NO WAY SB1070: 3 EVENTS

WESTERN MASS SAYS NO WAY!

FFT Collective is organizing against SB1070 in coalition with IWRC/ Western Mass. AFSC. For more information about these efforts check out: http://www.afscwm.org/boycottaz/about/

Please check out this statement and look below for upcoming organizing efforts:

What We Believe:

We believe that the law recently passed in Arizona (SB1070) is not merely about Arizona it is about all of us; it is about criminalizing and targeting those most vulnerable and marginalized among us in this country.

We recognize that this legislation:

• is a diversion away from working people's real source of economic insecurity in this country, particularly, the ongoing exploitation by big business and corporation of marginalized communities and of our world's resources.
• promotes and legalizes racial profiling of documented and undocumented people of color.
• violates the rights of indigenous populations of the America's to freely move; criminalizing traditional migration patterns and not recognizing the increased need for migration based on the direct impact of unjust free trade agreements.
• further disenfranchises already marginalized populations (including poor & working-class women of color and gender-variant people by preventing access to social service resources and placing these populations at greater risk for individual and state enacted violence).

Therefore, we are calling on cities and towns of Western Massachusetts to join cities around the country, unions and non-profit organizations in boycotting Arizona - ending travel to and all business with the state of Arizona and all Arizona-based companies.

Press Conference:
Monday 6/7/2010 10:30 AM
FOOD FOR THOUGHT BOOKS COLLECTIVE
COME SUPPORT! BRING SIGNS! LET THE PRESS KNOW: WESTERN MASS SAYS NO WAYSB1070!

Town Hall Meeting:
Monday 6/7/2010 6:45PM
AMHERST TOWN HALL
The Amherst Select Board will be hearing the resolution to Boycott Arizona. Come have your voice heard! We need to have 3 votes from the select board to pass the petition!

Boycott Arizona! Community Knowledge Share and Organizing Meeting:
Tuesday 6/8/2010 5PM
FOOD FOR THOUGHT BOOKS COLLECTIVE
Want to learn more about what's happening in Arizona? Come learn about the bill and support organizing efforts to establish Boycott cities/towns across Western Mass!