Neighbors Working for Immigrant Dignity Asks Voters of All Parties to Sign Pledge Respecting the Human Dignity of Immigrants
TUCSON, ARIZONA (October 31, 2006). The Campaign for Community Change and its 'Neighbors Working for Immigrant Dignity' drive, is asking voters to sign a pledge on their website acknowledging and respecting the human dignity of immigrants. The pledge also asks voters to vote NO on the anti-immigrant propositions 100, 102, 103, and 300.
The Campaign's Director, Rich Stolz, says that voters who sign the pledge can send a strong message - that it is time for a change in the tone of the immigration debate.
Stolz believes that if enough voters sign the pledge, the drive could change much of the worst of Arizona's politics. According to Stolz, "whether you're registered to vote or not, whether you're a politician in office or a candidate running, if you care about how immigrants are treated and the impact these measures could have on all Arizonans, please sign the pledge."
The Campaign for Community Change launched 'Neighbors Working for Immigrant Dignity' on October 9 as a grass-roots, non-partisan effort to increase voter turnout against the four anti-immigrant November 7 ballot initiatives, Propositions 100, 102, 103 and 300.
The Campaign is the only group in Arizona organized to defeat of all four anti-immigrant proposals. The Campaign is well on its way to make contact with 25,000 voters through phone calls and door-to-door canvassing.
The Campaign believes that the debate on immigration reform in Arizona has become both toxic and destructive. Rather than creating the space to find rational solutions that address the reality of daily life in Arizona, too many of our leaders have taken the path of the politics of fear, and in the process they have dehumanized immigrants our neighbors, friends, co-workers and family members.
The Campaign for Community Change is a 501 C-4 organization working to elevate the profile of issues of concern to low-income and immigrant communities and communities of color, to promote economic, social, and racial justice, and to educate and empower these communities, person by person, to influence the public policies that affect their lives.
Contact Frances Causey to schedule interviews. For more information, to donate or to volunteer, contact the CCC at 520.495.5841 or visit www.campaignforcommunities.org. The CCC headquarters is located at 4101 E. 1st Street, Tucson, Arizona.