East Bay La Raza Lawyers Association

The EBLRLA - Immigrant Rights Committee will hold another Know Your Immigrant Rights workshop on:

Wednesday May 21, 6pm
International Institute of the East Bay
449 15th Street, 3d Floor
Oakland, CA 94612

For more information, please contact the EBLRLA.

UC Berkeley RISE & the East Bay La Raza Lawyers Association - Immigration Rights Committee present:

Armed with Knowledge: A “Know Your Immigrant Rights” Workshop

Monday May 12,2008
7:30 -9PM
UC Berkeley, 203 Wheeler Hall

This bilingual (Spanish/English) event will provide basic knowledge and skills on how to teach about one’s rights when confronted by an ICE agent. This event is open to anyone who wants to learn how to teach others about their rights regarding these issues. This is a family friendly event.

For more information contact perla1986@gmail.com.

Several months ago, Centro Legal de la Raza began organizing and hosting meetings to discuss creating an Oakland Municipal ID — following similar innovations in New Haven, CT and San Francisco, CA, and following the expansion of Oakland’s sanctuary ordinance last year.

At last night’s meeting at el Centro, we agreed to post news about the Oakland Municipal ID Coalition on the EBLRLA website.

We see the establishment of a city ID card as a means to provide an official government-issued identification to various members of the community such as immigrants, youth, the elderly, homeless, and transgender individuals who often do not have access to services and resources due to lack of acceptable identification.

The potential benefits to Oakland city residents include:

• Full participation of all residents in civic affairs
• Access of all residents to local resources such as libraries and museums
• Ability of all residents to participate in local commerce such as opening a bank account, establishing credit, accessing loans, etc.
• Improvement in public safety by erasing barriers to crime reporting and witness cooperation
• Discounts at City institutions such as the zoo, museums, etc.
• The card could also benefit children and youth who become lost and normally possess no identification or emergency contact information and elderly citizens who no longer drive and therefore no longer possess a valid driver’s license.

Join us! Our next meeting is scheduled for May 14, 2008, 6pm at the Oakland Worker Center. For further information, please email oaklandcityidcard@gmail.com.

For more information about the EBLRLA Immigrant Rights Committee, click here.

Save the Date — May 1, 2008

For the summer 2008, the EBLRLA is planning monthly membership mixers in and around downtown Oakland.

Catch up with old friends and meet our new members as we rebuild the EBLRLA social and professional network.

Our first mixer will be on May 1, International Workers’ Day y el Día de los Derechos del Inmigrante.

May 1, 6pm
Pacific Coast Brewery
906 Washington Street
Oakland, CA 94607

Sincerely,

the EBLRLA Board

Thanks to the support of our generous sponsors, the EBLRLA is inviting members and friends to join us for dinner this Thursday Jan. 24th at a sponsored rate of $60.

RSVP TODAY (707) 644-4218 or (bydesignm@aol.com)

Muchisimas gracias a nuestros event sponsors:

Gold Sponsor
Tricity Economic Development Corporation

Silver Sponsors
Donahue Gallagher Woods LLP
Hoffman & Lazear, David M. Fried & Theodore Phillips
Alameda County District Attorney’s Office

Bronze Sponsors
Cooley Godward Kronish LLP
Kazan McClain Abrams Lyons Greenwood & Harley PLC, Frank Fernandez & Petra de Jesus
Morrison & Foerster LLP
Oakland City Attorney’s Office
Sundeen Salinas & Pyle

EBLRLA Judicial Excellence & Scholarship Awards Dinner
Sueños de Libertad: Transcending Borders Across Generations
January 24, 2008, 5:30pm
Waterfront Plaza Hotel, 10 Washington St., Oakland

With great pleasure, the EBLRLA recognizes our 2008 Judicial Excellence Honorees:

Hon. Cruz Reynoso,
Professor Emeritus U.C. Davis School of Law (King Hall)
& former Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of California

Hon. Carlos G. Ynostroza,
First Latino Judge, Alameda County Superior Court

Hon. George C. Hernandez, Jr.,
Presiding Judge, Alameda County Superior Court

Scholarship Awards Recipients

• Lucero Chavez
• Gloria Colon Espitia
• Miguel Angel Manriquez
• Carolina Rodriguez Garcia