Schedule of "One Family, One Alabama" Campaign Events
2:00 p.m. CONGRESSIONAL PRESS CONFERENCE
WHAT: News conference before a Congressional ad hoc hearing
WHEN: 2:00 – 2:30 p.m. CT, November 21, 2011
WHERE: Birmingham City Council Chambers, 3rd Floor
WHO:
- Rep. Luis V. Gutierrez(D-IL), Congressional Hispanic Caucus Immigration Task Force Chair;
- Rep. Terri A. Sewell(D-AL);
- Rep. Joe Baca(D-CA);
- Rep. Yvette D. Clarke(D-NY), Secretary of the Congressional Black Caucus;
- Rep. Charlie Gonzalez(D-TX), Congressional Hispanic Caucus Chair;
- Rep. Al Green(D-TX);
- Rep. Raul Grijalva(D-AZ), Congressional Progressive Caucus Co-Chair;
- Rep. Shelia Jackson Lee (D-TX);
- Rep. Zoe Lofgren(D-CA), Immigration Subcommittee Ranking Democrat;
- Rep. Grace Napolitano(D-CA); and
- Rep. Silvestre Reyes(D-TX)
3:00 p.m. CONGRESSIONAL AD HOC HEARING
WHAT: Congressional Ad Hoc Hearing
WHEN: 3:00 – 5:00 p.m. CT, November 21, 2011
WHERE: Birmingham City Council Chambers, 3rd Floor
WHO: Congressional delegation and Alabama community:
Scheduled to Testify:
- Mayor William Bell, Birmingham
- Sheriff Mike Hale, Jefferson County
- Dr. Craig Witherspoon, Superintendent Birmingham City Schools
- Mary Bauer, Southern Poverty Law Center
- Jose Antonio Castro, La Jefe Radio
- Angie Baylon, ESL Teacher Woodlawn and Huffman High Schools
- Alma, Concerned Parent
- Trini,Undocumented immigrant from Tuscaloosa, AL
- Y.J.,17-year old undocumented student with undocumented parents
- Evangelina Limon, Alabama Business Owner
7:00 p.m. MAIN EVENT! “ONE FAMILY, ONE ALABAMA” CAMPAIGN LAUNCH
WHAT: Main Event! Campaign Launch, Celebration, Rally to Repeal HB 56
WHEN: 7:00 – 9:00 p.m. CT, November 21, 2011
WHERE: Sixteenth Street Baptist Church, (1530 Sixth Ave. North)
WHO: Alabamians from all walks of life, Congressional leaders, civil rights icons, labor and local leaders
NOTE: Program will be bilingual -- all remarks will be translated
Scheduled to speak at the rally (tent):
- Mitch Ackerman, Executive Vice President, SEIU
- Sen. Bill Beasley, Alabama State Senate, 28th District
- William Bell, Mayor of Birmingham
- Jose Antonio Castro, Program Director & Radio Personality, La Jefa Radio
- U. W. Clemon, former Chief Judge, U.S. District Court, Northern Alabama
- Rep. Merika Coleman, Alabama House of Representatives, 57th District
- Steve Dubrinsky, business owner from Birmingham
- Rep. Luis Gutierrez, U.S. Congress, Illinois’s 4th District
- Wade Henderson, President & CEO, Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights
- Dolores Huerta, President & Co-Founder, United Farm Workers & Dolores Huerta Foundation
- Iracema, community leader from Somos Tuscaloosa
- Jose, student leader from Birmingham
- Mayra, community leader from Oneonta
- Rev. Arthur Price Jr., Pastor, Sixteenth Street Baptist Church
- Monica Ramirez,Senior Staff Attorney, Southern Poverty Law Center
- Roderick Royal, Chair, Birmingham City Council
- Rep. Terri A. Sewell, U.S. Congress, Alabama’s 7th District
- Benard Simelton, President, NAACP Alabama State Conference
- Hilary Shelton, Senior Vice President, NAACP
- Zayne Smith, Coordinator, Alabama Coalition for Immigrant Justice
- Rev. Angie Wright, Greater Birmingham Ministries
- Music by Beloved Community Orchestra