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February 26, 2006
National MEChA Action
This year's national action will be to protect the San Francisco Peaks from the desecration of Arizona Snowbowl and to protect the rights of immigrants in a climate of racist anti-immigration laws, people, and institutions.
We will be gathering at 3:00 PM, Saturday March 25th at the Aquatic Center of Northern Arizona University. There will be places for commercial buses, vans, and other transportation to park.
We are planning a regional mobilization to march to the City Council of Flagstaff to show them that struggling peoples stand together for dignity and respect.
Voices from the reservations, barrios, big cities, and border towns will be heard not in the hundreds, but in the thousands. We will speak of a new day, of change, of respect for our Earth, of respect for the San Francisco Peaks and other sacred sites that are being desecrated, of the right to move freely from place to place without discrimination and exploitation, of balanced relations between people, of a world where many worlds can fit.
The same system that desecrates sacred sites is also the same system that denies human rights.
We are asking for Nations, institutions of faith, businesses, Chapter houses, grassroots movements, academic departments, student groups, and others to sponsor this event and help mobilize and do outreach locally in their communities.
Spread the word, organize caravans to Flagstaff, contribute financially, and post everywhere.
March for Sacred Sites!
Stop Snowbowl!
March for Immigrant Rights!
Stop Racist Immigration Laws!
From the mountains of the Southwest,
Supporters of the Peaks! Supporters of Human Rights!
MEChA,
Youth of the Peaks,
E.C.H.O.E.S.
Save the Peaks Coalition
4th World Entertainment
Indigenous Action Media
Native Movement
For more information go to: http://www.nativemovement.org/march/
February 1, 2006
Nationals Pre-Registration Deadline Extended
The deadline to pre-register for the 2006 National MEChA Conference at Northern Arizona University has been extended to February 22nd. Make sure to download your application and mail it along with payment to MEChA de NAU.
Pre-registration costs are:
- College Student ($45.00)
- High School Student ($5.00)
- Community Member $55.00
- One-Day Pass ($30.00)
You can download the individual pre-registration application below. If you want to fill out the group pre-registration application you can download it at the conference website: http://www.nau.edu/mecha/.
The deadline for workshops and keynote speaker proposals has also been extended to February 22nd. All forms associated with workshops and keynote speakers can be downloaded at the conference website.
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