FLOC and immigration events coming up this week

Reynolds American demonstration

The Farm Labor Organizing Committee and supporters will demonstrate at Reynolds American's annual shareholder meeting in Winston-Salem this Thursday to improve working conditions in North Carolina's tobacco fields.  FLOC supporters will be at the meeting in the Reynolds American Plaza Building (401 North Main Street) and there will be a picket outside at 10:30 AM, followed by a march at 11 five blocks to Lloyd Presbyterian Church (748 North Chestnut Street), ending with a rally at the church.  Free parking is available at the church and pay parking in a deck across from Reynolds American.  The campaign website is: http://www.floc.com/wordpress/reynolds-campaign/    

LWVODC Law Day forum with Consul General of Mexico for NC and SC

The League of Women Voters of Orange-Durham-Chatham is hosting a public forum on immigration with Consul General of Mexico Javier Díaz de León the evening of Tuesday, May 5th at Extraordinary Ventures (200 South Elliot Road, across from Whole Foods) in Chapel Hill.  The LWVODC is having its private annual meeting beforehand, followed by a public reception at 6:30 (they request that people arrive then), and the forum from 7-8pm.  Free parking is available.  For more information, see http://www.lwvodc.org/Calendar.html .

As always, the regular Friday peace and justice vigil is just up the road at the corner of Elliot and Franklin on Friday, 5-6pm.      

The Moral Monday demonstrations started again last Wednesday, April 29th, but I don't know if it is happening again this week.  Last Friday there was also a large march in downtown Durham protesting police brutality.    

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