Events for Driver’s License Restoration and Immigration Reform this Week

This week is very busy for Causa, our supporters, our partners and our allies both in Oregon and in Washington D.C.  There are several events planned around Comprehensive Immigration Reform and Driver’s License Restoration. We need you to join us at one or more of following important events to send a message to our elected representatives that there must be action on driver’s licenses in Oregon and immigration reform at the federal level.

ACTIONS IN OREGON FOR COMPREHENSIVE IMMIGRATION REFORM

Tomorrow (Wednesday, April 10th), Causa Oregon and allies will visit the Oregon offices of U.S. Representatives Greg Walden in Bend and Peter DeFazio in Eugene.  We will urge them to support a Comprehensive Immigration Reform bill that includes a pathway to citizenship and legalization for 11 million undocumented immigrants working and living in the United States.

Visit to U.S. Congressman Peter DeFazio’s Eugene Office
Date: Wednesday, April 10, 2013
Time: 11:00 A.M.
Location: 405 East 8th Ave. #2030, Eugene, OR 97401

For more information, please contact Josie Silverman atjosie@causaoregon.org or Hugo Nicolas at hugo@causaoregon.org

RSVP: https://www.facebook.com/events/411421638953693/

Visit to U.S. Congressman Greg Walden’s Bend office
Date: Wednesday, April 10, 2013
Time: 11:00 A.M.
Location: 1051 NW Bond St., Suite 400, Bend, OR 97701

For more information  contact Greg Delgado at greg@causaoregon.org or Reyna Lopez at reyna@causaoregon.org

RSVP: https://www.facebook.com/events/177510659065737/

DELEGATION TO WASHINGTON D.C. 

While actions taking place in Oregon, immigration reform supporters from around the nation are converging on Washington D.C. to hold a mass Rally for Immigration Reform, to hold members of Congress accountable and to urge them to support a bill that includes legalization for 11 Million Undocumented Immigrants with a pathway to citizenship.

A delegation from Oregon will go to Washington D.C. to attend the Rally and to meet with Oregon’s U.S. Senators and Representatives on April 10th and 11th to get a firm response on their positions regarding immigration reform. Members of the delegation will be composed of staff and volunteers from Causa Oregon, PCUN, Voz Hispana Causa Chavista and Oregon DREAMers

Meeting Schedule for Washington D.C.

April 10th:
Senator Wyden’s D.C office at 11:30am

April 11th:
– Congressman Walden’s D.C. office at 9:30am
– Senator Merkley’s D.C. office at 11am
– Congressman Defazio’s D.C. office at 1pm
– Congressman Schrader’s D.C. office at 4pm
HEARING ON DRIVER’S LICENSE BILL (SB833)

Join us at the Capitol on Thursday, April 11th at 2:00pm for the first official hearing of the Driver’s License Restoration Bill (SB833) before the Oregon State Senate Transportation and Business Committee

SB833 Hearing by Senate Transportation and Business Committee
Thursday, April 11, 2013
Time: The hearing begins at 3:00 p.m., but we would like people to be there at 2:00 p.m. to get a seat at the hearing room
Location
Oregon State Capitol
900 Court Street NE,
Salem, Oregon 97301

For more information on the hearing, please call Lorena Manzo at (503) 409-2473 or e-mail at lorena@causaoregon.org

RSVP: https://www.facebook.com/events/315305848595319/

About Causa Oregon

Causa, Oregon’s Statewide Immigrant Rights Organization, is the largest Latino and Latina civil and human rights and advocacy organization in the Pacific Northwest. We work to defend and advance immigrant rights through coordination with local, state, and national coalitions and allies. For more information, visitwww.causaoregon.org

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