Immigrant Workers Freedom Ride.
Immigrant workers and their allies will set out from nine major U.S. cities and cross the country in buses in late September 2003. They will converge on Washington, D.C. and then travel to Liberty State Park in New Jersey October 3, and then Flushing Meadows Park, Queens, New York for a mass rally on October 4, 2003. Sponsors include AFL-CIO, National Council of La Raza, UNITE, United Food and Commercial Workers Union. For more information go to http://www.iwfr.org

WASHINGTON, D.C.
National Civil Rights March: Defeat Ward Connerly, Defend Affirmative Action and Integration; Realize the Promise of Brown v. Board of Education.
Sat., Aug. 23, 12 noon. Assemble at Howard University,
2400 Georgia Ave., NW, march to Lincoln Memorial.
Seventh National Conference of the New Civil Rights Movement.
Sat.-Sun., Aug. 23-24, Howard University.
The march and conference will oppose campaign of anti-affirmative action ballot initiatives spearheaded by Ward Connerly.

NEW YORK
Manhattan
After the Vieques Victory: How does Puerto Rico fit into U.S. Strategies for Global Domination?
Speakers: Jorge Farinacci, Socialist Front of Puerto Rico; Ismael Guadalupe, Committee for the Rescue & Development of Vieques.
Sat., Sept. 20, 10:00 a.m. Donation: $6/$8/$10.
Auspices: Vieques Support Campaign.
Brecht Forum, 122 West 27th St., 10th floor.
Tel.: (718) 610-4751 or (212) 677-0619.