> PLEASE DISTRIBUTE WIDELY!
>
> Sign the National Online Petition for International-Student Visa Reform
and
> International Scholars Rights!
>
> http://www.visareform.net
>
> Since September 11, 2001, international students and scholars seeking to
> study and work in America have faced increasing difficulties due to visa
> restrictions, background checks, and other security initiatives
implemented
> by the US government.
>
> In response, a petition proposing solutions has been launched by a
coalition
> of organizations committed to establishing a fair and supportive
environment
> for international workers at U.S. universities. This coalition already
> includes:
> * the AFL-CIO,
> * the 43-campus Association of Chinese Students and Scholars of New York
> (ACSSNY),
> * local graduate employee unions on 20 different campuses,
> * the American Association of University Professors (AAUP)
> * the National Association of Graduate and Professional Students (NAGPS),
> * and others.
>
> You can read the list of sponsors and the text of the petition at:
> http://www.visareform.net
>
> A September 19-20 conference by GESO at Yale University (in New Haven, CT)
> will highlight the petition's issues, and will build the growing coalition
> for international students' and scholars' rights. Please come and join us!
> For more information, email: mary.r.reynolds@yale.edu
>
> We only have a few weeks to collect signatures on this petition, as we
plan
> to deliver the petition to all members of Congress during the mass
> mobilization and lobbying of the "Immigrant Worker Freedom Rides"
> (www.iwfr.org), in DC on October 1, 2003. We also hope to present the
> petition at the Freedom Rides rally in Flushing Meadows Park in Queens,
NY,
> on October 4, 2003. Over 100,000 are expect to rally for immigrant
workers'
> rights, so please join us in New York on that day if you can!
>
> Please sign the petition and forward this e-mail everywhere.
> http://www.visareform.net
>
> More info on Immigrant Workers Freedom Rides: www.iwfr.org
> More info on Sept 19-20 conference: mary.r.reynolds@yale.edu
> More info on GESO: www.geso.org
>
>
> Yours in Solidarity,
>
> The GESO Standing Committee on International Students
> http://www.yaleunions.org/geso/international/welcome.htm
>
>
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