Marchers file down S. Cesar E. Chavez Drive in Clarke Square during the 2010 immigrant rights event
A statewide march for immigrant and worker rights will be held Sunday, May 1, in Milwaukee. Voces de la Frontera, an immigrant rights group, is providing busing to and from the event from cities across Wisconsin including Madison, Racine and Whitewater. The march will culminate in a rally at Veteran’s Park where AFL-CIO national president Richard Trumka and Christine Neuman-Ortiz, director of Voces de la Frontera, will speak.
Event Details
May 1, 2011
1:30 p.m. Assemble at Voces de la Frontera (S. 5th Street and Washington in Milwaukee)
2:00 p.m March to Veteran’s Park
3:00 p.m Rally at Veteran’s Park
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Edgar is a senior staff reporter for the Milwaukee Neighborhood News Service. Mendez is a proud graduate of UW-Milwaukee, where he double majored in Journalism and Sociology, and of Marquette University, where he earned a master’s degree in Communication. As an accomplished journalist, Edgar’s awards include a 2018 Regional Edward R. Murrow award, several press club awards and a Society of Professional Journalists’ regional award for columns dealing with issues such as poverty, homelessness and racism.
Edgar is a senior staff reporter for the Milwaukee Neighborhood News Service. Mendez is a proud graduate of UW-Milwaukee, where he double majored in Journalism and Sociology, and of Marquette University, where he earned a master’s degree in Communication. As an accomplished journalist, Edgar’s awards include a 2018 Regional Edward R. Murrow award, several press club awards and a Society of Professional Journalists’ regional award for columns dealing with issues such as poverty, homelessness and racism.
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