Five Ways to Take Action to #ShutDownBerks
From the #ShutDownBerks Coalition (https://www.facebook.com/ShutDownBerksCoalition/): Art by Michelle Angela Ortiz (insta @michelleangelaortiz) Five Ways to Take Action NOW Family Detention is immoral and unlawful. That is why Governor Wolf, Lt. Governor Fetterman and the PA Department of Human Services Secretary, Teresa Miller, … Continued
Screening: Las Madres de Berks—July 21, Harrisburg
Sun, July 21, 2019, 5:30 PM – 7:30 PM Susquehanna Art Museum, 1401 N 3rd St.Harrisburg, PA 17102 Eventbrite: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/las-madres-de-berks-documentary-screening-at-the-susquehanna-museum-of-art-harrisburg-pa-registration-61699824837 Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/events/324285454912905/ Trailer:
#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
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