Actions on behalf of immigrant families and communities

from a guest of Zombie Nation

C2C Events

Monday July 9th 6pm to 7pm
24 hour raid/detention hotline volunteer training
C2C Office 203 W. Holly Suite 318 B'ham WA

BILINGUAL, SPANISH/ENGLISH VOLUNTEERS NEEDED, to help staff a 24 hour hotline that people in detention, witnessing a raid or facing other immigration related issues can call for assistance. Your support in volunteering for a shift or two a week will be vital in making this project a success. If you are bilingual in Spanish and English and would like to volunteer and learn more about our overall efforts for community safety and security during the current  I.CE.. Age your time to serve your community has come! Sponsored by: Hate Free Zone, Washington Community Action Network and Community to Community Development.

For more info or to volunteer email decomunidad@qwest.net or call (360)927-9765

Saturday July 14th - 11:00am-4:00pm

Vigil for Human Rights - Organizing for Community Security in the I.C.E. Age

Northwest Detention Center

1623 East J. Street Tacoma, WA 98421

STOP THE RAIDS * KEEP FAMILIES TOGETHER * EFFECTIVE AND

HUMANE IMMIGRATION LEGISLATION * NO GUESTWORKER

PROGRAM * DUE PROCESS AND WORKERS RIGHTS FOR ALL *

NO PRIVATE PROFIT OFF BROKEN IMMIGRATION SYSTEM

Community to Community Development invites all social justice, faith, labor and community groups to a peaceful vigil at the privately-run Northwest Detention Center in Tacoma. As Immigration and Customs Enforcement (I.C.E.) continues to terrorize and break apart families in our communities and our Congressional leaders use immigrant workers as political footballs,  we need to come together for human rights and community security at home.  Come with signs and coffee and baked goods for families visiting their detained relatives inside.   Stay and learn how to get involved with the growing immigrant rights network in the region!  For more info and carpooling call (360)738-0893 or email decomunidad@qwest.net

Sunday July 22nd - 10am to 4pm
New Immigrant Voter Clinic
C2C Office 203 W. Holly Suite 318, Bellingham, WA 98225

Sunday July 29th - 10am to 4pm
New Immigrant Voter Clinic
C2C Office 203 W. Holly Suite 318, Bellingham, WA 98225

Community to Community invites all newly registered voters, immigrant or not,  to come to our Clinics and ask any question you may have about the voting process, your rights as a voter and upcoming important election dates. We will also have voter registration forms for those folks that still need to register. Trained bi-lingual volunteers from C2C and the League of Women Voters will be available through our project  Formación Cívica. This  project’s goal is to work with newly registered immigrant voters in our community and provide non-partisan education and training on effective ways to engage at all levels of our Democratic civic participation process.  For more information call Rosalinda at 360.738.0893 or e-mail at rosalindag@qwest.net

In Solidarity with our Community

Saturday July 7th - 12:00-6pm 
Boulevard Park, Bellingham, WA

The Honor Foundation presents a celebration honoring The First People of the Land and Water, the first official recognition of the First Peoples of this land and these waters by City and County officials. 12:00-1pm entertainment, 1-2:00pm Canoe Landings, 2-4:00pm Cultural presentations by the Lummi Nation, 4-6pm Public Official recognition and honoring ceremony.

Sunday July 8th - 11:45am
Post-Katrina Forum with UU Rev. Jim VanderWeele
Unitarian Fellowship 1708 "I" Street, Bellingham, WA

Plan to stay after the July 8 Sunday service (around 11:45 am to 12:00pm) for a forum on post-Katrina New Orleans.  Rev. Jim VanderWeele will
present his view of the rebuilding efforts and the current state of the city, it's people, and the difficulties they still face nearly two years
after the national tragedy.  Rev. VanderWeele is the minister at Community Church Unitarian Universalist of New Orleans, one of three
Unitarian fellowships in the city.  He has been very active in organizing local involvement in the rebuilding of New Orleans along with
his and other UU congregations and other allies in the community.  For more information - Mike Betz  at mwbetz@comcast.net

Saturday July 21st - 4pm - 7pm
Strengthening Local Economies, Everywhere Dinner and Fair
Polish Home on Capitol Hill, Seattle.

Community Alliance for Global Justice (CAGJ) is a Seattle-based non-profit founded in 2001 to stop the expansion of NAFTA and to organize for alternatives to corporate-led trade policy. Invitation to support local farmers, farm workers, ranchers and fisherfolk. Fair trade foods. Vendor stalls ($50), info tables ($25). Space free to farmers and vendors who donate food for dinner. Come meet Community to Community Executive Director Rosalinda Guillen and listen to her speak about food justice and  learn about C2C's efforts to develop domestic fair trade standards in agriculture.   More info: Heather Day, CAGJ Staff Organizer. 206.724.2243 (cell). hrd99@igc.org.

Saturday September 22nd 
Cross-border Peace Gathering
Peace Arch Park, Blaine, WA

Community to Community joins the Whatcom Peace & Justice Center in Bellingham in working with the World Peace Forum and StopWar.ca folks in Vancouver who are putting together a peace gathering for Saturday, September 22nd (the day after Bellingham's celebration of International Day of Peace). This event will consist of workshops in the morning, followed by an afternoon of networking and a concert featuring singer-songwriter David Rovics.One of the goals with this event is to create a more effective cross-border peace and anti-war movement, leading up to a Pacific Northwest Regional Peace Forum in the Spring of 2008. For more information so that you can join us - Marie Marchand at   whatcompjc@fidalgo.net

C2C - 203 W. Holly, Suite 317, Bellingham, Wa 98225    360.738.0893

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