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Dear John,
Our communities deserve to be together and thrive together, and I’m honored to be part of a team that works every day to make this a reality.
We know that this administration—along with ICE and private prison companies—see Texas, the most incarcerated state in the country , as a testing ground for new policies that further criminalize, harm, and separate our communities . We saw it happen in 2018 when racist and anti-immigrant sentiments took hold of our hometowns and flooded every corner of the internet.
But here’s just a glimpse of what Grassroots Leadership did this year to fight back:
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We
strengthened
our
relationships
with
our
community
through
ICE
out
of
Austin
,
Texas
Advocates
for
Justice
,
and
with
women
formerly
detained
at
T.
Don
Hutto
detention
center


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We
won
local
campaigns
that
offer
key
insight
to
other
communities
across
the
country
that
share
the
same
vision
of
a
world
without
borders,
bars,
and
cages


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We
helped
release
5
people
from
detention
through
our
community
bond
fund
and
provided
support
for
food,
clothes,
and
travel
to
reunite
them
with
their
loved
ones


*
We
fought
for
and
won
the
establishment
of
a
public
defender’s
office
in
Travis
County


And as we enter the new decade in 2020, we’re excited to introduce a participatory defense program in Travis County to ensure those most targeted by our unjust criminal laws are supported by their community.
I hope you can join me by giving to a team that is building the community we need in Texas to not just change policies that harm us, but create a world that sees our community the way I see it.
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In solidarity,
Claudia Muñoz
Interim Executive Co-director
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