Author: El Comité
El Comité es una organización comunitaria de justicia social con sede en Seattle, Washington. / El Comité is a community-based social justice organization based in Seattle, Washington.
PRESS RELEASE: Marchers take to streets of Seattle in defense of communities for 18th Annual May Day March.
MEDIA ADVISORY For Immediate Release: Monday, May 1, 2017 Contact: El Comité and the May 1st Action Coalition, ph: 206.465.5511, em: bocajj1@comcast.com, Twitter Tag: #MayDaySea #MayDayWa. Marchers take to the streets of Seattle in defense of community members for the 18th Annual May Day March for Workers and Immigrant Rights. SEATTLE – An estimated ten thousand… Continue reading PRESS RELEASE: Marchers take to streets of Seattle in defense of communities for 18th Annual May Day March.
Know Your Rights Resources
While we expect a large turnout and a great march, it's still a good idea to know our rights as demonstrators and participants in a major march. We have listed a few PDF files below. We'd like to thank the ACLU of Washington for pointing us toward these resources. ============================ "Tienes el Derecho a Permanecer… Continue reading Know Your Rights Resources
PRESS RELEASE: Community Members and Activists will march in both Seattle and Yakima to defend Immigrant Rights at Annual May Day Marches.
MEDIA ADVISORY For Immediate Release: Tuesday, April 25, 2017 Contact: El Comité, May 1st Action Coalition, and May First Coalition-Yakima Valley. | ph: (Seattle) 206.465.5511(Yakima) 509.225.9634 | em: (Seattle) bocajj1@comcast.net (Yakima) May1stcoalitionyakimavalley@gmail.comTwitter Tag: #MayDaySea #MayDayWa. Community Members and Activists will march in both Seattle and Yakima to defend Immigrant Rights at Annual May Day Marches.… Continue reading PRESS RELEASE: Community Members and Activists will march in both Seattle and Yakima to defend Immigrant Rights at Annual May Day Marches.
List of Organizations Endorsing the 2017 May Day March in Seattle.
We would like to acknowledge the following groups for offering logistical and financial support in organizing the 18th Annual May Day March for Workers and Immigrant Rights. ================= Aerospace Machinists Lodge #751 Act Now to Stop War and End Racism (ANSWER) Coalition-Seattle American Civil Liberties Union of Washington American Federation of Teacher Local 1789 American… Continue reading List of Organizations Endorsing the 2017 May Day March in Seattle.
2017 May Day Poster (English)
2017 May Day Poster (Spanish version)
DECLARATION OF GENERAL STRIKE
DECLARATION OF GENERAL STRIKE Sunday, April 2, 2017 Friends and Allies, We are workers, you and I. We work partly out of necessity, but also because it is through work that the conditions for life are created. We want to live and work with dignity! Now we find that even this simple desire… Continue reading DECLARATION OF GENERAL STRIKE
PRESS RELEASE: Executive Order about the Southern Border Wall
MEDIA ADVISORY For Immediate Release: Thursday, January 26, 2017 Contact: El Comité, ph: 206.465.5511, em: info@elcomitewa.org, Twitter Tag: #DumpTrump. Border Wall Executive Order signed on 1/25/16 is a poorly thought-out, costly, xenophobic blunder. SEATTLE – Yesterday morning, the current presidential administration made due on its vitriolic, anti-immigrant promise to augment the border wall at our… Continue reading PRESS RELEASE: Executive Order about the Southern Border Wall
Immigrant Rights Activists will take to the streets of Seattle to protest Trump.
MEDIA ADVISORY For Immediate Release: Wednesday, January 18, 2017 Contact: El Comité and the May 1st Action Coalition, ph: 206.465.5511, em: info@elcomitewa.org, Twitter Tag: #DumpTrump. Immigrant Rights Activists will take to the streets of Seattle to protest the incoming Presidential Administration. “All United, None Divided” March will be one of many events throughout the city… Continue reading Immigrant Rights Activists will take to the streets of Seattle to protest Trump.