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Atlantans Building Leadership for Empowerment _______________________________
Join ABLE’s Delegation to Washington, D.C.! March FOR America! Raise your voices with us to tell the White House and Congress that we need Comprehensive Immigration Reform NOW!
ABLE is joining forces with GLAHR and GALEO to send our leaders to tell the White House and Congress “¡Ya no más!”
¡MARCHA POR LA DEMOCRACIA! ¡MARCHA POR LAS FAMILIAS! ¡MARCHA POR LOS TRABAJADORES! ¡MARCHA POR LA JUSTICIA! ¡MARCHA POR UNA REFORMA INTEGRAL!
Saturday, March 20 7pm to Monday, March 22 7am
Saturday, March 20, 2010 Plaza Fiesta, 4166 Buford Highway, NW Atlanta, GA 30345 5:30pm Press Conference and send off celebration 7:00pm Buses leave from Plaza Fiesta and drive us
to the
Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C. Sunday, March 21, 2010 Arrive in Washington, D.C. in the morning (7am) 2pm March FOR America
6pm Buses leave D.C. headed back to Atlanta Monday, March 22, 2010 7am Buses arrive back in Atlanta at Plaza Fiesta $25 per person CONTACT: Ana Gutierrez, conpasaporte@hotmail.com, 770-547-3568 Mariluz Vergara marlev62@gmail.com, 770-682-7704 _______________
Lobby Day at the Capitol ABLE & ACLU of Georgia Focus on Anti-Racial Profiling Legislation SB 325 & HB 1009 Sponsored By The People Lobby Days Wednesday, March 17, 2010 9am-12pm 307 CLOB (Coverdell Legislative Office Building) Across from Georgia Capitol Downtown Atlanta **Must have identification to enter CLOB building and Capitol
**ACTION** Ask your congregation, organization, and union members to contact their legislators and tell them they want them to support this important legislation. Click to contact legislators _____________
On January 26, 2010 Senator Gloria Butler introduced Senate Bill 325 On January 28, 2010 (click to view the bills) Representative Pedro Marin introduced House Bill 1009 Anti-Racial Profiling Legislation Photos from the press conference on January 26, 2010.
____________________ Prayer Vigil for Immigration Reform
Office of Georgia Congressman David Scott Wednesday, March 24, 2010 12:30pm
Smyrna District Office 888 Concord Road, SE Suite 100 Smyrna, GA 30080 Tel: 770-432-5405
32 members of the Congressional Black Caucus and over 50 diverse members of Congress are co-sponsoring the CIR ASAP. Rep. Scott has not joined them. Ask Rep. Scott to co-sponsor the Comprehensive Immigration Reform for America's Security and Prosperity Act (CIR ASAP) introduced by Illinois Rep. Luis Gutierrez on December 15, 2009. Tell him we need his leadership. We need him to co-sponsor this bill!
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Called by Faith: United for Justice ABLE 2nd Annual Banquet
Thursday, June 17, 2010 7:00 pm
The Sheraton Gateway Hotel Atlanta Airport 1900 Sullivan Road, Atlanta, GA 30337 $50 per person
Guest Speaker:
Bishop Vashti Murphy McKenzie Bishop McKenzie serves as the presiding prelate of the African Methodist Episcopal Church, 13th Episcopal District which includes the State of Tennessee and the Commonwealth of Kentucky. Her historic election in the year 2000 represents the first time in the over 200-year history of the A.M.E. Church, in which a woman had obtained the level of Episcopal office. She also serves on the President’s Advisory Council of the White House Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships. ____________________ Larry Soublet ABLE’s 1st " I AM ABLE " Award Recipient
Honored at ABLE's 1st Annual Fundraising Banquet "A Vision of Hope For Our Time" Saturday, May 30, 2009 _____________________
ABLE is a multi-racial, interfaith regional coalition of congregations, unions and grassroots organizations that develops and empowers ordinary people to become leaders who effect change in their communities for the common good of all.
ABLE works to bring people together across the lines that divide the region: race, class, language, political boundaries and ideologies.
ABLE is a vehicle where people find common ground to express common values and work for the common good of all.
together their voices can be heard.
ABLE. _________________
The Gamaliel Foundation is an international organizing institute working with over sixty communities throughout the United States, South Africa, and Great Britain.
It is a network of organizers, clergy, and lay leaders with years of experience in the ever more difficult task of creating powerful grassroots organizations to work for justice.
The mission of The Gamaliel Foundation is to assist local community leaders to create, maintain and expand independent, grassroots, and powerful faith-based community organizations so that ordinary people can impact the political, social, economic, and environmental decisions that affect their lives; to provide these organizations with leadership training programs, consultation, research and analysis on social justice issues; to be a network for mutual learning environments and working coalitions.
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Upcoming Events
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Council of Leaders Meeting 7:00 pm to 8:30 pm
******** ABLE Immigration Taskforce Meeting Tuesday, March 16, 2010 7pm-8:30pm Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Atlanta Room 213 Atlanta, GA 30329
ABLE & ACLU of Georgia By The People Lobby Days March 17, 2010 9am-Noon 307 CLOB (Coverdell Legislative Office Building) Across from Georgia Capitol Downtown Atlanta
Council of Leaders Meeting March 23, 2010 7pm-8:30pm Holsey Temple CME 704 Charlotte Place, NW Atlanta, GA 30318
ABLE 2nd Annual Banquet Thursday, June 17, 2010 7pm The Sheraton Gateway Hotel Atlanta Airport 1900 Sullivan Road Atlanta, GA 30337 _____
Gamaliel Advanced Leadership Training May 26-29, 2010 Techny Towers Conference and Retreat Center 2001 Waukegan Road Techny, IL 60082
******** For more information about the above meetings, or to register for training contact:
678-271-7443 or Willa Rose Johnson
wrjohnson@gamaliel.org
To learn how your congregation or organization can become part of ABLE click here.
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