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TODAY'S FEATURE

BAMN Movie! "Our Rising Strength"
Coalition to Defend Affirmative Action, Integration, and Immigrant Rights and Fight for Equality By Any Means Necessary
BAMN.com
Myspace.com/nationalbamn
West Coast: 323.317.7675 East Coast: 313.645.9360
BAMN MICHIGAN
BAMN launches new phase in the fight
for affirmative action and integrationThe ban on affirmative
action in Michigan
will not stand! On November 8, BAMN filed a second lawsuit against Michigan's Proposal 2 in federal court. We assert that Proposal 2 is invalid under federal law because (1) it is preempted by the Civil Rights Act of 1964, (2) it violates the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment, and (3) it violates the First Amendment as affirmed by the Supreme Court decision, Grutter v. Bollinger.

• Undo Proposal 2! Plan of Action

• Litigation Summary [Adobe PDF file]

Background on the fight against Proposal 2: Prop. 2 Factsheet TV Ad

Stop the Fraud! Stop Prop 2! (MCRI)

Federal Judge finds: "MCRI engaged in
systematic voter fraud" - Refuses injunction

Michigan Civil Rights Commission's Findings of MCRI Fraud [Adobe PDF file]

Fraudfinder: Were people you know deceived into signing the anti-affirmative action petition in Michigan? Search the database

"Yearning to Breathe Free": BAMN Declaration on Immigrant Rights
At BAMN's National Conference of the New Civil Rights Movement on May 26-28, 2006, BAMN voted to issue the following Declaration on Immigrant Rights .
Read BAMN's declaration issued on the May 1st National Day of Action:
"Call to Action for Young Leaders of the New Civil Rights Movement"!BAMN LOS ANGELES
VICTORY!! On March 7, 2006, BAMN organized more than 400 L.A. high school and middle school students to go to the courthouse to demand their voices be heard in defense of school integration in the historic LA school desegregation case. WE WON!!! BAMN nearly 300 LA students and community members are now a party to this landmark case! Read the report from the day and watch the TV story .
Contact BAMN Los Angeles: (323) 317-7675
BAMN BAY AREA
MAY 1, 2006: BAMN Oakland organized and led a 50,000+ person march for immigrant rights in Oakland, CA!
KRON Channel 4 features one of BAMN Oakland's high school organizers. (Find the clip on their home page here .) See the raw helicopter footage or KTVU Channel 2 , or KGO Channel 7 (click here and poke around the most recent video pages 1-2-3-4)
We are forming BAMN Chapters in the Oakland schools. If you want to be a leader at your school, contact us at (510) 502-9072 and [email protected] .

Contact BAMN Bay Area: (510) 502-9072
VICTORY AT THE U.S. SUPREME COURT
The BAMN chapter centered in Detroit, Michigan spearheaded the effort that led to BAMN's most historic victory to date, organizing a 50,000-person March on Washington on April 1, 2003 that coincided with the U.S. Supreme Court's hearing on the University of Michigan affirmative action cases. As a result of this march and the movement leading up to it, the Supreme Court UPHELD affirmative action for the entire country! Get more info here.
April 1, 2003 March on WashingtonDALLAS, TX: This great news clip from DALLAS on March 28 shows exuberant protests and students storming Dallas City Hall, and, predictably, frightened warnings from media and establishment leaders. (Choose the video called "Students Walk Out, Protest For Second Day") Video
NBC5 Dallas
ESCONDIDO, CA: Watch this video of students walking out in Escondido, CA (near San Diego)!
NBCSanDiego.com
FRESNO, CA: See this great photo report about the Fresno, CA walkouts! About 500 rallied downtown on March 27. The movement grew so quickly that by the next day more than 6,000 walked out and rallied downtown!
HUNTINGTON PARK, CA: Watch this extended-length helicopter video of hundreds of Huntington Park, CA students walking out and getting students at other schools to join them! These walkouts took place on Friday, March 24 and helped spark the national movement!