NYC LABOR SOLIDARITY WITH IMMIGRANT DETAINEES
Join trade unionists, immigrant, civil rights, peace, and social justice organizations to oppose the mass detention of foreign nationals since Sept. 11. Most of the detainees are from the Mid-East and South Asia. The government has refused to release most of the detainees� names. Because of this secrecy, some detainees may not have access to legal counsel. Some have suffered inhumane conditions of confinement. Virtually none have been charged with terrorist acts. Some of these detainees are being held at the Metropolitan Detention Center, a federal prison in Sunset Park, Brooklyn.
SATURDAY, MARCH 23, 2002
**Assemble
10:30 a.m., 9 St./5 Ave., Brooklyn. (N/R to 4 Ave.; F to 9 St.)
**March
11 a.m.�Sharp
**Rally
12 Noon�Sharp, Metro Detention Ctr., 29 St./3d Ave., Brooklyn. (N/R to 25
St./4 Ave.)
SPONSORS
*Freedom Legal Defense and Education Project
*Arab-American Family Support Center
*Justice For Detainees Coalition
LABOR SPONSORS (list in formation)
*AFSCME DC 1707
*AFSCME L.2627, DC 37
*Assn. of Legal Aid Attorneys/UAW L.2325
*Natl. Writers Union/UAW L.1981
*Natl. Org. of Legal Services Workers/UAW L.2320
*NYC Labor Against the War (NYCLAW)
*Professional Staff Congress-CUNY/AFT L.2324
COSPONSORS (list in formation)
*American Associations of Jurists
*American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee
*American Friends Service Committee
*Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund
*Black Radical Congress
*Brooklyn Bridges
*Brooklyn Heights Peace Action
*Brooklyn Parents for Peace
*Brooklyn Society for Ethical Culture, Ethical Action Committee
*Center for Anti-Violence Education
*Central Brooklyn Independent Democrats
*Coalition for the Human Rights of Immigrants
*Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR)
*Desis Rising Up and Moving (DRUM)
*Flatbush Peace Action
*Green Party: Kings County, Park Slope chapters
*Help & Hope
*International Socialist Organization (ISO)
*Jews for Racial and Economic Justice (JFREJ)
*NY Coalition for Peace and Justice
*NY Immigration Coalition
*Lesbian Herstory Archives
*Make the Road by Walking
*Nicaragua Solidarity Network
*Pakistan League of America
*Prison Moratorium Project
*Prospect Lefferts Voices for Peace and Justice
*Rev. Elizabeth Alexander, Church of Gethsemane
*Rev. Elizabeth Braddon, Park Slope United Methodist Church
*VEER Grassroots Services
*War Resisters League
*Working Families Party, Brooklyn Waterfront Club
*Women for Afghan Women
*Rev. Paul Smith, First Presbyterian Church
*City Councilmember Margarita Lopez
Info: 212.343.0708