From the Coalition on Human Needs (http://www.chn.org): Did you know that there are over 2 million people incarcerated in the United States right now? Did you also know that, despite making up 13% of the total U.S. population, Black people … Continued
From the #ShutDownBerks Coalition (https://www.facebook.com/ShutDownBerksCoalition/): We demand that those women currently detained at the Berks County Residential Center be released and for the center to be repurposed into a space that can provide services to the surrounding community. No transfers … Continued
From the #ShutDownBerks Coalition (https://www.facebook.com/ShutDownBerksCoalition/): SEND a CARD, SEND AN EMAIL, POST A TWEET, CALL THE WHITE HOUSE: Dear President Biden, Today we celebrate mothers all over the U.S., including those who made the brave decision to migrate. Today many of … Continued
From Amnesty International USA (http://www.amnestyusa.org): With 4 million Ukrainian refugees on the move, the world’s response has been tremendous: A German rail company offered free train travel for all Ukrainians coming from Poland… strangers opened up their homes throughout Europe… … Continued
From the Detention Watch Network (https://www.detentionwatchnetwork.org/): Register to join Detention Watch Network, We are Home, FIRM and many more on Thursday, March 3rd for the next National Communities Not Cages Day of Action. Contrary to campaign promises to create a … Continued
From the Detention Watch Network (https://www.detentionwatchnetwork.org/): Thanks to those who participated in the kick off to the #FreeThemAll National Week of Digital Action, March 30 – April 4, to demand the liberation of all people in immigration detention! This week … Continued
From the Detention Watch Network (https://www.detentionwatchnetwork.org/): Today, Detention Watch Network (DWN) and communities across the country are joining together to kick off the #FreeThemAll National Week of Digital Action, March 30 – April 4, to demand the liberation of all … Continued
From Moms Rising (https://www.momsrising.org/): Great news! Because of moms, dads, and people who care about families lifting their voices all over the country, both Wells Fargo Bank and JPMorgan Chase have declared that they will no longer finance private prisons! … Continued
From the National Religious Campaign Against Torture (http://www.nrcat.org): The family separation crisis happening at the border is a human rights disaster, not to mention the Administration’s “zero tolerance” and other anti-immigrant policies. Families are still arriving, seeking to escape physical … Continued
From the Interfaith Immigration Coalition (http://www.interfaithimmigration.org): Right now, Congress is considering anti-immigrant, anti-family bills that would turn to family incarceration and rollback protections for the children in immigration detention and unaccompanied children. Long-term detention of mothers and children is not the solution to the … Continued