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almost here learn
how to participate
outreach@miwon.or
g for more info
Mayday 2007,Primero de Mayo 2007
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Mayday 2008 Spainsh and Korean Fliers will be uploaded
really soon.
THESE YEAR MIWON AND THE MARCH 25TH COALITION HAVE DECIDE TO DO A UNITY MARCH.
MIWON WILL BE MARCHIGN FROM MACARTHUR PARK TO 5TH AND BROADWAY THE MARCH 25TH
COALITION WILL MARCH FROM BROADWAY AND OLYMPIC TO BROADWAY AND 5TH AND THEN
WE WILL BOTH MARCH TO BROADWAY AND 1ST . FOR MORE INFO EMAIL BETHANY LEAL
(bleal@miwon.org). To volunteer email jonathan@miwon.org
Thanks
Logistical Info for May 1st INT'L Workers March on Super Thursaday 2008
The Plan For Mayday
Gathering at Macarthur park (2pm)
Opening Speakers/Band
March to 5th and Broadway (Unite with March 25th Coalition)
How to get to Mac Arthur Park
Metro Line 20: Bus Stop Wilshire/ Park View or Wilshre and Alvarado
Metro Line 720: Bus Stop Wilshire/Alvarado
Metro Line 66: Bus Stop 8th and Alvardo ( 2 Blocks Away)
Metro Line 18: 6th and Alvarado( 1 Block Away)
Metro Line 200 Alvarado and 8th Street and Alvarado and 6th (2 Blocks Away)
Other Metro Lines Near Mac Arthur park are Lines 26, 51, 52, 352 and 603
check for there nearst stop at metro.net
Dash Line- Pico Union-Echo Park
8th St/Westlake AV
Metro Rail
From Union Station & Downtown Los Angeles
Take the Metro Rail towards either North Hollywood (Red Line) or Wilshire & Western (Purple
Line), exit at the Westlake/MacArthur Park Station
From North Hollywood, Hollywood, Silverlake, etc.
Take the Red Line towards Union Station, exit at the Westlake/MacArthur Park Station
From Wilshire & Western Station, Koreatown, & surrounding areas
Take the Purple Line towards Union Station, exit at the Westlake/MacArthur Park Station.
** Bus service and schedules are subject to change, please check Metro's
website at www.mta.net for bus schedules and timetables, or call 1-800-COMMUTE (266-6883).
Freeway's
Hollwood 101 Fwy Northbound
Exit on Alvarado turn right onto West 6th and l
Hollywood 101 Fwy Southbound
Exit on Alvarado Street turn right at the exit onto Alvarado
Street, turn right onto West 6th Street
Santa Monica Fwy 10 (EAST)
Take the 10 East, exit at Vermont Ave/Hoover Street, turn left at the exit
onto Hoover Street, stay on Hoover Street until it ends at Wilshire Blvd. (approximately 1.5
miles),
turn right onto Wilshire Blvd., turn left at S. Park View Street and
From the San Bernardino Freeway (10) West:
Take the 10 West, exit at Hoover Street, turn right at the
exit onto Hoover Street,stay on Hoover Street until it ends at Wilshire Blvd.
(approximately 1.5 miles), turn right onto Wilshire Blvd., turn left
at S. Park View Street.
From Harbor Freeway (110) Southbound:
Take the 110 South, exit at 6th Street, turn right at the exit onto 6th Street,
continue on 6th Street for approximately 1.25 miles, cross Alvarado Street,
Mac Arthur Park is on the south side of West 6th Street between
Alvarado Street & S. Park View Street.
Parking Options
The following are cash only with fees ranging between $5 - $10.
623 S. Carondelet Street
located between West 6th Street & Wilshire Blvd.
Open 24 hours
2509 Wilshire Blvd.
located at the northeast corner of Coronado Street & Wilshire Blvd.
(entrance is on Coronado Street)
Open until 12 am
1930 Wilshire Blvd.
located between West 7th Street & Wilshire Blvd. on S. Westlake Avenue
(entrance is on S. Westlake Avenue)
Open until 10 pm
Bus/Van/Car Drop-Off: Buses and vans can drop off passenger within a block from
Mac Arthur Park
First Aid: Will be throught the March
Porta-Potties: Will be located at Mac Arthur Park as well as at the end of the March( 1st and
Broadway)
Security: Securities will be through out the March they will be wearing a bright vest. If a
individual is instigating you or other please ignore them and report it to the nearest
security.
Media: There will be a media Check-in Table at Mac Arthur Park and also at the end of the
march
really soon.
THESE YEAR MIWON AND THE MARCH 25TH COALITION HAVE DECIDE TO DO A UNITY MARCH.
MIWON WILL BE MARCHIGN FROM MACARTHUR PARK TO 5TH AND BROADWAY THE MARCH 25TH
COALITION WILL MARCH FROM BROADWAY AND OLYMPIC TO BROADWAY AND 5TH AND THEN
WE WILL BOTH MARCH TO BROADWAY AND 1ST . FOR MORE INFO EMAIL BETHANY LEAL
(bleal@miwon.org). To volunteer email jonathan@miwon.org
Thanks
Logistical Info for May 1st INT'L Workers March on Super Thursaday 2008
The Plan For Mayday
Gathering at Macarthur park (2pm)
Opening Speakers/Band
March to 5th and Broadway (Unite with March 25th Coalition)
How to get to Mac Arthur Park
Metro Line 20: Bus Stop Wilshire/ Park View or Wilshre and Alvarado
Metro Line 720: Bus Stop Wilshire/Alvarado
Metro Line 66: Bus Stop 8th and Alvardo ( 2 Blocks Away)
Metro Line 18: 6th and Alvarado( 1 Block Away)
Metro Line 200 Alvarado and 8th Street and Alvarado and 6th (2 Blocks Away)
Other Metro Lines Near Mac Arthur park are Lines 26, 51, 52, 352 and 603
check for there nearst stop at metro.net
Dash Line- Pico Union-Echo Park
8th St/Westlake AV
Metro Rail
From Union Station & Downtown Los Angeles
Take the Metro Rail towards either North Hollywood (Red Line) or Wilshire & Western (Purple
Line), exit at the Westlake/MacArthur Park Station
From North Hollywood, Hollywood, Silverlake, etc.
Take the Red Line towards Union Station, exit at the Westlake/MacArthur Park Station
From Wilshire & Western Station, Koreatown, & surrounding areas
Take the Purple Line towards Union Station, exit at the Westlake/MacArthur Park Station.
** Bus service and schedules are subject to change, please check Metro's
website at www.mta.net for bus schedules and timetables, or call 1-800-COMMUTE (266-6883).
Freeway's
Hollwood 101 Fwy Northbound
Exit on Alvarado turn right onto West 6th and l
Hollywood 101 Fwy Southbound
Exit on Alvarado Street turn right at the exit onto Alvarado
Street, turn right onto West 6th Street
Santa Monica Fwy 10 (EAST)
Take the 10 East, exit at Vermont Ave/Hoover Street, turn left at the exit
onto Hoover Street, stay on Hoover Street until it ends at Wilshire Blvd. (approximately 1.5
miles),
turn right onto Wilshire Blvd., turn left at S. Park View Street and
From the San Bernardino Freeway (10) West:
Take the 10 West, exit at Hoover Street, turn right at the
exit onto Hoover Street,stay on Hoover Street until it ends at Wilshire Blvd.
(approximately 1.5 miles), turn right onto Wilshire Blvd., turn left
at S. Park View Street.
From Harbor Freeway (110) Southbound:
Take the 110 South, exit at 6th Street, turn right at the exit onto 6th Street,
continue on 6th Street for approximately 1.25 miles, cross Alvarado Street,
Mac Arthur Park is on the south side of West 6th Street between
Alvarado Street & S. Park View Street.
Parking Options
The following are cash only with fees ranging between $5 - $10.
623 S. Carondelet Street
located between West 6th Street & Wilshire Blvd.
Open 24 hours
2509 Wilshire Blvd.
located at the northeast corner of Coronado Street & Wilshire Blvd.
(entrance is on Coronado Street)
Open until 12 am
1930 Wilshire Blvd.
located between West 7th Street & Wilshire Blvd. on S. Westlake Avenue
(entrance is on S. Westlake Avenue)
Open until 10 pm
Bus/Van/Car Drop-Off: Buses and vans can drop off passenger within a block from
Mac Arthur Park
First Aid: Will be throught the March
Porta-Potties: Will be located at Mac Arthur Park as well as at the end of the March( 1st and
Broadway)
Security: Securities will be through out the March they will be wearing a bright vest. If a
individual is instigating you or other please ignore them and report it to the nearest
security.
Media: There will be a media Check-in Table at Mac Arthur Park and also at the end of the
march
Multi-Ethnic Immigrant Worker Organizing Network
(MIWON)
3465 West 8th Street La,Ca 90005
LAPD must take Responsibility
as the only instigators of the violence on Mayday
Chief’s Bratton’s Rerport does not address the systemic and cultural changes needed in the LAPD to
counter racist and anti-immigrant sentiment plaguing the department.
(Los Angeles, Ca) After the violence inflicted on the public by the Los Angeles Police Department at
Mac Arthur Park on May 1st, no officers have been disciplined. The Multi-Ethnic Immigrant Worker
Organizing Network (MIWON) stand with other community groups and union to demand a full-scale
review of internal procedures within the LAPD as well as concrete policy changes to counter the
blatant racism and anti-immigrant sentiment within all ranks of the police force. Chief William Bratton
preliminary report to the Los Angeles Police Commission and City Council reflects the department’s
unwillingness to take full responsibility for the unnecessary attack on the crowds of families, youth and
marchers
on May 1st.
MIWON demands:
· LAPD uphold Special Order 40 which would prevent the use of police as immigration agents; to
stop any policy to create a database of activists which would criminalize people exercising their first
amendment rights;to have a community-appointed community and/or labor representative on the head
police commission;and to drop all charges and investigations against any participants in the May 1st
march and rally.
“We will seek justice for the violence that was caused by the LAPD on innocent families, children and
the elderly on International Workers Day,” said Aquilina Soriano, Executive Director of the Pilipino
Workers Center (PWC) a member organization of MIWON. “There was sheer panic and fear as
many of us were running away from rubber bullets and the sounds of shots being fired. Mothers were
separated from their families as the LAPD closed in on all of us in the park. It is clear to us that
this action by the LAPD was premeditated.”
MIWON’s call to action for May 1st 20007 were:
1) Living Wages and Better Working Conditions for All,
2) Legalization and Human Rights for All and
3) Peace and Dignity for all communities: Stop the Violence and Harassment by the Police, Military
and ICE (Immigration and Citizenship Enforcement).
MIWON was the main organizer of the May 1 March and Rally ending at Mac Arthur Park. MIWON
has organized peaceful marches and rallies on May 1st for the past seven years without incident. This
year, MIWON created a festive atmosphere in Mac Arthur Park so that families could celebrate
International Workers Day with music, speakers and entertainment. This year, MIWON added an arts
table for children which was located on the corner where LAPD entered the park. Almost 25,000
participants gathered for the march and rally.
“There was no need for the LAPD to be in riot gear throughout the day. Their aggressive behavior
caused unnecessary tension and intimidation. The police escalated the situation and were out of
control,” said Kimi Lee, Executive Director of the Garment Worker Center (GWC). “I am seven months
pregnant and was running away in fear alongside mothers with strollers who were trying to get their
families to safety.”
Los Angeles has had a history filled with public eruptions of police brutality and violence but police
presence in low-wage communities of color create a daily tension. Just in the last year shootings by
LAPD have made front-page headlines such as the shooting of 13-year old Devon Brown in February
2005. Communities like Mac Arthur Park, South Los Angeles and many others face a constant
insecurity caused by heavy policing.
Police brutality has taken a new direction as Angelenos perceived as undocumented immigrants are
harassed by police for identification so that they can indirectly find a person’s documentation status. In
the last couple years, there has been a move by to create more collaboration between law
enforcement and immigration.
“There is no coincidence that just as undocumented immigrants are being harassed, raided and
detained that the police felt the right to invade Mac Arthur Park on Tuesday,” said Angelica Salas,
Executive Director of CHIRLA and member organization of MIWON. “Communities of color and
especially the Black community has been under siege by police misconduct. For us, it is clear that only
the LAPD is to blame for the violence and atmosphere of fear that day. We cannot let the LAPD blame
anyone within our community for what happened. We stand united together for institutional reform in
the LAPD.”
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(MIWON)
3465 West 8th Street La,Ca 90005
LAPD must take Responsibility
as the only instigators of the violence on Mayday
Chief’s Bratton’s Rerport does not address the systemic and cultural changes needed in the LAPD to
counter racist and anti-immigrant sentiment plaguing the department.
(Los Angeles, Ca) After the violence inflicted on the public by the Los Angeles Police Department at
Mac Arthur Park on May 1st, no officers have been disciplined. The Multi-Ethnic Immigrant Worker
Organizing Network (MIWON) stand with other community groups and union to demand a full-scale
review of internal procedures within the LAPD as well as concrete policy changes to counter the
blatant racism and anti-immigrant sentiment within all ranks of the police force. Chief William Bratton
preliminary report to the Los Angeles Police Commission and City Council reflects the department’s
unwillingness to take full responsibility for the unnecessary attack on the crowds of families, youth and
marchers
on May 1st.
MIWON demands:
· LAPD uphold Special Order 40 which would prevent the use of police as immigration agents; to
stop any policy to create a database of activists which would criminalize people exercising their first
amendment rights;to have a community-appointed community and/or labor representative on the head
police commission;and to drop all charges and investigations against any participants in the May 1st
march and rally.
“We will seek justice for the violence that was caused by the LAPD on innocent families, children and
the elderly on International Workers Day,” said Aquilina Soriano, Executive Director of the Pilipino
Workers Center (PWC) a member organization of MIWON. “There was sheer panic and fear as
many of us were running away from rubber bullets and the sounds of shots being fired. Mothers were
separated from their families as the LAPD closed in on all of us in the park. It is clear to us that
this action by the LAPD was premeditated.”
MIWON’s call to action for May 1st 20007 were:
1) Living Wages and Better Working Conditions for All,
2) Legalization and Human Rights for All and
3) Peace and Dignity for all communities: Stop the Violence and Harassment by the Police, Military
and ICE (Immigration and Citizenship Enforcement).
MIWON was the main organizer of the May 1 March and Rally ending at Mac Arthur Park. MIWON
has organized peaceful marches and rallies on May 1st for the past seven years without incident. This
year, MIWON created a festive atmosphere in Mac Arthur Park so that families could celebrate
International Workers Day with music, speakers and entertainment. This year, MIWON added an arts
table for children which was located on the corner where LAPD entered the park. Almost 25,000
participants gathered for the march and rally.
“There was no need for the LAPD to be in riot gear throughout the day. Their aggressive behavior
caused unnecessary tension and intimidation. The police escalated the situation and were out of
control,” said Kimi Lee, Executive Director of the Garment Worker Center (GWC). “I am seven months
pregnant and was running away in fear alongside mothers with strollers who were trying to get their
families to safety.”
Los Angeles has had a history filled with public eruptions of police brutality and violence but police
presence in low-wage communities of color create a daily tension. Just in the last year shootings by
LAPD have made front-page headlines such as the shooting of 13-year old Devon Brown in February
2005. Communities like Mac Arthur Park, South Los Angeles and many others face a constant
insecurity caused by heavy policing.
Police brutality has taken a new direction as Angelenos perceived as undocumented immigrants are
harassed by police for identification so that they can indirectly find a person’s documentation status. In
the last couple years, there has been a move by to create more collaboration between law
enforcement and immigration.
“There is no coincidence that just as undocumented immigrants are being harassed, raided and
detained that the police felt the right to invade Mac Arthur Park on Tuesday,” said Angelica Salas,
Executive Director of CHIRLA and member organization of MIWON. “Communities of color and
especially the Black community has been under siege by police misconduct. For us, it is clear that only
the LAPD is to blame for the violence and atmosphere of fear that day. We cannot let the LAPD blame
anyone within our community for what happened. We stand united together for institutional reform in
the LAPD.”
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