Immigrant Rights Press Conference to Discuss Upcoming May 1st “Gran Marcha”for Immigrant Rights By Press Release Apr 25, 2007, 10:21

MEDIA ADVISORY

Nativo V. Lopez

E-mail

nlopez@hermandadmexicana.org or NativoLopez@mapa-ca.org

Phone: 714.423.4800 or 323.236.7990 

Additional Organizational Contact(s):

Maria Rosa at (714) 920-5452 or (714) 608-4835 and

Ross Romero at (714) 917-2045

Immigrant Rights Press Conference to Discuss Upcoming May 1st “Gran Marcha”for Immigrant Rights

Anaheim, CA.  A number of organizations are supporting “Gran Marcha” for immigrant rights on May 1^st and will be holding a press conference to discuss their plans.  Below are the details: 

Who – Orange County Alliance for Human Rights (which includes the Mexican American Political Association [MAPA] and the Hermandad Mexicana Latinoamericana [HML])  

What – Press Conference to discuss immigrant rights and the upcoming May 1^st “Gran Marcha” 

When – Wednesday, April 25, 2007 at 10 a.m.  

Where – The Jagerhaus restaurant in Anaheim located at 2525 E. Ball Road. 

Why/FYI – The "March" will be in conjunction with other nationwide actions that will occur on May 1st to bring to light the need for immigrants rights and just Immigration reform.  The May 1^st “Gran Marcha” will begin on 3 p.m. in the Civic Center Plaza and will proceed marching through the downtown area of Santa Ana. 

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The Orange County Alliance for Human Rights is a broad based Coalition of the major Latino and Human Rights Organization in Orange County. The members include Hermandad Mexicana, Los Amigos, Centro Cultural de Santa Ana, Chicanos Unidos, Mexican American Political Association, MEChA, La Coalicion de Organizaciones Mexicana en el Condadode Orange. 

Nativo V. Lopez is currently the National Director of Hermandad Mexicana Latinoamericana (HML) and the National President of the Mexican American Political Association (MAPA).  Both charges require of him full-time advocacy for the civil, human, labor, and immigrant rights of Mexicans, Mexican Americans, and Latinos throughout the United States.  He has dedicated his life to these causes since his years as a high school student where he founded the first student movement organization, United Mexican American Students (UMAS).  He was born in Boyle Heights, Los Angeles in 1951 to Mexican American parents, and is of both eighth-generation native U.S. born and immigrant stock.  Nativo met the legendary immigrant organizer, leader, and advocate, Humberto “Bert” Corona, in 1971 and worked with him in various capacities for thirty years with the organizations Center for Autonomous Social Action (CASA), Hermandad Mexicana, and MAPA.  He was a lead organizer in last year’s springtime mass protest pro-immigrant marches and was part of the creation of the National Alliance for Immigrant’s Rights (NAIR) in Chicago, Illinois.   

The Mexican American Political Association, a multi-partisan advocacy organization, was founded in Fresno, California in 1963 and has chapters throughout California.  It is dedicated to the constitutional and democratic principles of political freedom and representation for the Mexican, Mexican-American and Latino people in the United States.  For more information, visit the MAPA website at www.MAPA.org. 

Hermandad Mexicana Latinoamericana (National Mexican Latin American Brotherhood), an advocacy organization for immigrants, was created in 1951 to achieve the development and integration of Latino immigrants that live in the United States.  It is dedicated to improving economic and social opportunities of immigrants and their families, and maintains that a better future for children is an inalienable right.  For more information, visit the HML website at www.HermandadMexicana.com.

Received at Axis of Logic via e-mail

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