Immigration reform, rights to be discussed in Rochester

Immigration reform and immigration rights will be discussed from 10 a.m. to noon Saturday, Feb. 23, at First Unitarian Universalist Church, 1727 Walden Lane, SW Rochester. Registration and coffee begins at 9:30 a.m., and a lunch will follow.

Topics will be:

• Stories of immigrant workers
• Just and humane immigration reform – what’s at stake for white allies?
• Centro Campesino’s Youth Leaders’ bus trip to Washington D.C.  to lobby for immigration reform in March 2013
• Priorities for comprehensive immigration reform
•  Response panel: immigration and field staff of federal officials including Erick Garcia Luna (Sen. Amy Klobuchar), Mark Krogmann (Rep. Tim Walz), and Bruce Barnum (Sen. Al Franken)
• Update and next steps on campaign to end “wage theft” on factory farms

RSVP to Doug Nopar at (507) 523-3366 or dnopar@landstewardshipproject.org or Mike McMullin, mocmyc@msn.com.

This program is a cooperative effort of members of the following organizations: the Land Stewardship Project, the Social Justice Council of First Unitarian Universalist Church, the Rochester Franciscan Sisters of Assisi Heights and Centro Campesino (the Farmworker Center).