March for Human Rights and Sacred Sites
Current mood: called to action
Category: News and Politics
**please pass on**

"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."

go to www.nativemovement.org/march -- information at the bottom

8 ways you can help promote the event:

1) have your organization sponsor the event -
www.savethepeaks.org/youth/m...sor.html - we
are looking for schools, teachers, unions, grassroots organizations,
institutions of faith, businesses, etc.. everyone
2) print out flyers available online and post everywhere, pass out, get a
group of friends together and move flyers
3) myspace - post bulletins, write blogs concerning the protest, post
comments of flyers
Put a banner on your page or site! message me for html for this banner.

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4) make phone calls - go through your phone book and tell people about the
march
5) send out mass emails - include in news papers - do local press work -
(sample press releases available soon)
6) If you can, financially donate to the event - you can donate online @
www.nativemovement.org - and put in line item "March 25th March - Peaks" -
for flyers, gas money, food, etc.
7) have meeting with neighborhood groups or organizations specifically
devoted to bringing people to the march - form March Committees - materials
available
8) pack some cars with friends - and caravan to Flagstaff... See you there

The week of March 25th the Northern Arizona University Chapter of M.E.Ch.A.
El Movimiento Estudiantil Chicano@ de Aztln (the Chican@ Student Movement
of Aztlan) will be hosting the M.E.ch.A. National Conference bringing
together nearly 1,000 students from around the country.

Every year, M.E.ch.A. marches on an issue(s) that the local chapter has been
engaged with.
This year we will be marching to protect the San Francisco Peaks and the
human rights of immigrants.

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.

If your organization would like to be sponsor e-mail: youth@savethepeaks.org

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.

This year the movement to protect the San Francisco Peaks from the
desecration of Arizona Snowbowl has grown, as has the movement to protect
the rights of immigrants in a climate of racist anti-immigration laws,
people, and institutions.

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!
M.E.ch.A.,
Youth of the Peaks,
E.C.H.O.E.S.
Save the Peaks Coalition
4th World Entertainment
Indigenous Action Media
Native Movement
www.nativemovement.org/march
let's add on:
American Indian Movement of Colorado
Shades of Red
7th Generation Institute