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Faith and Community Leaders Speak Out Against SB 1070

Reform Immigration For America

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Contact:           Shu Ohno, (202) 309-5645, sohno@immigrationforum.org

 

Faith and Community Leaders Speak Out Against SB 1070

National and Arizona Faith Leaders and Community Leaders To Offer Prayers and

Deliver Over 50,000 Petitions Urging Governor Brewer to Veto Bill

On the heels of the passage of SB 1070 in the Arizona House of Representatives, national and local faith leaders and community leaders will offer prayers and deliver more than 50,000 petitions calling on Governor Jan Brewer to veto the legislation.  Leaders will discuss the moral implications of this harsh and ineffective bill that  would create fear and mistrust throughout Arizona’s Latino community, while doing nothing to address the broken immigration system.  

Leaders will offer prayers and speak on behalf of the faith community in Arizona and around the nation that is united in its rejection of this legislation as a harsh tactic that will divide families and fail to provide a lasting solution to effectively reform our nation’s immigration laws.

WHAT:           Press Conference and Petition Delivery

WHEN:          Tuesday, April 20th, 2010

11:00 AM     Prayers and Press Conference

11:30 noon  Petition Delivery to Governor Jan Brewer

WHERE:         In front of the State Capitol   

WHO:             Bishop Minerva Carcaño, Desert Southwest Conference, United Methodist Church

                        Eliseo Medina, Executive Vice President, Service Employees International Union

Jim Wallis, CEO, Sojourners

Noel Castellanos, CEO, Christian Community Development Association

Dr. Warren H. Stewart, Senior Pastor, First institutional Baptist Church

Mary Rose Wilcox, District 5 Supervisor, Maricopa County, AZ

Danny Ortega, Chairman of the Board of Directors, National Council of La Raza

Ali Noorani, Executive Director, National Immigration Forum

Alejandro Chavez, Grandson of César Chávez, United Farm Workers

 

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