May 1 is International Workers Day so Comité en Acción and other community organizations celebrated with a march from the Armory on Cranston St. to Dexter Field, followed by a celebration of “our victories from this past year.”
The victories from the past year include passage of the Just Cause eviction bill, the elimination of ICE holds and the “campaign for Good Jobs & Quality Care at Rhode Island Hospital.”
The celebration was held in solidarity with Todos Somos Arizona (We Are all Arizona) in support of immigrant worker rights. Among the demands of those attending was a “$15 Minimum Wage, Drivers Licenses for our undocumented, real Immigration Reform, and an end to Police Brutality, Racial Profiling and the high rates of Detention and Imprisonment across the country.”
Comité en Acción is a group dedicated to “helping to develop leadership skills within the community in an effort to contribute to social justice, through works on educational & community projects.” They were joined by members of DARE (Direct Action for Rights and Equality), RI Jobs with Justice, Providence Youth Student Movement (PrYSM), English for Action and others.
