Dozens of Bakersfield families, students and community leaders to promote upcoming march for immigration reform over the weekend

 
Bakersfield, CA – Students, local volunteers and immigrant advocates will be passing out information and visiting churches inviting the community to join the United Farm Workers in next week’s march for immigration reform and to honor the legacy of Cesar E. Chavez, founder of the United Farm Workers of America. Chavez’s birthday is a holiday celebrated in eight states across the nation on March 31st, including California.
 
The activity will be taking place Sunday, March 17, between 11a.m. and 1 p.m. The group will gather at the intersections of Niles Street and Mt. Vernon Avenue at 11 a.m. and then go promote around the neighborhood.
 
The march is slated for the following Sunday, March 24, 2013 at 10 a.m. and is part of a national effort to persuade legislators to pass a new immigration process that would allow the estimated 11 million undocumented immigrants living in the U.S. to legalize their status.
 
WHAT:          Promoting upcoming march for immigration reform
 
WHEN:          Sunday, March 17, 2013
 
TIME:            11 a.m. – 1 p.m.
 
WHERE:       Intersections of Niles St and Mt Vernon Ave, Bakersfield, CA 93306
(Near the Vallarta Supermakets grocery store)
 
WHO:             UFW Foundation volunteers, Students from Pitzer College and Kern Coalition for Citizenship  volunteers. 
 
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