#ShutDownBerks Interfaith Witness—June 23, Leesport
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#ShutDownBerks Video 6: No Family Separation, Detention or Deportations
From the #ShutDownBerks Coalition (https://www.facebook.com/ShutDownBerksCoalition/): This week we debut our final video in our video series. We in the Shut Down Berks Coalition recognize that our fight in Pennsylvania is a part of the greater movement for justice in our country. … Continued
Statement on Glen Mills and PA DHS’s Emergency Removal Order
From the #ShutDownBerks Coalition (https://www.facebook.com/ShutDownBerksCoalition/): The Shut Down Berks Coalition is heartened that on March 25th, 2019, the Pennsylvania Department of Human Services issued an Emergency Removal Order for the remaining children residing in the Glen Mills schools. No child … Continued
Screening: Las Madres de Berks—June 3, Philadelphia
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Monday, June 3, 2019 at 7:00- 9:00 pm South Philly Barbacoa, 1140 S 9th St, Philadelphia, PA 19147 This screening will be followed by an opening reception at 5:30 pm of the exhibit entitled, “Rostros y Historias”, featuring portraits of … Continued
Screening: Las Madres de Berks—June 1, Philadelphia
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Saturday, June 1st, 2019 at 2:15-3:15 pm Philadelphia Latino Film Festival, Terra Hall, University of the Arts, 211 South Broad Street, Philadelphia, Pa. 19107 RSVP for screening at Philadelphia Latino Film Festival Visual Artist, Michelle Angela Ortiz premieres her short … Continued
Shut Down Berks Family Detention—Turn It Into Drug Treatment Facility
From the #ShutDownBerks Coalition (https://www.facebook.com/ShutDownBerksCoalition/): In 2019 the Berks County Detention Center (BCRC) will be entering its fifth year in operation as an immigrant family prison. That is five years of human rights abuses, due process violations, disregard of Pennsylvania … Continued
The US Detention Center Where Sick Children Receive ‘The Bare Minimum’ (Berks)
The Guardian At the Berks Family Residential Center, an immigrant detention facility in Leesport, Pennsylvania, advocates and former detainees say it’s normal for children held there to have health problems. One mother, who asked to use her middle name Arely, told … Continued