile Wall," a documentary about the U.S./Mexico border, and the thousands of people who have died crossing it. We also tabled at and supported a wonderful and well-attended production of "V-Day," organized by several young women at Casa Grande high school. We helped table at the sold out speaking event with Tim Wise, prominent white anti-racist author, at Sonoma State. And most fun of all, several of us attended the Tea Party's anti-tax rally in Santa Rosa. It was better than going to the movies...
We organized a Critical Mass bike ride, as well as a successful garage sale fundraiser. We put together a social event for IMPACT! members, otherwise known as a "Muster." We also held a BBQ potluck in the park. Lastly, we worked with members of the Committee for Immigrants' Rights to demonstrate against a DUI/Drivers License Checkpoint (which are typically used to profile immigrant drivers, detain them, and tow their cars). We held signs in Spanish warning people of the checkpoint, and most likely saved dozens of people from a painful and expensive fine at the hands of the police.
IMPACT! is on the move. Now is the time to get involved and support this growing movement of young people for justice and liberation.
Educate! Participate! Liberate!
We participated in 11 meetings, for projects such as Free Mind Media, the May 1st Coalition, The North Bay Sponsoring Committee, the Youth Organizing Institute, and of course, IMPACT!
We also helped organize a mass meeting of young people and students at Sonoma State University on April 10th. Over 50 youth activists from the North Bay came together to form a North Bay youth coalition, which will focus on cuts to education and broader social justice issues such as immigrants' rights, economic justice, women's rights, health care, and more. Our next mass meeting is scheduled for May 8th.
We attended another mass meeting of roughly 400 people at St. Vincents church in Petaluma, to address the unjust and illegal practice of the police towing immigrant peoples' cars. This meeting was organized by the North Bay Sponsoring Committee and mainly included people from St. Vincents church.
We held one People of color caucus for IMPACT! members. We also helped organize the monthly meeting of white anti-racist allies of Sonoma County, which over 30 people attended.
We appeared on "Aztlan en Vivo," a bilingual radio program on KBBF, as well as the North Bay Report, a news program on KRCB radio.
We organized four free art workshops at the Phoenix Theater. We gave two "Know Your Rights" trainings to educate people on their rights with the police. We also gave a Know Your Rights training, and a counter-military recruitment workshop at the annual Raza Youth Conference, organized by MEChA (Movimiento Estudiantil Chicano de Aztlan), at Sonoma State.
We attended some awesome events such as a sold-out screening of "800 Mile Wall," a documentary about the U.S./Mexico border, and the thousands of people who have died crossing it. We also tabled at and supported a wonderful and well-attended production of "V-Day," organized by several young women at Casa Grande high school. We helped table at the sold out speaking event with Tim Wise, prominent white anti-racist author, at Sonoma State. And most fun of all, several of us attended the Tea Party's anti-tax rally in Santa Rosa. It was better than going to the movies...
We organized a Critical Mass bike ride, as well as a successful garage sale fundraiser. We put together a social event for IMPACT! members, otherwise known as a "Muster." We also held a BBQ potluck in the park. Lastly, we worked with members of the Committee for Immigrants' Rights to demonstrate against a DUI/Drivers License Checkpoint (which are typically used to profile immigrant drivers, detain them, and tow their cars). We held signs in Spanish warning people of the checkpoint, and most likely saved dozens of people from a painful and expensive fine at the hands of the police.
IMPACT! is on the move. Now is the time to get involved and support this growing movement of young people for justice and liberation.
Educate! Participate! Liberate!
IMPACT! achievments- Dec.2009-April 2010
In late November of last year, IMPACT! had several strategy meetings and outlined a series of goals that we wanted to accomplish over the course of 4 or 5 months. Here is the list of what we have done since then.
1.) We developed our own "Know Your Rights" cards for our CopWatch program
2.) We revised and improved our "Know Your Rights" presentations which we have since taken into various schools and community organizations
3.) We finished a 13-page report entitled "Community Views and Experiences With Law Enforcement in Petaluma," based on a community survey we conducted in 2009. We received several endorsements from groups such as the ACLU (American Civil Liberties Union), the Peace and Justice Center, and the Police Accountability Clinic and Helpline (PACH).
4.) We have held 6 Know Your Rights trainings in local schools.
5.) We have organized regular "Womyn's Caucuses" and "Men's Allies meetings."
6.) We have held regular "People of Color Caucuses" as well as "white anti-racist allies" meetings
7.) We helped form a county-wide network of white anti-racist allies which meets monthly and now is comprised of about 60 individuals.
8.) We have set up monthly social gatherings, or "Musters," for young activists to build relationships, get to know each other, and have fun.
9.) We helped table information at the Tim Wise speaking event at Sonoma State University in April.
10.) We organized a consensus workshop.
11.) We took "field trips" to various actions around the Bay, including the March 4th student protests in Berkeley and San Francisco, the "March in March" student protest in Sacramento, and a large immigrants' rights demonstration in San Francisco.
12.) We held a fundraising strategy meeting and delegated a point-person in our group in charge of fundraising.
13.) We expanded our web use through our blog and our Facebook page.
14.) we printed our own brochures and other literature on our womyn's and men's caucuses.
15.) we worked on our organizational culture by addressing internal problems, much of which stemmed from racial and gender inequities. We began confronting, and continue to confront, problems with speaking dynamics in meetings and the rotation of roles within the group.
1.) We developed our own "Know Your Rights" cards for our CopWatch program
2.) We revised and improved our "Know Your Rights" presentations which we have since taken into various schools and community organizations
3.) We finished a 13-page report entitled "Community Views and Experiences With Law Enforcement in Petaluma," based on a community survey we conducted in 2009. We received several endorsements from groups such as the ACLU (American Civil Liberties Union), the Peace and Justice Center, and the Police Accountability Clinic and Helpline (PACH).
4.) We have held 6 Know Your Rights trainings in local schools.
5.) We have organized regular "Womyn's Caucuses" and "Men's Allies meetings."
6.) We have held regular "People of Color Caucuses" as well as "white anti-racist allies" meetings
7.) We helped form a county-wide network of white anti-racist allies which meets monthly and now is comprised of about 60 individuals.
8.) We have set up monthly social gatherings, or "Musters," for young activists to build relationships, get to know each other, and have fun.
9.) We helped table information at the Tim Wise speaking event at Sonoma State University in April.
10.) We organized a consensus workshop.
11.) We took "field trips" to various actions around the Bay, including the March 4th student protests in Berkeley and San Francisco, the "March in March" student protest in Sacramento, and a large immigrants' rights demonstration in San Francisco.
12.) We held a fundraising strategy meeting and delegated a point-person in our group in charge of fundraising.
13.) We expanded our web use through our blog and our Facebook page.
14.) we printed our own brochures and other literature on our womyn's and men's caucuses.
15.) we worked on our organizational culture by addressing internal problems, much of which stemmed from racial and gender inequities. We began confronting, and continue to confront, problems with speaking dynamics in meetings and the rotation of roles within the group.
Thursday, April 29, 2010
Hot Lunch Hoedown feat. the Crux. May 15th- a benefit for IMPACT!
Hot Lunch Hoe-down- a benefit to send IMPACT! to the U.S. Social Forum!
SAVE THE DATE!
Saturday, May 15th, 6pm-4am
1251 Marian Way in Petaluma
come on out to a great benefit event to send young activists in IMPACT! to the U.S. Social Forum this summer in Detroit!
We are hosting our first ever Hot Lunch Hoe-down, at 1251 Marian Way aka "The Robin Hood", complete with food, drinks, live music, dancing, all to benefit a good cause. Please come support local food, local musicians, and local activists! Stay for dinner, or stay all night.
$5-$15 suggested donation at the door. (If you are only coming for the dinner, you do not have to pay at the door)
Here is the schedule:
6-8pm- Delicious home-cooked meal by chef Lindsey Patrick, featuring produce from the Robin Hood garden, and other local farms. You will have a choice of two or three items (menu to be announced shortly). We are asking $5 donation per plate.
8-11pm- Live music on the back patio, featuring
the Crux,
Waters,
the Little Lost Boys.
and to top it all off, DJ Broken Record will be rockin a dub-step set inside.
11pm-2am- Dance Party!
*if you are coming from out of town, let us know if you would like us to reserve sleeping space for you, either inside or outside in the tents.
This is a benefit to send young activists from IMPACT! to the U.S. Social Forum in Detroit (www.ussf2010.org). Please RSVP so we have an idea of how much food to get.
IMPACT! is a Petaluma-based, youth-led activist organization. IMPACT! is a non-profit that works with the community to, among other things, host social events, activist trainings, support free tutoring, free legal clinics, and art workshops. for more info, check out www.impactpetaluma.org, or impactpetaluma.blogspot.com
SAVE THE DATE!
Saturday, May 15th, 6pm-4am
1251 Marian Way in Petaluma
come on out to a great benefit event to send young activists in IMPACT! to the U.S. Social Forum this summer in Detroit!
We are hosting our first ever Hot Lunch Hoe-down, at 1251 Marian Way aka "The Robin Hood", complete with food, drinks, live music, dancing, all to benefit a good cause. Please come support local food, local musicians, and local activists! Stay for dinner, or stay all night.
$5-$15 suggested donation at the door. (If you are only coming for the dinner, you do not have to pay at the door)
Here is the schedule:
6-8pm- Delicious home-cooked meal by chef Lindsey Patrick, featuring produce from the Robin Hood garden, and other local farms. You will have a choice of two or three items (menu to be announced shortly). We are asking $5 donation per plate.
8-11pm- Live music on the back patio, featuring
the Crux,
Waters,
the Little Lost Boys.
and to top it all off, DJ Broken Record will be rockin a dub-step set inside.
11pm-2am- Dance Party!
*if you are coming from out of town, let us know if you would like us to reserve sleeping space for you, either inside or outside in the tents.
This is a benefit to send young activists from IMPACT! to the U.S. Social Forum in Detroit (www.ussf2010.org). Please RSVP so we have an idea of how much food to get.
IMPACT! is a Petaluma-based, youth-led activist organization. IMPACT! is a non-profit that works with the community to, among other things, host social events, activist trainings, support free tutoring, free legal clinics, and art workshops. for more info, check out www.impactpetaluma.org, or impactpetaluma.blogspot.com
Sunday, April 18, 2010
IMPACT! Steps It Up In March!
IMPACT! in March!
March was one of the busiest months in recent memory for the dedicated members of IMPACT! Here is a brief summary of what our members have been up to these last 31 days.
First off, we attended and/or organized 20 meetings, to support projects and organizations such as: Free Mind Media, MEChA (Movimiento Estudiantil Chicano de Aztlan), the Peace and Justice Center, The Phoenix Theater Rooftop Garden, the Youth Organizing Institute, The Committee for Immigrants’ Rights of Sonoma County, the North Bay Sponsoring Committee, the Zero Campaign, the white anti-racist allies of Sonoma County, and of course, IMPACT!
We held two Womyn’s caucuses, for the young womyn of the group, as well as one Men’s allies caucus. We held four successful free art workshops at the Phoenix Theater. We held a people of color caucus, as well as two white anti-racist allies caucuses (one for IMPACT! members, and one that was open to all of Sonoma County activists and allies). We baked vegan treats to support the Zero Campaign’s (anti-sexual assault group) bake sale to raise funds for their upcoming “Take Back the Night” march in October, which will be protesting violence against women. We helped to plan a successful fundraiser for the local Needle Exchange, which brought in $1,300! Furthermore, we helped raise funds to support Free Mind Media, a local community center and infoshop in Santa Rosa.
We gave presentations to several high school and college classrooms, as well as to a group of Unitarian Universalists in Santa Rosa. We tabled at this year’s production of the Vagina Monologues and distributed lots of good information. We attended a Harm Reduction Conference in the East Bay and a conference in Sacramento for the California Coalition for Reproductive Freedom.
We attended both days of the annual Anarchist Bookfair in San Francisco and made dozens of new friends. We appeared on KPFA, on La Onda Bajita, as part of the Mentes Mechistas segment. And we hosted two activist gatherings/parties, to build relationships with fellow youth activists and to…well…party.
Most excitingly, March was a month of renewed mass protests in our region, and we were excited to take part. On March 4th, we joined tens of thousands of students, teachers, and workers in a statewide strike to defend public education. We marched from UC Berkeley all the way to downtown Oakland in an 8 mile march. Then we headed to San Francisco, where 10,000 people rallied at City Hall. On March 21st, we participated in a massive march in Santa Rosa to celebrate Cesar Chavez and to call for comprehensive immigration reform. We joined nearly 7,000 people (one of the biggest demonstrations in years!) marching from Roseland to downtown Santa Rosa. The very next day, we traveled to Sacramento for the “March in March,” another statewide student protest against cuts to education. Over 15,000 converged on the capitol, and we made many new contacts with students in our region. Just two days later, we took a bus with 100 other Sonoma County residents, many from the Committee for Immigrants’ Rights and the RIFA campaign (Reform Immigration For America), to a protest of 2,000 people for immigrants’ rights in San Francisco.
You can be certain that this is only the beginning. And that as the weather heats up, so will our desires for a new world. April is already full with protests, mass meetings, fundraising, workshops, and hijinx.
If you want to join in the fun, contact IMPACT! at impactpetaluma@gmail.com. And check out our website, www.impactpetaluma.org, or our blog, impactpetaluma.blogspot.com
March was one of the busiest months in recent memory for the dedicated members of IMPACT! Here is a brief summary of what our members have been up to these last 31 days.
First off, we attended and/or organized 20 meetings, to support projects and organizations such as: Free Mind Media, MEChA (Movimiento Estudiantil Chicano de Aztlan), the Peace and Justice Center, The Phoenix Theater Rooftop Garden, the Youth Organizing Institute, The Committee for Immigrants’ Rights of Sonoma County, the North Bay Sponsoring Committee, the Zero Campaign, the white anti-racist allies of Sonoma County, and of course, IMPACT!
We held two Womyn’s caucuses, for the young womyn of the group, as well as one Men’s allies caucus. We held four successful free art workshops at the Phoenix Theater. We held a people of color caucus, as well as two white anti-racist allies caucuses (one for IMPACT! members, and one that was open to all of Sonoma County activists and allies). We baked vegan treats to support the Zero Campaign’s (anti-sexual assault group) bake sale to raise funds for their upcoming “Take Back the Night” march in October, which will be protesting violence against women. We helped to plan a successful fundraiser for the local Needle Exchange, which brought in $1,300! Furthermore, we helped raise funds to support Free Mind Media, a local community center and infoshop in Santa Rosa.
We gave presentations to several high school and college classrooms, as well as to a group of Unitarian Universalists in Santa Rosa. We tabled at this year’s production of the Vagina Monologues and distributed lots of good information. We attended a Harm Reduction Conference in the East Bay and a conference in Sacramento for the California Coalition for Reproductive Freedom.
We attended both days of the annual Anarchist Bookfair in San Francisco and made dozens of new friends. We appeared on KPFA, on La Onda Bajita, as part of the Mentes Mechistas segment. And we hosted two activist gatherings/parties, to build relationships with fellow youth activists and to…well…party.
Most excitingly, March was a month of renewed mass protests in our region, and we were excited to take part. On March 4th, we joined tens of thousands of students, teachers, and workers in a statewide strike to defend public education. We marched from UC Berkeley all the way to downtown Oakland in an 8 mile march. Then we headed to San Francisco, where 10,000 people rallied at City Hall. On March 21st, we participated in a massive march in Santa Rosa to celebrate Cesar Chavez and to call for comprehensive immigration reform. We joined nearly 7,000 people (one of the biggest demonstrations in years!) marching from Roseland to downtown Santa Rosa. The very next day, we traveled to Sacramento for the “March in March,” another statewide student protest against cuts to education. Over 15,000 converged on the capitol, and we made many new contacts with students in our region. Just two days later, we took a bus with 100 other Sonoma County residents, many from the Committee for Immigrants’ Rights and the RIFA campaign (Reform Immigration For America), to a protest of 2,000 people for immigrants’ rights in San Francisco.
You can be certain that this is only the beginning. And that as the weather heats up, so will our desires for a new world. April is already full with protests, mass meetings, fundraising, workshops, and hijinx.
If you want to join in the fun, contact IMPACT! at impactpetaluma@gmail.com. And check out our website, www.impactpetaluma.org, or our blog, impactpetaluma.blogspot.com
Friday, April 2, 2010
April 10th Mass Meeting of Students and Young People!
The April 10 mass meeting of students and young people is fast approaching and we have been letting as many people know about this as we can. So far we have:
-Handed out over 1,000 flyers
-Invited approximately 1700 people through Facebook and sent out hundreds of emails
-Talked to several college and high school classrooms
-Got press coverage in Napa, Vallejo, and Santa Rosa
-gathered hundreds of contacts from dozens of campus clubs and organizations around the north bay
-Set up a facebook event for inviting people. Visit it here to invite your friends: http://www.facebook.com/home.php?#!/event.php?eid=106123422750271&ref=ts
But we are not done yet. If you can help us with outreach, or know any one that would like to help, please contact us! Schools we are either continuing outreach to, or looking to contact, include: Casa Grande, Petaluma High, SSU, SRJC, Napa Valley, Analy, Ursuline, SR High, R.U.P., Rancho Cotati, Windsor, Healdsburg high, Maria Carrillo.
Also, if you know of any additional schools or youth organizations that we, or you, could contact, please let us know! We have fliers available for distribution, email srnocuts@gmail.com for PDF's.
IMPORTANT!- We need to organize carpools and rides for a lot of people! Please email us if you have room in your vehicle for people from Santa Rosa or Petaluma!
As this meeting is for all of us young people and students, we are gathering as much information as we can on what each of us individually want so we can address that collectively at the meeting. The meeting agenda is going look something like this:
Agenda:
Introductions: Meet the rest of the youth around the North Bay and here about what other clubs and organizations are up to.
Proposal: We are proposing that all young people and students of the North Bay come together in a coalition that will organize to defend public education and fight for social justice.
Small Group discussion: We will break up into small groups and discuss this proposal. This is where everyone will get a chance to share their thoughts and include their ideas into this proposal.
Future Actions: We will come back together as a big group, report on what we talked about in the small group, discuss future actions, the next meeting, and what we are going to do with this massive coalition!
Closing: Party?
Clubs/Groups/Organizations: You are encouraged to bring pamphlets and information on your organization as well as information on your upcoming events for everyone.
Coalition Questions:
If you have time, the more feedback we get from people the smoother we can make this meeting run. Fill out and email this questionnaire to srnocuts@gmail.com today!
What would you like this coalition to focus on? If you could choose 2 or 3 issues for a youth coalition to focus on, what would they be?
What should the goal of the coalition be?
What should the responsibilities be for those who want to join the coalition?
What are some possible names for the coalition?
Thank you all for coming out!
-The as of yet unnamed North Bay Coalition of Youth and Students
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Current list of clubs, groups and organizations endorsing the meeting and coalition:
IMPACT! (Petaluma), MEChA (Movimiento Estudiantil Chicano de Aztlan) (National network with several North Bay chapters), Free Mind Media (Santa Rosa), Zero Campaign (Petaluma), Students for a Democratic Society (National network with Napa Valley College chapter), The Northbay Uprising Radio Show (http://northbayuprising.blogspot.com), Students for Quality Education (National network with Sonoma State University chapter).
-If your club, group or organization endorses this meeting and coalition and would like to be on the list, email srnocuts@gmail.com.
-Handed out over 1,000 flyers
-Invited approximately 1700 people through Facebook and sent out hundreds of emails
-Talked to several college and high school classrooms
-Got press coverage in Napa, Vallejo, and Santa Rosa
-gathered hundreds of contacts from dozens of campus clubs and organizations around the north bay
-Set up a facebook event for inviting people. Visit it here to invite your friends: http://www.facebook.com/home.php?#!/event.php?eid=106123422750271&ref=ts
But we are not done yet. If you can help us with outreach, or know any one that would like to help, please contact us! Schools we are either continuing outreach to, or looking to contact, include: Casa Grande, Petaluma High, SSU, SRJC, Napa Valley, Analy, Ursuline, SR High, R.U.P., Rancho Cotati, Windsor, Healdsburg high, Maria Carrillo.
Also, if you know of any additional schools or youth organizations that we, or you, could contact, please let us know! We have fliers available for distribution, email srnocuts@gmail.com for PDF's.
IMPORTANT!- We need to organize carpools and rides for a lot of people! Please email us if you have room in your vehicle for people from Santa Rosa or Petaluma!
As this meeting is for all of us young people and students, we are gathering as much information as we can on what each of us individually want so we can address that collectively at the meeting. The meeting agenda is going look something like this:
Agenda:
Introductions: Meet the rest of the youth around the North Bay and here about what other clubs and organizations are up to.
Proposal: We are proposing that all young people and students of the North Bay come together in a coalition that will organize to defend public education and fight for social justice.
Small Group discussion: We will break up into small groups and discuss this proposal. This is where everyone will get a chance to share their thoughts and include their ideas into this proposal.
Future Actions: We will come back together as a big group, report on what we talked about in the small group, discuss future actions, the next meeting, and what we are going to do with this massive coalition!
Closing: Party?
Clubs/Groups/Organizations: You are encouraged to bring pamphlets and information on your organization as well as information on your upcoming events for everyone.
Coalition Questions:
If you have time, the more feedback we get from people the smoother we can make this meeting run. Fill out and email this questionnaire to srnocuts@gmail.com today!
What would you like this coalition to focus on? If you could choose 2 or 3 issues for a youth coalition to focus on, what would they be?
What should the goal of the coalition be?
What should the responsibilities be for those who want to join the coalition?
What are some possible names for the coalition?
Thank you all for coming out!
-The as of yet unnamed North Bay Coalition of Youth and Students
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Current list of clubs, groups and organizations endorsing the meeting and coalition:
IMPACT! (Petaluma), MEChA (Movimiento Estudiantil Chicano de Aztlan) (National network with several North Bay chapters), Free Mind Media (Santa Rosa), Zero Campaign (Petaluma), Students for a Democratic Society (National network with Napa Valley College chapter), The Northbay Uprising Radio Show (http://northbayuprising.blogspot.com), Students for Quality Education (National network with Sonoma State University chapter).
-If your club, group or organization endorses this meeting and coalition and would like to be on the list, email srnocuts@gmail.com.
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