John, last weekend the bus to Alligator Alcatraz was packed with activists―every single seat filled, the aisles buzzing with songs, signs, and determination:

For five months now, our allies at the Workers Circle have been organizing a weekly vigil outside of the ICE black site detention camp known as Alligator Alcatraz, deep in the Florida Everglades. Week after week, everyday people, activists, and the families of detainees have come together, sung, prayed, shared stories―and made it clear that people are watching, that the families locked inside are not forgotten, and that “never again” means never again for anyone. And we’re not stopping until we have justice.

To keep up the momentum, the Workers Circle has started renting buses each Sunday to help more people attend these weekly vigils. We need to keep this up again and again until we deliver the justice that our immigrant neighbors deserve.

But to keep organizing weekly buses to Alligator Alcatraz, we need your help. Will you split a donation today between the Coalition on Human Needs and the Workers Circle to keep those buses full of everyday people who wouldn’t otherwise be able to make the trip? Together, we are bearing witness at the gates of this detention camp. For those detained inside and for their families, we must not give up. Your donation today directly powers these weekly vigils, making sure the media and our elected officials don’t look away.

But we’re not just adding pressure on the ground. Alongside some of our powerful coalition allies, we’ve already sent more than 125,000 messages to members of Congress from across the country―sea to sea―demanding an end to these barbaric detention centers.

These dark sites are meant to isolate and intimidate vulnerable people. The weekly buses do the opposite: they connect, they expose, and they organize.

We’ll be honest with you here: Each bus costs $2,100 to cover the rental, the fees, and accessibility needs. But what our movement gets in return is priceless―face-to-face solidarity, media attention on a site ICE would rather keep hidden, and a growing network of people ready to fight for immigrant justice and everyone’s constitutional rights.

A gift of $36 helps cover one seat on the bus. Will you split a donation of $36, $72, or $108 between the Coalition on Human Needs and the Workers Circle today?

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Thank you for everything that you do,

Deborah Weinstein
Executive Director, Coalition on Human Needs