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Contact Voz

Our office is at 1131 SE Oak, Portland, OR 97214

Map to our office

(503) 233-6787

Martin Luther King Jr. Worker Center is at 240 NE MLK Jr. Blvd., 97232

Map to Martin Luther King Jr. Worker Center

503-234-2043

2010 Portland World Cup

“Promoting Community Health & Cultural Exchange”world cup

July 17,18th  - Brentwood City Park 9-6pm
Finals & Closing Ceremony on July 25th - Peter Stott Field (PSU) 12-6pm

FREE ADMISSION

Soccer * Music * Food * Games * Health Fair

Sponsored by: Multnomah Health Department, Cascade AIDS Project, and Potlach

The Registration Deadline for teams has been extended until 7/9/10. Please contact Elizabeth Fussell development@portlandvoz.org or 503-233-6787 for more details. Registration is $200/team. We have men and women’s divisions.

Are you interested in tabling for your organization or displaying crafts,etc for sale? We have tables available on a sliding scale. Please contact VOZ internTy Olson for more details:  tyguy2@gmail.com

To sign up to perform or participate in the cultural activities, please contact Potlach coordinator Franklin Kwa 503-960-7545

May Day March (Marcha del Primero de Mayo)

(In English below)

Marcha del Primero de Mayo en Portland:
¡¡Empleo para todos!!  ¡Los Derechos de los Inmigrantes también son Derechos Humanos!


12:00 del medio día en el South Park Blocks (entre SW Park Avenue y SW Salmon Street en el centro de Portland).

El Primero de Mayo 2006

El Primero de Mayo 2006


¡¡Compañero esta lucha es tu lucha no la dejes para tus hijos!!
¡¡Queremos una Reforma Migratoria justa y Humana!!
¡Migra fuera de las carceles!
¡No más redadas!
¡No más separación de familias!

Viste una playera blanca, trae agua y una bandera de Estados Unidos.  Te invita la Coalición Pro-inmigrante de Portland y la Coalición de Primero de Mayo.

El Día Internacional del Trabajo comenzó en los 1880 en los Estados Unidos con la lucha por una jornada laboral de ocho horas. Hoy conmemoramos la lucha de los trabajadores y los pobres de todo el mundo por la justicia económica. Estamos unidos contra el racismo, la violencia policial, y los ataques a inmigrantes a través de las redadas y detenciones de ICE. Nadie es ilegal. Nuestro objetivo es acabar con la discriminación por orientación sexual e identidad de género. A través de la solidaridad vamos a reformar nuestra inmigración, la justicia penal, y los sistemas económicos para satisfacer las necesidades humanas. Exigimos un aumento al gasto público, no más recortes a la educación, al transporte público, y servicios sociales. Exigimos una vivienda digna accesible, no perdidas hipotecarias y desalojos. Exigimos atención de la salud con un solo pago para todos. Exigimos empleos con salarios justos, trabajos para todos, y la restauración de nuestro derecho de organizar en los lugares de trabajo. Podemos lograr estos objetivos mediante impuestos a los ricos y a las corporaciones en vez de fináncialos. Podemos parar los acuerdos de libre comercio que aquí ha externalizado los empleos y mantenido los bajos salarios, mientras crean fábricas de explotación y la destrucción de los recursos en otra parte. Podemos acabar con las guerras y ocupaciones, así como las catástrofes ambientales que sirven para mantener a las corporaciones más ricas y la gente en la pobreza.

Para más información: 503-233-6787      http://maydaypdx.blogspot.com

Solidaridad por siempre.

¡Sí se puede!

Portland May Day March and Rally:

Jobs for all!
Immigrants’ Rights are Workers’ Rights!

WHEN: Saturday, May 1st, 2010
WHERE: South Park Blocks, Downtown Portland

11am— Gather at SW Park and Salmon
Noon— Rally: Speakers and Entertainment
1pm— March

Join the Portland Immigrant Coalition and the Portland May Day Coalition for this family-friendly event.

International Workers’ Day began in the 1880s in the United States with the fight for an eight-hour work day,  Today we commemorate the struggle of working people and the poor around the world for economic justice.  We stand together against racism, police violence, and attacks on immigrants through ICE raids and detentions.  No one is illegal.  We aim to stop discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity.  Through solidarity we will reform our immigration, criminal justice, and economic systems to meet human needs.  We demand an increase in public spending, not more cuts to education, public transportations, and social services.  We demand decent affordable housing, not foreclosures and evictions.  We demand single payer health care for all.  We demand living wage jobs, full employment, and the restoration of our right to organize workplaces.  We can achieve these goals by taking the rich and corporations instead of bailing them out.  We can stop free trade agreements that have outsourced jobs and kept wages low here while creating sweatshops and destroying resources elsewhere.  We can end the wars and occupations as well as environmental catastrophes that serve to keep the corporations rich and the people in poverty.

Solidarity Forever!  ¡Si se puede!

For more information, visit http://maydaypdx.blogspot.com

INTERNATIONAL MIGRANTS DAY CELEBRATION

Day laborers, immigration activists, and allies gathered on Saturday, December 19th at the Day Laborer Center to celebrate International Migrants Day. Attendees participated in and observed a theater piece about the paradox existing between the open borders to trade goods, while the same borders are closed to those who want to emigrate from Mexico and other countries.

Photo Taken by Douglas Yarrow

Photo Taken by Douglas Yarrow

Participants also enjoyed poetry, traditional Guatemalan dancing, and some entertainment from some of the children in attendance.

The celebration also presented an opportunity to share the history of immigration and immigration reform, and to address what is currently on the table in relation to the immigration reform bill proposed by Rep. Luis Gutiérrez. The bill is not perceived to be of benefit to many migrants, thus VOZ will be lobbying representatives in Congress to ensure that reform is fair and humane, and that it benefits all migrants.