[Imc-arizona] “CITIZENS WALK FOR HUMAN DIGNITY” from tucson to phoenix may 2

[Steev Hise]

it's weird that i found otu about this from a friend in DC and it's  
so silly that there's no internet way listed here to find out more.  
but anyway, this is something to cover...
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:

NATIONAL COALITION TO HOLD “CITIZENS WALK FOR HUMAN DIGNITY”

Phoenix,  
AZ                                                                       
                  April 19, 2008

A national coalition of over 50 local, state and national  
organizations are participating in walk from Tucson to Phoenix  
beginning May 2 to call for an end to racially fomented hate crimes.   
The ten-day peaceful walk will end with a rally in downtown Phoenix  
on Mother’s Day, May 11, honoring mothers for teaching children to  
treat all human beings with equal dignity.

“We walk in support of Phoenix Mayor Phil Gordon and Arizona Governor  
Janet Napolitano and join them in seeking the indictment and  
prosecution of any who willfully abuse the constitutional rights of  
citizens,” states organizer Jay Johnson-Castro.  “American values and  
the future of our country are at stake when people live in fear and  
are terrorized.

Among the more than 50 organizations endorsing the event are:
LULAC National; Cesar Chavez March for Justice; National Indian  
Treaty Council;
Border Angels; Freedom Ambassadors; National Network for Immigration  
and Refugee Rights; Veterans for Peace; Derechos Humanos; Humane  
Borders; Gente Unida;
American Indian Movement; International Indian Treaty Council; Texas  
Indigenous Council; Border Ambassadors; Border Network for Human  
Rights; Southwest Workers Union; No Mas Muertes; LUPE; Somos America,  
the 42 member Phoenix coalition;
IUE-CWA/AFL-CIO; Labor Council for Latin American Advancement AFL-CIO;
Center for Human Rights and Constitutional Law; Dallas Peace Center  
and MADRES.


Groups as well as individuals are invited to participate in the walk  
for an hour, a mile, a day or whatever circumstances allow.  The walk  
will begin immediately after a 10 a.m. rally on Friday, May 2 in  
downtown Tucson at the Plaza on South 6th Avenue, between 12th and  
13th Streets.

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For further information contact
Rick Romero Citizens Walk, Coordinator (602) 515-9844
Annette Sexton-Ruiz Citizens Walk, Assistant Coordinator (602) 505-4147







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