Last weekend, ACT leaders joined other PICO leaders in an action at the border in San Diego to demand that detained children be reunited with their parents and that these families belong in communities, not cages. Pastor Les Simmons described the powerful experience: "
Hearing the kids chant from inside the detention center was an emotional moment of how real this is and the thousand of lives impacted by inhumane immigration policies. Kids belong with their families not behind bars."
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 Yesterday, in a 5-4 ruling, the Supreme Court upheld the Trump administration's ban on migration for people from Muslim-majority countries.
In choosing to uphold the ban on migration for people from Muslim-majority countries, the Supreme Court is allowing bigotry and xenophobia to be a guiding force in America. It was clear in the beginning that this ban came from a place of fear and hatred - not "safety" - against our Muslim brothers and sisters. It marked the beginning of the president's agenda of white supremacy and tearing families apart; an agenda that has taken this country lower and lower, every single day. We will not stand by and let the president and his immoral policies take hold. We will continue to take action to show that America is a place that for centuries, has welcomed immigrants, and we will not let this unjust ruling stop us.
It is unconscionable that the Supreme Court has decided against allowing our relatives into this country based upon where they come from or how they pray. The hatred unleashed on our communities continues to destroy families and impede Beloved Community. We unapologetically stand with our Muslim brothers and sisters; the ongoing assault on our sacred identities requires our most vigilant resistance.
As people of faith, we believe in building bridges, not walls. The Supreme Court decision effectively allows racial profiling and religious discrimination against our sisters and brothers from the Middle East, who are just as much a part of our country's cultural fabric as anyone else. We will double down on our efforts to end all forms of scapegoating and to expand freedom for everyone, not restrict it based upon race or religion.
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Sacramento ACT Leaders Join Border Protest
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ACT Faith Leaders at the Border
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Sacramento ACT leaders joined other PICO California leaders this past weekend
to take action at the San Diego/Mexico border, to raise a moral outcry for what is happening to children and their families, and to call for a different kind of vision for all of our families.
Thousands of people marched in two San Diego demonstrations Saturday against the Trump administration's zero-tolerance immigration policy. More than 2,300 children have been taken from their parents while crossing the border or seeking asylum since the Trump administration began their zero-tolerance border crossing policy six weeks ago. San Diego County is the home of three shelters for undocumented children and teens who arrive unaccompanied at the border or are separated from their parents when detained. PICO California, demonstrated outside the Otay Mesa Detention Center on Saturday afternoon protesting the condition the children are being kept in and the emotional trauma suffered by their separation.
We are so proud of how many in our country have stood up this weekend up to say "NO!" to separating families, to incarcerating children, and to an inhumane immigration system.
For those of us at the Otay Mesa Detention Center, we created a space for a spiritually-grounded protest that was about resisting, as much as it was about creating beloved community with each other and with those inside the center. "
We hear you!
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We stand with you!
" We are grateful to those 40+ people willing to put their bodies on the line on behalf of mothers, fathers and children. While willing to be arrested and several were detained, none were arrested.
Our message is two-fold:
1) All children who have been torn apart from their parents must be reunited - not in cages but in communities that will support them.
2) We must reimagine our entire system of childhood and juvenile incarceration in this country - too many are locked in institutions that harm, not restore. We need places of healing and support for our young people and their families.
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Families Belong Together! Saturday, June 30th
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Rally Against ICE! Families Belong Together
Donald Trump and his administration are cruelly separating children from their families. But we won't allow it to continue. On June 30, we're rallying in Washington, D.C., and around the country to tell Donald Trump and his administration to stop separating kids from their parents!
Join us on June 30 to send a clear message to Donald Trump and Republicans in Congress: Families Belong Together!
Join us to rally in support of immigrants and asylum seekers and against the Zero Tolerance Policy that is separating families at the border.
When:
Saturday, June 30 at 10 a.m. (local time)
Where:
U.S. Citizenship & Immigration Building (650 Capitol Mall)
Sacramento, CA 95814
¡Rally contra ICE! Las familias deben permanecer juntas
La administración actual está separando cruelmente a los niños de sus familias. Pero no permitiremos que continúe. ¡El 30 de junio, nos estamos uniendo en Washington, D.C. y en todo el país para decirle a la administración que dejen de separar a los niños de sus padres!
Únase a nosotros el 30 de junio para enviar un mensaje claro a la administración y al Congreso: ¡las familias son unidas!
Únase a nosotros para unirnos en apoyo de inmigrantes y solicitantes de asilo y en contra de la Política de Cero Tolerancia que está separando a las familias en la frontera. Siga el evento de Facebook aquà para las actualizaciones
Cuando
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Sábado, 30 de junio a las 10 a.m. (hora local)
Dónde:
Edificio de Ciudadanía e Inmigración de EE. UU. (650 Capitol Mall)
Sacramento, CA 95814
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8 Days, 8 Shots was crafted in response to the continued lack of Accountability, Transparency, and Justice for the community from Law Enforcement in the death of Stephon Clark. The two officers responsible for Stephon's death have since returned to duty while the public has been told the investigation is still pending. No updates have been provided regarding the investigation and the lack of trust continues to swell some three months after this tragedy ripped through Sacramento.
The distrust only increased while in the process of coordinating 8 Days, 8 Shots another victim, Brandon Smith also lost his life in police custody with many questions surrounding his arrest and eventual death while being transported to the main jail after voluntarily going to a parole check-in.
The goal has always been to have a Law Enforcement community that protects, serves, and knows the community so that all receive equitable justice. Instead, we have the reality that Black and Brown people are being charged, tried, and executed before even seeing a day in court. The purpose of the protest is to amplify that while the city, police and county officials have stopped talking about it, the problem has not gone away, and Black and Brown lives are still being treated as less than valuable. The lack of humanity only increases when no one is held accountable for taking a life unjustly. Little transparency has been provided to the families of those who have lost a loved one before their time.
1) We would like to see the Sacramento Police Department truly build the trust back with Community by holding the officers accountable for the lives they take.
2) We would like accountability language in the Use of Force Policy to hold each officer responsible for failing to comply with the use of force policy. We would like the policy to include updates that increase De-escalation tactics and approaches to apprehend without the unjust use of deadly force.
3) We want the family of Brandon Smith to get the transparency about the circumstances around his death for which they have begged.
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Education, First Mondays
at 7pm, contact Tere Flores at
tere@sacact.org
for location and more information
Environmental Justice, Second Wednesdays, (next August 15) at 7pm at Unitarian Universalist Society of Sacramento
Homelessness & Housing,
3rd Fridays (next on July 20), 10 am to 12 pm, contact Carlos Montes-Ponce at
Live Free, Third Thursdays (next on June 21), 6:30 pm, contact Ryan McClinton at
ryan@sacact.org for location and more information
Reinvestment, 1st and 3rd Thursday
at 2:30,
contact Ryan McClinton at
ryan@sacact.org
for location and more information
Youth Justice, every other Thursday, 5 pm to 7 pm, contact Reggie Hola at
reggie@sacact.org for location and more information
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What We Are Reading This Week
Sacramento needs to stop suspending black students and start supporting them
A nation that actually values families doesn't tear them apart at the border needlessly
Sheriff's deputies shot her son in the back a year ago. Now she is suing for answers
The views and opinions expressed are those of the original authors and other contributors. These views and opinions do not necessarily represent those of Sacramento ACT. We share them for education and formation purposes.
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Sincerely,
Tere Flores
Acting Director
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