MARCHA MIGRANTE VI (February 2-6, 2011) Latest Update
"Trail of Tears"
Feb 2 (Wed) 1030 am meet @ Friendship Park parking lot
(5 South to Dairy Mart Road west till ends) 1100 am we will begin to walk to Friendship Park (40 minute walk, limited vehicle access)
1200 noon Press Conference and Opening Ceremony and then walk down to beach for vigil to remember the migrants that have died in waterways around the world
1:30 walk back to lot and head to Angels Haven
2:30 Visit Day Laborers and provide lunch for them
Lodging at Angels Haven (bring sleeping bags)
(while on Mexican side, our opening actions are mirrored and after vigil at edge of beach,
they begin to walk along wall to Mexicali)
Feb 3 (Thu) 900 am meet @ Angels Haven 900 am head to Tecate and head to (Casa del Migrante) Migrante outreach in Tecate, Water drop in High Desert US Side (lodging Angels Haven)
(Mexican side pilgrimage continues)
Feb 4 (Fri) 900 am meet @ Angels Haven 900 am caravan to Holtville Cemetery to place crosses and have vigil for the hundreds of migrants buried there, (also a special vigil for Anastasio Hernandez, the 72 massacred in Tamaulipas, Brisenia Flores and the thousands of migrant brethren worldwide, dying crossing borders) we will then go and place water in the desert (lodging in Imperial valley) some will return to San Diego to Julieta Venegas Concert
Feb 5 (Sat) 9:30 am meet at Ocotillo Gas Station area and begin walk to Calexico (20 miles)
Trail of Tears continues, walk in desert just South of 98 highway, will have our friends from PAWZ
(anti wind zero advocates as support along with a couple of nurses) (lodging in Imperial Valley Church) Important to have sun block, comfortable shoes/clothes, cotton socks, hat/cap, sleeping bag. We will have transportation along the route so people can rest. (Mexican Side Pilgrimage continues)
Feb 6 (Sun) 7:00 am Leave from Mt Signal (outskirts of Calexico) Walk to Calexico/Mexicali Border (13 miles) to meet with our friends in Mexicali for a Bi-national Mass at the Border 1200 noon
(Both sides meet for Mass)
Marcha is a work in progress, in past marches we have made wonderful friends (Elvira Arellano/Mar Cardenas/Josefina Lopez), planted the seed and nourished the call for Justice (Marches of 2006),
Human Rights (2007), Voter Rights (2008), Letters to President Obama (2009), American Dream or Nightmare (2010) and now the Trail of Tears (Civil Rights/Human Rights) Ni Una Muerte Mas,
Reforma Ya !
We are about to embark on the "Trail of Tears" We want to invite you to join us for an hour, a day or the entire journey. You can join us on the Mexican/US side or both. Your support is also very much needed as we want to bring supplies to Casa Migrante Tecate/Hotel Migrante; we have lots of costs (supplies, gas, equipment, food, shelter, photography needs, paint, flyers, water etc...) and your donations are tax deductible as we are an all volunteer 501c-3
For questions, to RSVP, for more information or to donate www.borderangels.org or contact us via this medium, thanks to all, this year we celebrate our 25th anniversary and the 40th anniversary of Friendship Park. Ni Una Muerte Mas, Reforma Ya ! Si se Puede, enrique
 Join us as we end our historic MARCHA MIGRANTE VI, in Montgomery, Alabama @ the home of our friends from the Southern Poverty Law Center. Only light can overcome darkness and Love overcome hate, si se puede….enrique morones…border angels and gente unida (borderangels.org) WE NEED YOUR HELP, JOIN US/SUPPORT; WE ARE ALL VOLUNTEERS Border Angels PO BOX 86598 San Diego CA 92138 GRACIAS !!!
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Brownsville, Texas to Montgomery, Alabama
(February 2, 2011 to Feb 10, 2011 )
Brownsville, (El Valle, Texas) Corpus Christi, Houston, Victorville, Texas;…New Orleans, Louisiana;……. Jackson, Mississippi;…….Birmingham; Montgomery, Alabama
Marcha Migrante is back !!! Join us as it is more important than ever to take action. Our human rights and civil rights are being trampled from Brownsville to Montgomery and we need to stand up and say BASTA ! NO MAS! On Marcha Migrante VI we will visit some of the historical Civil Rights sights where are African American brethren have suffered (and continue to suffer) civil/human rights violations. We will partner with our fellow man, as we are all members of the same race, the human race and we need to unite like never before!
Marcha Migrante I (Feb 2-28, 2006) helped pave the way for the massive demonstrations of 2006, when on February 2, 2006 we traveled across country ( 40 cities, in 20 states, in 27 days) as we traveled 10,000 miles from coast to coast on Marcha Migrante I , rise up against 4437, take to the streets, millions did, 4437 was stopped! (We also protested in front of CNN Atlanta, to kick off remove Lou Dobbs from CNN, campaign)
Marcha Migrante II (Feb 2-17, 2007) we went across the entire 2000 mile border from San Diego to Brownsville and back crossing all 10 border states to gather stories on why we need immigration reform. (Special thanks to Benigno Pena and team in leading Texas efforts of our journey)
Marcha Migrante III (Feb 2-17) 2008 SU VOTO ES SU VOZ from San Diego to Canadian Border and back, when we returned to Friendship Park several thousand people met us there including our friend, Elvira Arellano. (Also : Beautiful ceremony at US/Canadian Border)
Marcha Migrante IV (Feb 2-21) From Miami to Washington DC (We marched we voted, now it’s time to deliver!) We delivered 30,000 signed letters (asking for Humane Immigration reform) to Whitehouse and newly elected Obama administration. (Also met with Judiciary Department, to ask for Arpaio Investigation)
Marcha Migrante V (Feb 2-6, 2010) (American dream or Nightmare) From Sonora desert in Mexico to Holtville, Cemetery in California where 700 of the thousands of our migrant brethren that have died crossing the US/Mexico border, are buried (NI UNA MUERTE MAS/REFORMA YA!) (Also had Arpaio protest w/presente in Phoenix and later Imperial Valley vigil with Josefina Lopez, Francisco Herrera and Mana former band member)
On each of our historic marches we have held vigils to remember our fallen brethren. We have held vigil in La Paz, California at the site of our hero Cesar Chavez’s grave; in Redford, Texas at the burial site of murdered 17 year old shepard Esequiel Hernandez; in Shenandoah, Pennsylvania at the site of Luis Ramirez’s brutal hate crime murder and in Long Island New York where another brother Marcelo Lucero was kicked to death. Neither they nor our other heroe’s like Roberto Martinez will ever be forgotten. Roberto will always be the “padrino” of human rights along the US/Mexioco border and the “Father of Friendship Park”
On Marcha Migrante VI (Feb 2-9, 2010) we will return to the site of the death of 5 year old, Marco Antonio Villasenor and the 18 men that died tragically in Victoria, Texas. We will also have a special vigil to remember the 72 brethren that were massacred in Tamaulipas, Mexico as well as our murdered brethren Anastasio and Sergio Hernandez . Ni Una Muerte Mas! Reforma Ya !
Join us as we end our historic MARCHA MIGRANTE VI, in Montgomery, Alabama @ the home of our friends from the Southern Poverty Law Center. Only light can overcome darkness and Love overcome hate, si se puede….enrique morones…border angels and gente unida (borderangels.org) WE NEED YOUR HELP, JOIN US/SUPPORT; WE ARE ALL VOLUNTEERS Border Angels PO BOX 86598 San Diego CA 92138 GRACIAS !!!
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