The Big Day of Giving is tomorrow, Thursday, May 3rd, and Sacramento ACT needs your support.
Your donations allow us to be nimble to meet emerging needs.
You can also encourage your networks to donate. We will have Facebook posts that you can share. Better yet, you can tell your people why you support ACT and why they should too. Please share this link with them:
https://www.bigdayofgiving.org/sacact
In Unity,
Tere Flores
Acting Director
GET INVOLVED THIS WEEK!
Want to get involved in making a difference in your community? Help us get the word out about the upcoming elections and educate the community about the key positions of Sheriff and District Attorney!
May 6, 2018,
3 - 6 pm
SAFE BLACK SPACE
A Community Healing Circle
By and For People of African Ancestry
to Promote Community and Personal Healing
Roberts Family Development Center, 766 Darina Ave, Sacramento, CA 95815
Please,
Like us on Facebook to stay i
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Meet Eural Strickland: ACT Youth Leader
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Eural Strickland, far right, with Dr. Joy DeGruy, Reggie Hola and Leo Ambriz
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The first time Eural Strickland was arrested, he was 12 years old. He marked his 13th birthday in juvenile detention.
Eural grew up in South Sacramento watching his older brother in gangs and remembers thinking at age 8 that it was okay to rob people. When his older siblings moved out, Eural tried to pick up the slack, and to help his mother who struggled as a recovering addict. There was never enough money, and he grew up experiencing hunger and homelessness. Having little support, Eural dropped out of school in fourth grade after a string of suspensions for fighting. He ran the streets, hanging out with gangs, and developing a long rap sheet. "When I ran the streets, that's where my trouble came from. I caused it, but running the streets impacted me."
Beginning at age 12 he was caught in a cycle of arrest, incarceration, bouncing between places to stay, and life on the streets. He worried about his mother and his little brother and his grandma. He was often on his own.
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Confronting Environmental Racism
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  Last Sunday afternoon, the Environmental Justice committee hosted a forum on Confonting Environmental Racism. Presenters spoke on the links between racism and environmental hazards, showing how poor communities and communities of color suffer from the health impact of environmental hazards at much higher rates than higher incomer, whiter communities.
Join the Environmental Justice team to get involved in creating environmental equity in our region!
For more information, please contact Christine Bailey 916.932.6886 or
interfaithearth@uuss.org
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Join us on Saturday at our Spring Canvassing!
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 Join us to canvass on Saturday, May 5 from 9 am to 1 pm and on all Saturdays in May! This week we meet at Blessed Faith Ministries, 3400 Y St, Sacramento, CA.
Last week we canvassed in South Sacramento. Special thanks to the many youth who joined us!
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Health4All Action on May 7th!
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Sacramento ACT with the Health4All Coalition is organizing & advocating a Health4All Day of Action on May 7th to urge our legislature to invest in the health of California's immigrant communities by funding Health4All Adults in our state budget this year.
Please join us to ensure that we make Health4All a reality! In 2015, California made a critical investment to provide comprehensive full-scope Medi-Cal to all children, regardless of where they were born. Unfortunately, federal law excludes undocumented immigrants from receiving health coverage through Medi-Cal. As a result, undocumented adults are still left without comprehensive health care. The Health4All Adults proposal removes an eligibility barrier to full-scope Medi-Cal for over 1 million low-income undocumented adults.
The words of one Sacramento ACT leader, Gloria, resonated before a hearing "I wish I could have access to a doctor regularly, have medical access that is accessible. As a mother, I want to live long enough to have the opportunity to raise my children with good values so that they understand that when one asks for something, it is not for one, it is for everyone. The good that it does for me is a shared good"
Press Conference at 11:30 am in Room 127 inside the California State Capitol. Please arrive by 11:00 am.
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DACA Applicant Guidelines
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Another federal judge ruled that Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) protections must stay in place and that the government must resume accepting new applications. Judge John D. Bates of Federal District Court for the District of Columbia said that the administration's decision to terminate the program, DACA, was based on the "virtually unexplained" grounds that the program was "unlawful." The judge stayed his decision for 90 days and gave the Department of Homeland Security, which administers the program, the opportunity to better explain its reasoning for canceling it. If the department fails to do so, it "must accept and process new as well as renewal DACA applications."
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Voting in Sacramento County is Changing!
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May 6, 2018
3 - 6 pm
SAFE BLACK SPACE
A Community Healing Circle
By and For People of African Ancestry
to Promote Community and Personal Healing
Roberts Family Development Center,
766 Darina Ave, Sacramento, CA 95815
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Education, First Mondays
, (next on May 7) at 7pm, contact Tere Flores at
tere@sacact.org
for location and more information
Environmental Justice, Second Wednesdays, (next on May 9, & June 13) at 7pm at Unitarian Universalist Society of Sacramento
Homelessness & Housing,
3rd Fridays (next on May 18), 10 am to 12 pm, contact Carlos Montes-Ponce at
Live Free, Third Thursdays (next on May 17), 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, (next on May 10), 5 pm to 7 pm, contact Reggie Hola at
reggie@sacact.org for location and more information
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| Can You Donate $25? |
Thank you to all our donors who enable ACT's work to transform our community!
Can you donate $25 to support our work with youth to transform the juvenile justice system?
Donate here.
If you prefer, you can mail a check to Sacramento ACT, 2409 15th Street, Sacramento, CA 95818.
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What We Are Reading This Week
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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Join us to transform Sacramento!
Sincerely,
Gabby Trejo
Executive Director
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