Photos of May Day Rallies in Amherst and Northampton

After some technical difficulties (the official camera of the day broke and erased all photos), we've found another source. Thanks to everyone who was able to attend. The rallies were diverse, interactive and festive. And now we have the pictures to prove it!


The Amherst noontime rally featured guest speakers including Rick Brown (Pioneer Valley Central Labor Council AFL-CIO; Western Mass. Jobs with Justice Committee Member; Vice-President/Organizer of UFCW Local 1459), Maya Winfrey (Western Mass. AFSC), Ben Grosscup (Bill of Rights Defense Committee), Arina Weissman (Western Mass. Coalition for Peace & Justice), and community members who took the mike for Speak Outs.


We were also treated to AMAZING music from Jose Ayerve and (thanks to Artists for Justice) Art Steele, Julissa and Los Callejeros.


The Northampton evening rally was also very successful!

Local college students,

activists and community members bravely took the microphone for Speak Outs on their personal immigrant experience and how the immigrant movement is related to other movements.

Thank you everyone who came up in support of Immigrant Rights! To see more photographs, click here.

May Day Rally

Immigrant Rights Are Human Rights!
Injustice To One Is Injustice To All

May Day Rally

Amherst Common
12 – 2 pm

Northampton City Hall Steps
5 pm

We believe in the human right of family

• 14 million people in mixed status families
• 3 million citizen children with one or both parents undocumented
• Stop tearing families apart!

We believe in the human right to work

• Wages should ensure living with dignity
• Everyone has the right to form and join a union
• Immigrants’ Rights are Workers’ Rights!

We believe in the human right of living with dignity and respect

• Protection from arbitrary interference with privacy, family, home
• Protection from attacks upon honor and reputation
• Immigrants are human beings!

We believe in the human right of recognition as a person before the law

• Protection from torture and cruel or degrading treatment or punishment
• Protection from arbitrary arrest and detention
• Guarantee legal representation and due process
• Equal protection before the law!

For more information please email
wmciwr@gmail.com

Co-Sponsors:
Artists for Justice, SAGE, Western Mass. Jobs With Justice, Western Mass. AFSC, Greensboro Justice Fund, Western Mass. Interfaith Coalition for Peace and Justice, Western Mass. CopWatch