First response to Monday night's meeting, float opponents have organized a "March for Human Rights" from City Hall to the Tournament of Roses house on Orange Grove.
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PASADENA -- A former City Council member and others will join opponents of a controversial Chinese Olympic float on Sunday in a march for human rights.
Going from City Hall to the Tournament of Roses, the march is in protest to the council’s decision Monday not to adopt the recommendations of its Human Relation Commission report related to the float controversy.
“While the Pasadena City Council has voted 6-2 against endorsing the report submitted by the Pasadena Commission on Human Relations, we believe this is only the beginning of our campaign to educate the City Council and the Tournament of Roses on the importance of human rights,” according to a news release sent Thursday.
Former Councilman Bill Paparian, who also served as unelected mayor, will participate along with members of the Chinese-American, Tibetan and Burmese communities.
The march begins in front of City Hall at 2 p.m.
Information: http://www.beijingrosefloat.org.
Press release below.
* * * * * * P R E S S A D V I S O R Y * * * * * **
MARCH FOR HUMAN RIGHTS
Broken Rose of Shame
Protest the Pasadena City Council's 6-2 decision
against adopting the report submitted
by the Commission on Human Relations.
A Report which even the Council called "extraordinary"
Sunday, November 4, 2007
Say NO to the Beijing Olympic Float of Shame
Say YES to Human Rights
Help China Keep its Olympic Promise
Don’t Reward Beijing
* China * Darfur * Burma* Tibet*
*All Human Rights Disasters *
WHAT: Protest Pasadena City Council's 6-2 decision against adopting the report by the City Council's own appointed Commission on Human Relations. Thank the Commissioners for the extraordinary report. Thank Councilmember Chris Holden and Councilmember Jacque Robinson for supporting the report.
At the meeting on October 29, we have gotten some very important endorsements from the community:
Joe Brown, President, NAACP Pasadena Chapter
Bob McCloskey, long time labor activist
Father Gerard O'Brien of Assumption Catholic Church in Pasadena (Father missed the chance to speak because of the cutoff).
China Ministries International (submitted statement)
and many others.
On Sunday, they will be joined by Bill Paparian, former Mayor of Pasadena.
WHEN: Sunday, November 4, 2007
2:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.
WHERE: Starting at Pasadena City Hall, 100 N. Garfield Ave, Pasadena, Ca. 91109
Ending at Tournament of Roses 391 South Orange Grove Blvd., Pasadena, Ca. 91105
We will march south on Garfield, left on Colorado and left on Orange Grove to the Tournament of Roses.
CONTACT: www.NoBeijingFloat.org
Lucas Kamp lwkamp@gmail.com
John Li 626-568-8889 jli@caltech.edu
Ann Lau 310-539-0234
Tsetan Phanucharas 310-968-8831
Pyi Maung 626-607-5100
BACKGROUND INFORMATION:
While the Pasadena City Council has voted 6-2 against endorsing the report submitted by the Pasadena Commission on Human Relations, we believe this is only the beginning of our campaign to educate the City Council and the Tournament of Roses on the importance of human rights. We want to thank the Commissioners for what even the City Council admitted “an extraordinary report". The Commissioners' report will be a historic document for others to follow.
We want to thank Coucilmembers Chris Holden and Councilmember Jacque Robinson for their political courage and integrity.
* * * * Help China Keep its Olympic Promise * * * *
