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Home arrow News arrow MARCH FOR HUMAN RIGHTS
MARCH FOR HUMAN RIGHTS PDF Print E-mail
Oct 19, 2007 at 06:01 PM

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*
*All Human Rights Disasters*

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:   John Li 626-568-8889
                       Ann Lau 310-539-0234
                       Tsetan Phanucharas 310-968-8831

BACKGROUND INFORMATION
        Mayor Bill Bogaard of Pasadena and the Tournament of Roses have invited Beijing to send their local sponsored Beijing Olympics float for the 2008 Tournament of Roses Parade. 
        The City of Pasadena's Commission on Human Relations has put out a report recommending that the City should look at human rights violations in China and further referred to the suggestion of the action of inviting the Dalai Lama as a co-grand marshal of the 2008 Rose Parade.
* * * * Help China Keep its Olympic Promise * * * *



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