Day 8 of Hunger Strike!!

Day 8 of Hunger Strike!!

 

Students & Youth on Hunger Strike

 

for the Dream Act

 

Call Senator Chuck Schumer Immediately!

 

Demand that he meet with the hunger strikers now!

 

Hold him accountable for the

students health and wealth being!

 

Sign the call to support the hunger strikers!

 

Since Tuesday, June 1, dozens of students and youth have been on a

hunger strike in New York City in front of the offices of Senator

Chuck Schumer at 757 Third Ave in Manhattan.  These youth are mostly

all undocumented. They are taking great risks to fight for their

rights for education and legalization.

 

The hunger strike is part of the students’ long struggle for

legalization via the call for the passage of the DREAM ACT, a piece of

legislation that would provide legalization with many caveats for

those who came to the U.S. as children. The students are on hunger

strike demanding that Senator Schumer move the Dream Act forward in

Congress as a stand alone bill.

 

The students have been on this hunger strike because Senator Schumer

has not met any of the demands of the students and has even treated

them harshly and ignored their appeals. The students believe they have

gotten the run-around time and time again.

 

 

To call Senator Schumer:

 

 

In New York:

Call:  212-486-4430

Fax: 212-486-7693

 

In D.C.:

Call: 202-224-6542

Fax: 202-228-3027

 

To sign your name to the call email:  MayDay2010@peoplesmail.net

 

The following Labor & Community Activists Support the Students & Youth

on

 

Hunger Strike for the Dream Act

 

We call on Senator Schumer to meet with the students on hunger

strike.

We hold Senator Schumer accountable for the health and wealth-being of

every student on hunger strike. These students are putting their lives

on the line as a result of the lack of political will on the part of

elected officials.

We demand that Senator Schumer hear the calls of immigrants and

supporters for a just, fair, pro-worker immigration reform.

 

 

Adriana Garcia, MAIZ San Jose, CA

Alex Hernandez Majumder, International Action Center

Alfonso Gonzales, Dr.; Asst. Prof, Latino Studies Program, NYU

Anne Pruden, NY Committee to Free Mumia

Arnold Garcia, National Network for Immigrant and Refugee Rights

Bernadette Ellorin, Chairperson, Bayan USA Filipino Organization

C. Shahid, Pakistan USA Freedom Forum

Cathey Stanley, Raliegh North Carolina, FIST

Cheryl Labash, U.S./Cuba Labor Exchange

Charles Jenkins, Second Vice President, Coalition of Black Trade

Unionists, NYC Chapter, TWU Activist

Daniel Vila, Independent Workers Movement

David L. Wilson, (co-author, The Politics of Immigration: Questions &

Answers)

Ellen Catalinatto, Nurse

Ellie Dorritie, American Postal Workers Union Retirees*, Buffalo NY

Erik-Anders Nilsson, Jersey City Peace Movement, Director

George Guenthal, Working Peoples News

Gregory Dunkel, AFT 2334

Heather Cottin, Professor LaGuardia College, PSC -CUNY

Imani Henry, Activist, Writer, Performer

Isabel Garcia, Derechos Humanos, Tucson Arizon

Joyce Wilcox, RN

Lallan Schoenstein, UNITE HERE Retiree

Larry Hales, FIST youth organizer

Leah Gitter, retired New York City Teacher

Leslie Feinberg, NWU/UAW

Lucy Pagoada, UFT member

Margarita Aguilar, Graphic Artists Guild

Marina Diaz, Centro Tucumán Guatemalan organization

Michael Kramer, Vets for Peace

Mike Eilenfeldt, Delegate, New York City Central Labor Council, Staff

& Workers Union at Cooper Union Local 37-901, NYSUT, AFT, AFL-CIO

Mike Gimbel, Chair of Labor/Community Unity Committee, Local 375

AFSCME

Minnie Bruce Pratt, National Writers Union

Monica Moorehead, Womens Fightback Network

Nieves Ayress, La Peña del Bronx

Paul Teitelbaum, May 1st Coalition, Tucson, Arizona

Professor Robin McCubbin, Southwestern College, Chula Vista, CA

California Teachers Association

Sara Flounders, International Action Center

Sarah Resnick

Sharon Danann, member of AFGE, Local 2089

Steve Durham, Freedom Socialist Party

Sue Haris, Ph.D., Peoples Video Network Co-Director

Tania Penafort, Cornell University Student

Tatiana Bejar, Human Rights Project at the Urban Justice Center

Teresa Gutierrez, May 1st Coalition for Worker & Immigrant Rights

Victor Toro, fighting for political asylum

Wellington Echegaray, Colombian activist

 

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