Thousands of New Yorkers Rally and March for Immigration Reform as part of National Effort to Pressure House Leadership
(New York, NY) On Saturday, October 5th at noon, thousands of New Yorkers will rally at 200 Cadman Plaza in Brooklyn and march over the Brooklyn Bridge in one of more than 170 events in 150 cities in 40 states across the country to press Congress to pass immigration reform this year.
Other gatherings will take place across the state, including Buffalo, Poughkeepsie, Binghamton, and Brentwood. New Yorkers for Real Immigration Reform, a campaign coordinated by the New York Immigration Coalition, will bring together elected officials, community leaders, and labor, faith, and advocacy groups from across New York State to send a message to Congress to pass an immigration reform bill that keeps families together, provides a pathway to citizenship, and brings some reason and fairness to our immigration system.
For a list of gatherings happening in New York State, click HERE.
Speakers (list in formation):
- Senator Charles Schumer
- Mary Kay Henry, international president, Service Employees International Union (SEIU)
- Steven Choi, executive director, New York Immigration Coalition
- Hina Naveed and Max Ahmed, recipients of Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals
- Guillermo Chacon, executive director, Latino Commission on AIDS
- Linda Sarsour, executive director, Arab American Association of New York
- Bakary Tandia, policy advocate, African Services Committee
- S.J Jung, board president, MinKwon Center for Community Action
- Nancy Peredo, member of Make the Road New York
- Congresswoman Nydia M. Velazquez
- Adolfo Carrión, 2013 New York City mayoral candidate*
- Mario Cilento, president, New York State AFL-CIO
- Congressman Jerrold Nadler
- Bill de Blasio, 2012 New York City mayoral candidate*
- Members, New Immigrant Community Empowerment
- Congressman Hakeem Jeffries
- Vinny Alvarez, president, Central Labor Council
- Congresswoman Grace Meng
- Monsignor Kevin Sullivan, executive director of Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of New York
- Rabbi David Adelson, East End Temple
Entertainment:
- DJs Chief Boima and Geko Jones
- Cetiliztli Nauhcampa Quetzacoatl in Ixachitlan
- CHIA Marching Band
- Rebel Diaz
*All mayoral candidates were invited to the event. Their appearance is not an endorsement of their campaigns.
The New York Immigration Coalition is an umbrella policy and advocacy organization for nearly 200 groups in New York State that work with immigrants and refugees. The NYIC aims to achieve a fairer and more just society that values the contributions of immigrants and extends opportunity to all by promoting immigrants’ full civic participation, fostering their leadership, and providing a unified voice and a vehicle for collective action for New York’s diverse immigrant communities.
The New Yorkers for Real Immigration Reform campaign is a statewide campaign coordinated by the New York Immigration Coalition and endorsed by 170 labor, business, faith, grassroots and immigrant organizations from across the state. The coalition is calling for an overhaul of the immigration system to meet the needs of the economy and keep families together.
