Immigrant rights and the Minuteman Project is the subject of a presentation by activists Karina Garcia and Davin Cardenas at 7 p.m. on Friday, Nov. 17 in Stevenson 2001. A $5 donation at the door is recommended; admission is free to students. The event is sponsored by Project Censored and Students for Media Democracy.
Karina Garcia is the Political Chair of the Chicano Caucus at Columbia University. She was a lead student organizer for the protests against the anti-immigrant Minuteman Project at Columbia University earlier this year. She has become a youth leader in the progressive movement for immigrant rights.
At Columbia University, Garcia has organized student walkouts and teach-ins advocating for full rights for all immigrants. She will be speaking to build awareness of the Minutemen and a movement to fight its activities.
Davin Cardenas has worked for many years to organize day labor in Sonoma County and will be speaking about national day labor issues and the current immigration politics in the United States and local impacts in Sonoma County
For further information phone (707) 664-2500 or visit www.projectcensored.org.
