Celebrate Asian Heritage Month with a critical perspective on labour, migration, and race in a special film screening and discussion

Thursday May 3 @ 6pm
Rhizome Café, 317 E. Broadway (corner Kingsway)
Films by donation $0-5

Organized by No One is Illegal-Vancouver and supported by Association of Chinese Canadians for Equality and Solidarity Society and South Asian Network for Secularism and Democracy.

DOUBLE-BILL OF AWARD-WINNING FILMS!

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Immigrant rights are worker’s rights: Justice for All!

TUESDAY, MAY 1
Gather at 6pm at Clark Park @ Commercial Drive and East 14th Avenue
March to Grandview Park for gathering @ 7:30 pm

==> Family-friendly march.
==> There will be food, water and snacks during the demo.
==> Rest vehicles will accompany the march.

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FOR EVERY MOMENT WITHOUT STATUS, FOR EVERY MINUTE IN DETENTION, FOR EVERY INHUMANE DEPORTATION: SHUT DOWN CITIZENSHIP & IMMIGRATION CANADA!

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 25TH 1:00 P.M.
GATHER: Front Entrance, C.I.C. – 300 West Georgia (corner Hamilton)

How many of us have seen our friends and families go through the fear and humiliation of detention hearings, reporting proceedings, and deportations at 300 West Georgia? Borne the pain of the separation of our families and communities? Witnessed the punishment and criminalization of our loved ones for having made the courageous decision to migrate?

On April 25th we will be rallying to shut down the offices of Citizenship & Immigration Canada (CIC) and the Canadian Border Services Agency (CBSA) in Vancouver – the institutions which daily take away the dignity and security of our communities through the detention and deportation regime.

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No One is Illegal-Vancouver is organizing a roundtable on the issue of migrant labour in Canada on Saturday April 21st from 11:30 am-5:30 pm at 515 West Hastings. There is limited space and registration is required by Friday April 20 at noon.

The goal of this roundtable is not to debate the pros and cons of migrant worker programs. We believe there is a growing consensus and understanding that given the inherent structural flaws of guest worker/migrant worker programs, such programs should not exist. Instead, we believe that any solution or alternatives that are envisioned to such programs must take into account how current immigration/refugee laws and increasingly restrictive Canadian border policies fuel the exploitation inherent within guest worker programs. Therefore the goal of the roundtable is to close the day with an understanding of the connections between labour, capital, and citizenship and to establish concrete proposals for more just migration and labour policy.

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Justice for All Immigrants, Migrants & Refugees!

:: SOLIDARITY SUNDAY :: A COMMUNITY GATHERING ::

Join us with Friends and Family as we celebrate our Communities’ Courage and Stand Together for Justice and Dignity!

SUNDAY, APRIL 15TH 1PM to 6PM WISE HALL, 1882 Adanac Street (corner Victoria)

Free! Wheelchair Accessible. Children Welcome. Alcohol Free Event

* Food * Music * Performances * DJ’s * Dancing *

Including artists:

*Curtis Clearsky*
*Bhangra Dhol team led by Paul Binning*
*Sean Gunn* performing Head Tax Blues
*No Luck Club*
*Ugnayan ng Kabataang Pilipino sa Canada/ Filipino-Canadian Youth Alliance
(UKPC/FCYA)*
& others!

This is a lead up event to the March for Immigrant Rights! to be held on May 1st, 6PM, gather at Clark Park (corner Commercial and 14th) – organized by STATUS Coalition & the May Day 2007 Organizing Committee.