{"id":164,"date":"2003-09-30T11:09:09","date_gmt":"2003-09-30T15:09:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/karmalised.com\/wordpress\/?p=164"},"modified":"2003-09-30T11:09:09","modified_gmt":"2003-09-30T15:09:09","slug":"freedom-ride-update","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/karmalised.com\/?p=164","title":{"rendered":"Freedom Ride Update"},"content":{"rendered":"

ACORN MEMBERS ROLL WITH IMMIGRANT WORKERS FREEDOM RIDES<\/a><\/p>\n

As the Immigrant Workers Freedom Rides travel across the country, ACORN
\nmembers are taking a stand for immigrant rights. Fifteen ACORN members from
\nSeattle, WA, San Jose, CA, Los Angeles, CA, St. Paul, MN, Chicago, IL, Orlando, FL and Phoenix, AZ, are riding on Freedom Ride buses, while ACORN members in Phoenix, Chicago, Columbus, OH, New York, Minneapolis, Orlando, FL, New Orleans, and other cities are participating in kick-off and welcoming events. In Little Rock, Arkansas, on Saturday, September 27th ACORN organized a moving event to welcome riders. Bus riders, ACORN members, and community leaders gathered on the steps of the historic Central High School – the site of the pivotal 1957 school integration showdown where nine black students known as the Little Rock 9 faced down the governor of Arkansas and the national guard in order to attend the then-all-white high school. 250 people, including over 85 bus riders, rallied at the school to listen to speeches by Little Rock City Director and ACORN State Chair Johnnie Pugh, State President of the AFL-CIO Alan Hughes, Central Arkansas Labor Council President Lindsay Brown, President of the Democratic Hispanic Caucus Jorge Garcia, one of the original Little Rock 9 Minnie Jean Brown, her daughter, Spirit Tricky, and other union, community and faith leaders. Following a tour of the Central High School museum, City Director and ACORN leader Genevieve Stewart read an official proclamation from the city supporting the freedom rides. Despite community support, over a dozen nazis and white supremacists gathered to protest the event and espouse anti-immigrant arguments. Freedom riders and supporters took the protesters in stride, however, and following the rally attended a Hispanic festival concert and dinner organized by Catholic Churches and Latino community groups.<\/p>\n

For more information contact Rachel Burrows at rburrows@acorn.org or 202-547-2500.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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