MEDIA ADVISORY
WHAT: | PRESS CONFERENCE announcing the launch of a national campaign uniting business, labor, religious, civil rights, and immigrant leaders under a broad umbrella for immigration reform |
WHEN: | Wednesday, June 3, 2009; 9:30 a.m., EST |
WHERE: |
National Press Club 1st Amendment Room 529 14th Street, NW, Washington, DC |
WHO: |
Ali Noorani, Executive Director, National Immigration Forum, Moderator Angelica Salas, Executive Director, Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights of Los Angeles (CHIRLA) Eliseo Medina, Executive Vice President, Service Employees International Union (SEIU) Hilary O. Shelton, Director, National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, Washington Bureau, (NAACP) Janet Murguía, President and CEO, National Council of La Raza (NCLR) John Podesta, President and CEO, Center for American Progress John J. Sweeney, President, AFL-CIO Karen Narasaki, President and Executive Director, Asian American Justice Center (AAJC) Rev. Samuel Rodriguez, President, National Hispanic Christian Leadership Conference (NHCLC) Robert J. Dolibois, Executive Vice President, American Nursery & Landscape Association, Co-Chair, Agriculture Coalition for Immigration Reform William McNary, President, USAction |
WHY: | Leaders playing a central role in promoting immigration reform, including NCLR (National Council of La Raza), will officially launch the Reform Immigration FOR America Campaign. This groundbreaking, momentum-building effort organizes supporters of immigration reform into a stronger, more effective, and politically savvy national campaign which will help support President Obama and ensure that his promises of addressing comprehensive immigration reform become legislative reality.
The press conference announcing the Reform Immigration FOR America Campaign is part of a weeklong series of events, including more than 30 local campaign launch press events in 20 states (June 1), a national summit in Washington, DC bringing together 700 grassroots advocates representing more than 35 states (June 3-5), and a National Town Hall Meeting on Capitol Hill (June 4) on immigration reform. For more information on the Reform Immigration FOR America Campaign, please visit www.reformimmigrationforamerica.org orwww.reformamigratoriaproamerica.org or www.nclr.org |
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