Immigrants Picket For Affordable Medications

Our Lady of Guadalupe Anglican Mission leads a march on Walgreens for affordable medications.

The purpose of the march is to engage Walgreen's, and hopefully other drug store chains, in the mission's quest to obtain organ transplants and supporting medication for several undocumented immigrants in need of life saving procedures. One liver transplant has already been performed and several other immigrants have earned a place on a waiting list. We are asking Walgreens and other pharmaceutical providers to assist Jorge Mariscal, Bernardo Manchaca, Martin Hernandez Elfego Arroyo, Lorenzo Arroyo, and Marcela Hernandez, in obtaining appropriate medication at affordable prices for these patients following their organ transplants. At the press conference, we will update the community in our ongoing efforts with community area hospitals. We are inviting the community to participate in our effort to bring hope for those with out hope.

José S. Landaverde
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José Sigfredo Landaverde (September 2, 1971) is a community organizer, activist, and priest at Our Lady of Guadalupe Anglican Catholic Church, located in the largely Mexican neighborhood of Little Village in South Side Chicago. He is also the co-founder and former executive director of the Latino Union.

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