New America Media, Event, Elena Shore, Posted: Mar 19, 2012

Please join New America Media and the We Belong Together campaign Friday, March 23 for a National Media Telebriefing on the role women are playing at the forefront of the immigrant rights movement in Alabama and across the U.S.

WHAT: Women at the Forefront of Immigrant Rights in Alabama and Across the U.S.
A National Media Telebriefing

WHEN: Friday, March 23
10:00 a.m. PST / 1:00 p.m. EST

CALL-IN NUMBER: 805-399-1000

ACCESS CODE: 188849 #

WHO: Members of ethnic, mainstream and online media across the U.S.

Women leaders from across the U.S. -- who are traveling to Alabama this week as part of the National Women’s Human Rights Delegation organized by We Belong Together -- will release a statement on the state of women's rights in Alabama under HB 56, followed by a discussion on the role women are playing in the immigrant rights movement.

Speakers include:
Miriam Yeung, National Asian Pacific American Women
A 14-year-old student whose parents returned to Mexico
Faith Cooper, Central Alabama Fair Housing Center (CAFHC) in Montgomery, Ala.
Miriam Villanueva, Hispanic Interest Coalition of Alabama (HICA) in Birmingham, Ala.
Deborah Weinstein, Coalition on Human Needs, We Belong Together Delegate

Please RSVP to Elena Shore at eshore@newamericamedia.org 415-503-4170 x112