On Wednesday, May 1, at 3 pm, hundreds of Sonoma County community members, including many from the local migrant communities, will commemorate International Workers Day by marching for “Immigrant Rights Are Human Rights.”

Marchers will demand that the Sonoma County Board of Supervisors proactively advocate for a Path To Citizenship policy in Congress and also support a county ordinance which would prohibit any collaboration or information sharing between the Sonoma County Sheriff and Immigration Customs Enforcement (ICE).

At 3 pm, there will be a Rally in front of the Sheriff’s Office, 2796 Ventura Ave, Santa Rosa. Then at 3:30 pm a March will head to the Board of Supervisors, 575 Administration
Dr., Santa Rosa. (Route details will be available closer to the march date.)

At 4 pm the march will continue to Mendocino Avenue, downtown to Courthouse Square for a rally with music and community organizers speaking about the demands for justice and rights for immigrants, and all working people. The focus for this year’s May 1st event will be on the following demands:

• Sonoma County must aggressively advocate for the Registry Bill (HR1511), which allows undocumented migrants living in the US the right to apply for legal permanent residency if they live in the country for at least seven years.
• Sonoma County must pass a Sanctuary Ordinance, which prohibits collaboration between the Sheriff and ICE.
• Sonoma County must affirm the humane treatment of migrants, including in the areas of wage theft and language justice.
• Honor the rights of all workers everywhere in the county.
• Sonoma County must support a permanent ceasefire in Palestine.

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Organized by the May 1st Coalition. Contact: Luis Bravo, Comité VIDA, 707-294-5005, or Renee Saucedo, ALMAS LIBRES/Raizes Collective, 707-273-2974 . Facebook page