This is our chance. On Friday at Citi Field, the Yankees and Mets will face each other for the first time this season – and we’ll be there to urge both teams to boycott the 2011 All-Star Game in protest of Arizona’s new immigration law.
Just before the Subway Series starts, State Senator Jose Peralta of Queens will deliver the Working Families letter, signed by thousands of New Yorkers, calling on our home teams to skip next year’s All-Star Game unless it is moved out of Arizona or the state rolls back its extreme anti-immigrant measures.
This moment could make a huge media splash – especially if we reach our goal of 10,000 signers before the letter is delivered on Friday. Can you help us get there?
http://action.workingfamiliesparty.org/p/dia/action/public/?action_KEY=1731&tag=az4
Sports teams can play a real role in reversing Arizona’s harsh new law, just like the NFL did in the 1980s after Arizona refused to recognize Martin Luther King, Jr. Day. The Mets and Yankees have long welcomed immigrant players and are the home teams of a state built by immigrants. We want them to be leaders in this fight.
Real solutions to America’s immigration challenges must treat everyone fairly — immigrants and citizens alike — and address the economic issues at the heart of this debate, not just target people based on the shade of their skin.
More than 6,500 New Yorkers have already signed our letter, and Working Families activists will join Sen. Peralta outside the stadium on Friday to get more signatures directly from fans. But we know there are thousands more who can’t make it and still want the Yankees and Mets to take a stand against un-American extremism, profiling and harassment by boycotting the Arizona All-Star Game.
We’ve got 48 hours to ask every New Yorker who cares about sports and civil rights to sign the Working Families letter and send a message to Arizona. Can you chip in by making sure everyone you know has signed?
http://action.workingfamiliesparty.org/p/dia/action/public/?action_KEY=1731&tag=az4
Thanks,
Bob Master, WFP Co-Chair
Dan Cantor, WFP Executive Director
