For Immediate Release – Press advisory
April 24, 2006

For more information, contact:
Catherine Salgado, 630.362.6202
Salome Amezcua-Frieri, 773.968.8271

RELIGIOUS LEADERS ANNOUNCE SUPPORT FOR MAY 1ST IMMIGRATION MARCH

Rev. Jesse Jackson, Catholic Bishop Gustavo Call on People of Faith to Support Immigration Reform

Faith leaders will gather in two press conferences in the city to announce support for the upcoming immigration reform march, scheduled to take place May 1st.

Bishop Gustavo, Episcopal Vicar for Vicariate V, will call upon people of all faiths to join in the May 1st mobilization. Participation in the march has been a part of the ongoing Justice for Immigrants Campaign led by the Priests for Justice and the Office of Peace and Justice of the Archdiocese of Chicago.

Rev. Jesse Jackson, joined by other faith leaders, will also announce RAINBOW/PUSH’s support for the May 1st march at a press conference scheduled for 6:00 pm. He, along with other leaders from Rainbow/PUSH, will call on all workers—African Americans and Latino immigrants—to join in solidarity during the march.

Tuesday, April 25: Two Press Conferences

11:00 AM cx
Bishop Gustavo Garcia-Siller and other interfaith leaders
St. Nicholas of Tolentine
3721 W 62nd, Chicago
Speakers will include Rev. Gustavo Garcia-Siller, Episcopal Vicar, Vicariate V from the Archdiocese of Chicago; Fr. Stan Rataj, Dean, Midway East Deanery

6:00 PM
Rev. Jesse Jackson and and other Rainbow/PUSH allies
Casa Michoacan
1638 S. Blue Island Ave,
Speakers will include Rev. Jesse Jackson Jr., President and Founder, Rainbow/PUSH Coalition; Maria D. Amezcua, chair, Rainbow/PUSH Latino chapter; Rev. Willie T. Barrow, former co-chair Rainbow/PUSH.


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Jessica Aranda
Executive Director,
Latino Union of Chicago
1619 W. 19th Street
Chicago, IL 60608
312-491-9044 office
312-491-9046 fax

Latino Union collaborates with low-income, immigrant workers to provide the tools to collectively improve economic and social conditions. We work with Chicagoland's corner day laborers, striving to provide alternatives to the labor, civil, and immigrants rights abuses these workers face on a daily basis.