Unshackle Our Communities Day of Action
ADD YOUR EVENT: Nationwide day of actions planned for September 19
Unshackle Springfield. Unshackle Our Communities.
Leaders from Springfield, Ohio are asking folks to stand in solidarity by hosting actions for immigrant justice in your communities on Saturday, September 19. See map of actions below and add your own.
Join us at a local Unshackle Springfield, Unshackle Our Communities solidarity gathering on Saturday, September 19. Add you own event below if you don't see a local event on the map.
The Haitian community in Springfield, Ohio is facing an existential crisis after TPS protections were stripped away in July. Dozens of people have been detained by ICE and hundreds have been shackled with ankle monitors. Thousands more are living in fear and uncertainty. And now the community is grieving the devastating death of 20-year old college student Pierre Damas Bel (pictured above).
Through their pain, a clarion call has emerged from the Haitian community: Unshackle Springfield, Unshackle Our Communities. On Saturday, September 19, leaders in Springfield are calling for a national day of solidarity and action. Across the country, we will lift up the struggle for freedom and dignity in Springfield and call for an end to death, detention, and deportation in all of our communities.
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