Dear John,
Thank you to everyone who took part in the digital Mass Poor People’s Assembly and Moral March on Washington last weekend, calling for an end to systemic racism, poverty, militarism, and ecological devastation. Watch the recorded broadcast here [link removed].
As the COVID-19 pandemic continues, we must ensure that all communities have the resources they need to stay healthy and thrive. But right now, tens of thousands of immigrants with Temporary Protected Status (TPS) have been left out of coronavirus relief. Sign our petition with Daily Kos: Tell Congress to ensure immigrants receive health care and other benefits in the next coronavirus response package! [link removed]
Here are this week’s resources to help you stay informed and support your activism.
4 things you should know about the Supreme Court decision on DACA (Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals): [link removed] While the ruling was a win for DACA recipients, their families, and communities, we must keep up our call for legislation to permanently protect recipients and create a roadmap to citizenship for all immigrants, writes AFSC’s Peniel Ibe.
Thousands of federal workers who process immigration applications now face furloughs: [link removed] Congress must fund U.S. Citizenship and Information Services—and require the agency to stop carrying out Trump’s anti-immigrant agenda, writes AFSC’s Tori Bateman.
The DACA decision gives me hope of seeing my loved ones again: [link removed] When the Trump administration rescinded DACA in 2017, it barred recipients from traveling outside of the U.S., including to see sick family members or to bury loved ones. The Supreme Court ruling could change that, writes AFSC’s Itzel Hernandez.
Video: An update from AFSC's Healing Justice Program in Minnesota: [link removed] AFSC’s Shanene Herbert talks about how community members are continuing to come together weeks after the police murder of George Floyd.
The FBI is expanding its ability to collect cell phone location data and monitor social media: [link removed] “We are deeply concerned that the FBI is further expanding their surveillance capacity … which will only serve to further criminalize protests and free speech, and expand the criminalization of Muslims and people of color,” says AFSC’s Mary Zerkel (The Intercept)
How "lifers" in prison are advocating for incarcerated people—and creating transformational change in the system: [link removed] A look at a powerful movement from people serving long and life sentences in the penal system. (Politico Magazine)
Video: 40 years of activism in New Hampshire: [link removed] Watch AFSC’s Arnie Alpert, who will retire at the end of this month, share stories and lessons from his work for social change. And join us on Facebook every Thursday, at 4 p.m. ET/1 p.m. PT for updates from AFSC staff.
Be well and take care.
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