This is from the SD ACLU website, and elaborates on their MAY 1 event to celebrate the collaboration between the ACLU and Mexican govt. to further support illegal aliens.

I recognize the names in Bold. They regularly lobby for amnesty and employment of illegal aliens.



http://www.aclusandiego.org/news_item.p ... _id=000372

ACLU & EMPLOYEE RIGHTS CENTER CELEBRATE LABOR & HUMAN RIGHTS CONNECTION
Party and Fundraiser Thursday May 1st

ACLU and the Employee Rights Center
invite you to join in a
Celebration of Liberty and Justice for All!

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Thursday, May 1
5:30 - 7:30 pm
Handlery Hotel, Postcards Lounge
Hotel Circle
Appetizers and No-Host Cocktails $65/person


The ACLU and the Employee Rights Center (ERC) of the San Diego-Imperial Counties Labor Council invite the public to celebrate the historic and modern day connection between the labor and human rights movements at a party and fundraiser for the ERC on May 1.

Featured speakers:
Lorena Gonzalez, Labor Council's new Secretary-Treasurer
Peter Zschiesche, Exeuctive Director, Employee Rights Center
Kevin Keenan, Executive Director, ACLU of San Diego & Imperial Counties

All proceeds benefit the Employee Rights Center. The Employee Rights Center is the only local non-profit program dedicated to the education and advocacy to all workers, especially disadvantaged workers, regarding their rights at work.

Cosponsors to date include:
American Federation of Teachers, Local 1931
Office and Professional Employees International Union Local 30
Service Employees International Union Local 221
Teamsters Local 542
United Food and Commercial Workers Local 135

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Partial List of Attendees

The following prominent San Diego civil rights and labor leaders have confirmed they will be coming:

• Victor Clark-Alfaro, Director, Bi-National Center for Human Rights• Nasser Barghouti, President, American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee
• Richard Barrera, Lead Organizer, SEIU United Healthcare Workers West
• Imam Sharif Battikhi, American Islamic Services Foundation
• Art Cantu, Business Manager, Teamsters Local 36
• Virginia Cobb, Vice President, San Diego Labor Council and Area Director, Machinist Union District 725
• Don Cohen, Director, Center on Policy Initiatives (CPI)
• Marjorie Cohn, National President, National Lawyers Guild
• Carlos Cota, Business Manager, IATSE Local 122
• Kirk Crosswhite, Business Representative, Plumbers & Pipefitters Local 230
• Rabbi Laurie Coskie, Executive Director, Interfaith Committee for Worker Justice
• John Fanestil, Executive Director, San Diego Foundation for Change
• Bill Flores, Spokesperson, El Grupo
• Louis Frick, Executive Director, Access to Independence
• Lorena Gonzalez, Secretary-Treasurer, San Diego-Imperial Labor Council
• Andrea Guerrero, Chair, Education Consortium
• Vince Hall, Public Affairs Director, Planned Parenthood of San Diego & Riverside Counties
• Edgar Hopida, Communications Director, Council on American Islamic Relations, San Diego
• Mickey Kasparian, President, San Diego Labor Council & President, UFCW Local 135
• Kevin Keenan, Executive Director, ACLU of San Diego and Imperial Counties
• Tom Lemmon, Secretary-Treasurer & Business Manager, San Diego Building Trades Council
• Ken Lungren, Business Manager, Teamsters Local 542
• Jim Mahler, President, AFT Local 1931
• Sharon-Frances Moore, President, SEIU Local 221
• Bob Nelson, Board Member, The LGBT Center
• Doug Oden, President, NAACP San Diego
• Ina Porter, San Diego Adult Educators, AFT Local 4289
• Jose Preciado, President, South Bay Forum
• Estela de los Rios, Chair, Immigrant Rights Consortium
• Pedro Rios, American Friends Service Committee • Al Shur, Business Manager, Electrical Workers Local 569
• Ray Uzeta, Executive Director, Chicano Federation
• Briana Wagner, Executive Director, San Diego County Bar Foundation
• Ashley Walker, Executive Director, San Diego Human Relations Commission
• Kim White, Chair, Mabuhay Alliance
• Peter Zschiesche, Director, Employee Rights Center