A Journey For Change
9/24/2003. Mercury News
Calling themselves the Freedom Riders, a tribute to civil-rights activists who went on a similar journey in the 1960s, about 800 immigrants from 10 U.S. cities boarded buses that will converge Oct. 4 in New York City. The goal of the Immigrant Workers Freedom Ride is threefold: to legalize undocumented immigrants, reunite families and protect workers' rights without regard to immigration status....

Freedom ride� makes valley stop
9/24/2003. The Desert Sun
PALM SPRINGS -- A caravan of buses dropped off hundreds of valley students in downtown Palm Springs on Tuesday, where they joined others in support of a new national campaign for immigrant workers that was inspired by civil rights bus rides four decades ago....

Road to Freedom
9/24/2003. Tri-City Herald
Berta Balli-Sheldrick boarded the blue tour bus with the red, white and bright yellow stripes parked in front of St. Joseph's Catholic Church in Yakima. The Benton City woman had taken the first step on a cross-country journey joining many others to raise awareness about the issues faced by immigrant workers....

'Freedom riders' stage Phoenix rally
9/24/2003. The Arizona Republic
A boisterous crowd numbering in the hundreds let out a thunderous cheer Tuesday evening when two buses pulled up in front of the state Capitol carrying riders on a cross-country journey to promote the rights of immigrant workers in America....

Former farmworker to join Freedom Ride in Idaho
9/24/2003. Idaho Statesman
Beginning at age 8, Gloria Lara spent her summers working alongside her father and 10 brothers and sisters in the fields. Beginning Thursday, Lara, now 53 and living in Burley, will work to highlight the struggles of immigrant workers in the United States....

Demonstrators roll on immigrant freedom ride
9/24/2003. USA Today
WASHINGTON � Inspired by the civil rights movement, tens of thousands of people are expected to climb aboard a caravan of buses this month for a modern-day "freedom ride" to the nation's capital....

Immigrant workers start 'freedom ride'
9/24/2003. The Press-Enterprise
PALM SPRINGS - Yuliana Avila waved a bright banner that read: "We pick $425 million worth of Coachella Valley crops, we clean 15,600 toilets and make 20,000 hotel beds every day."...

Immigrant Freedom Rides roll
9/23/2003. Atlanta-Journal Constitution
About 100 activists will roll into Atlanta from Houston in buses next week, bringing with them what they hope will be echoes of the civil rights movement's Freedom Rides of 1961. Dubbed the Immigrant Workers Freedom Ride, organizers of the national campaign say they are seeking a path to legalization for all immigrant workers and their families and protection of workers' rights on the job regardless of their legal status....

Parte caravana en pro de la legalizaci�n
9/23/2003. La Opini�n
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'60s-style ride to focus on immigrant workers' plight
9/23/2003. The Herald Sun
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