Long Beach Immigration Rights Activists Rally on Cesar Chavez Birthday
About 100 people gathered outside the Long Beach City Hall, March 30, to speak and rally for immigration reform. Demonstrators marked the birthday of worker’s rights martyr Cesar Chavez with a rally as Congress takes up the issue of immigration reform “We come here today marching, chanting and standing shoulder-to-shoulder with all of you, not only because we want to, but because we have to,” said Alex Montances, of the Filipino Migrants Center. “Because 11 million undocumented immigrants and families, including our neighbors, our friends, our co-workers, have waited too long for justice and equality.” The rally started around 9 a.m. and after the opening speeches in front of the city hall they continued the march to Cesar E. Chavez park where it ended. The rally was hosted by the Long Beach Immigrant Rights Coalition. Photo: Jerrick Romero.
Marriage Equality Vigil
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Community members and city leaders participate in a candlelight vigil, March 26, at the Long Beach City Hall to support a just verdict from the Supreme Court on the Proposition 8 and Defense of Marriage Act cases, which were heard March 26 and 27, respectively. The 2013 the Supreme Court of the United States of America (SCOTUS) listened to oral arguments on the constitutionality of DOMA and Prop. 8. Prop. 8, which was voted in 2004, took away the rights of same-sex couples to wed in California; DOMA is the federal law that states that marriage is limited to being between one man and one woman. Photos: Betty Guevara.
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