Wensley Peguero · [email protected]

June 29, 2023 at 7:57 PM

Celebrating a key victory as we look to the challenges ahead!

Plus FFI's Anniversary Celebration and Updates If you're having trouble viewing this email, you can see it online.   Freedom for Immigrants 10th Anniversary Celebration! Freedom for Immigrants turned 10 in 2022, and we have been reflecting on o…

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  Wensley with Freedom for Immigrants · [email protected]

April 14, 2023 at 4:49 PM

EXCLUSIVE PREVIEW: Abolish ICE Documentary

EXCLUSIVE PREVIEW: Abolish ICE Documentary 🎬 Check out this preview of the upcoming documentary, Abolish ICE, which was produced by Mayon Denton, Cinthya Martinez and Setsu Shigematsu. View this email in your browser …

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  Amanda Díaz · [email protected]

March 29, 2023 at 10:23 PM

[Freedom For Immigrants] Join us and Celebrate FFI's 10th Anniversary

Hello everyone,  Freedom for Immigrants (FFI) is officially 10 years old! Help us celebrate Freedom for Immigrants’ 10th anniversary on Thursday, April 27th, at LA Plaza de Cultura y Artes in Los Angeles. Over the past decade, FFI has worked to build a world without immigration detention, envi…

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  Wensley with Freedom for Immigrants · [email protected]

March 28, 2023 at 8:26 PM

GET YOUR TICKET! FFI’s 10th Anniversary Celebration

GET YOUR TICKET! FFI’s 10th Anniversary Celebration Help us celebrate FFI turning 10! Join us on Thursday, April 27th at LA Plaza de Cultura y Artes in Los Angeles View this email in your browser Help us celebra…

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  Rebecca & Wensley, Freedom for Immigrants · [email protected]

March 16, 2023 at 9:18 PM

Movement Victory in Northern California: ICE Contract Terminated!

Movement Victory in Northern California: ICE Contract Terminated! Also, save the date for our 10th Anniversary celebration in LA. View this email in your browser Save the Date! …

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  Wensley with Freedom for Immigrants · [email protected]

February 23, 2023 at 11:08 PM

SAVE THE DATE: FFI’s 10th Anniversary

SAVE THE DATE: FFI’s 10th Anniversary FFI is turning 10! Join us on Thursday, April 27th, at La Plaza de Cultura y Artes in Los Angeles View this email in your browser   Freedom for Immigrants is turning 10! Join…

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  Amanda Díaz · [email protected]

February 22, 2023 at 5:10 PM

Re: [Freedom For Immigrants] FFI Paint & Sip Fundraiser in Los Angeles- February 22

We still have some spots open for our paint & sip fundraiser TODAY (Wednesday) night in Los Angeles! If you love painting (or sipping wine!) and building community with folks committed to abolishing immigration detention, please join us for a fun evening of art celebrating the movement and …

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  Amanda Díaz · [email protected]

February 13, 2023 at 7:02 PM

[Freedom For Immigrants] FFI Paint & Sip Fundraiser in Los Angeles- February 22

Hello all, I wanted to extend an invitation to FFI’s Paint & Sip fundraiser in Los Angeles, CA! If you love painting (or sipping!) or just hanging out with rad folks for the benefit of abolishing immigration detention, come on out and enjoy a relaxing evening in community with members of t…

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  Cynthia Marlene Galaz · [email protected]

January 16, 2023 at 8:09 PM

[Freedom For Immigrants] Fwd: [abolishicenynj] Emergency Rally 1/18 2PM: Free Ms. Q!!!

*apologies for cross posting* Hi all! In 2022, the Troy and Rensselaer community rallied to demand ICE release Ms. Q, end the ICE contract, and close the Rensselaer contract. We celebrated when she was released. About a month ago, ICE re-detained Ms. Q stating she should have been deported lon…

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  Amanda and Moussa · [email protected]

December 20, 2022 at 10:23 PM

How the racist detention system dehumanizes Black migrants

How the racist detention system dehumanizes Black migrants Leveraging our Hotline data to uplift directly impacted voices View this email in your browser Friends and Supporters,  Through FFI’s National Immigration Det…

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  Wensley · [email protected]

November 29, 2022 at 9:47 PM

Celebrate Radical Generosity for Giving Tuesday

Celebrate Radical Generosity for Giving Tuesday A Day of International Giving and Solidarity View this email in your browser Dear Friend of FFI,  Today, you can take action to stand with the tens of t…

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  Cynthia Marlene Galaz · [email protected]

November 28, 2022 at 8:17 PM

[Freedom For Immigrants] TODAY! Join us in NYC for an evening of painting (and sipping!)

Hi all! I just wanted to let you know that we opened a few more sits to our paint and sip fundraiser TODAY at 7pm at the Paint Place in the Upper West Side. So you still have time to grab your ticket and join us today.  You can purchase tickets here. Let me know if you can make it! Best, Cyn…

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  Wensley · [email protected]

November 23, 2022 at 8:13 PM

Celebrate Generosity On Giving Tuesday

Celebrate Generosity On Giving Tuesday A Day of International Giving and Solidarity View this email in your browser I'd like to take this moment to reach out to you as an ally to our mission and invite y…

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  Cynthia M. Galaz · [email protected]

November 22, 2022 at 10:31 PM

[Freedom For Immigrants] Nov 28th❗ You're invited! Join us in NYC for a Paint & Sip

Hi all! Next Monday Nov 28th we’ll be hosting our fundraiser at the Paint Place beginning at 7pm! There is only a handful of tickets left, make sure to get yours!  In solidarity,  Cynthia  Cynthia Marlene Galaz (She/Her/Hers) Senior Policy Associate Freedom for Immigrants (929) 4…

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  Andrea · [email protected]

November 4, 2022 at 9:38 PM

Centering Impacted Voices in D.C. and N.Y.

Centering Impacted Voices in D.C. and N.Y. View this email in your browser Friends and Supporters,  Our advocacy is strengthened by the courage of those who experience the harsh reality of immigration detention every …

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  Cynthia M. Galaz · [email protected]

October 31, 2022 at 4:31 PM

[Freedom For Immigrants] Join FFI in NYC! (Paint and Sip fundraiser)

Happy Monday! Do you love painting? Or sipping on wine? Come on out to FFI’s Paint & Sip and do both while supporting the abolition of immigration detention! Join us for a relaxed evening of fun on November 15 at 7pm ET. Come out and meet FFI staff as we celebrate 10 years of FFI! Proceeds…

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  Jeff · [email protected]

October 28, 2022 at 6:30 PM

Voices of Detained Advocates

Voices of Detained Advocates Erik and Ramon Support Each Other's Advocacy View this email in your browser Dear friends,  I’m excited to share a powerful new op-ed penned by Erik Mercado and Ramon Dominguez Gonzalez…

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  Jeff · [email protected]

October 28, 2022 at 5:54 PM

Connecting with Partners and Looking to the Future

Connecting with Partners and Looking to the Future Acknowledging the hard work that led us here while we prepare for the work ahead View this email in your browser Dear friends,  I’m excited to share a powerful new…

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  Freedom for Immigrants · [email protected]

October 4, 2022 at 8:40 PM

ED Search Continues Alongside FFI's Monitoring Work

ED Search Continues Alongside FFI's Monitoring Work Help Strengthen Our Monitoring Programs by Supporting Our Annual Appeal  View this email in your browser Message from the Board Allies, Please join me in supporting …

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  Jennaya · [email protected]

September 6, 2022 at 9:25 PM

Freeing People on Bond for Over 10 Years

Freeing People on Bond for Over 10 Years Reuniting Communities on the Road to Abolition View this email in your browser One of the most immediate and visible ways Freedom for Immigrants can make a difference in the …

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  Wensley · [email protected]

August 2, 2022 at 9:31 PM

Until Everyone is Free!

Until Everyone is Free! FFI's First Annual Appeal View this email in your browser Dear Friends and Supporters, The road to abolition is long and filled with challenges, but also includes many victories. While we con…

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  Wensley · [email protected]

June 30, 2022 at 9:41 PM

Connecting with Partners and Looking to the Future

Connecting with Partners and Looking to the Future Acknowledging the hard work that led us here while we prepare for the work ahead View this email in your browser FFI Summer Quarterly Newsletter Detention Monitori…

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  Sofia Casini · [email protected]

June 3, 2022 at 4:15 PM

Family and Community Visitation Returning to Detention Facilities!

Family and Community Visitation Returning to Detention Facilities! Detention Monitoring Newsletter View this email in your browser Visitation Updates   FFI supports and provides leadership to the National…

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  Sierra Kraft · [email protected]

May 6, 2022 at 2:03 PM

[Freedom For Immigrants] Freedom for Immigrants is hiring✨Join our team and tell your friends!

*Apologies for cross-posting*Happy Friday All,Freedom for Immigrants is seeking a Database and Information Technology Manager to join our remote team. This is an exciting opportunity for someone who is passionate about using tech to abolish the immigration detention system and is well versed in data…

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  Wensley Peguero · [email protected]

April 29, 2022 at 7:33 PM

Powerful Organizing through the FFI National Hotline

Powerful Organizing through the FFI National Hotline Monthly FFI Program Update View this email in your browser   Dear Friends, Freedom for Immigrants’ staff are passionate about our abolitionist mission, and it shows in their…

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  Freedom for Immigrants · [email protected]

April 8, 2022 at 8:58 PM

Spring brings changes to FFI and Southern detention landscape!

Spring brings changes to FFI and Southern detention landscape! FFI Spring Quarterly Newsletter View this email in your browser Dear Friends and Supporters, The Freedom for Immigrants’ team has been hard at work on several init…

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  Layla Razavi · [email protected]

February 14, 2022 at 9:08 PM

[Freedom For Immigrants] V DAY: Call to action #ReinstateVisitation

Dear friends, volunteers, partners & supporters: Happy Valentine's Day.  I hope you are well and with your loved ones today.   I’m writing to share our toolkit for the #ReinstateVisitation campaign — please share on your socials and help promote our Instagram posts in English and Spanish a…

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  [email protected]

December 21, 2021 at 11:54 PM

[Freedom For Immigrants] JUST RELEASED: FFI's Annual Report

See what we've achieved together! Dear friends and supporters,    We hope you are staying healthy and rejuvenated during this holiday season.     Since its inception, Freedom for Immigrants has been rooted in our commitment to connect people in…

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  [email protected]

December 21, 2021 at 11:44 PM

[Freedom For Immigrants] JUST RELEASED: FFI's Annual Report

See what we've achieved together! Dear friends and supporters,    We hope you are staying healthy and rejuvenated during this holiday season.     Since its inception, Freedom for Immigrants has been rooted in our commitment to connect people in…

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  [email protected]

December 1, 2021 at 11:28 PM

[Freedom For Immigrants] Thank you for your generosity!

Dear Friends and Supporters,    My name is Jennaya Dunlap and I am the Immigration Bond Fund Coordinator at Freedom for Immigrants. I am sincerely grateful to our amazing community of supporters who joined us in raising over $9,000 th…

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  Sierra Kraft · [email protected]

November 29, 2021 at 7:26 PM

[Freedom For Immigrants] This #GivingTuesday, DOUBLE your impact by giving the gift of freedom!

Dear Friends and Supporters, I think we can all agree that no immigrant should languish behind bars, and that unaffordable bonds should not stand in the way of someone’s freedom. But right now, more than 22,000 immigrants are sitting in abusive immigrant detention centers across the country. What ca…

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  Sierra Kraft · [email protected]

November 23, 2021 at 6:12 PM

[Freedom For Immigrants] Join our team as our next Policy Director or Development Director!

*Apologies for cross-posting*Hi Everyone,Freedom for Immigrants is looking for a Policy Director and Development Director to join our team! We’re looking for an experienced Policy Director who has intimate knowledge and understanding of the immigrant rights movement who can connect federal advocacy …

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  Christina Mansfield · [email protected]

September 30, 2021 at 7:21 PM

[Freedom For Immigrants] Some Big News

Dear all, I’m writing today to share some bittersweet news. After over 11 years, Christina Fialho and I have made the decision to transition out of our roles at Freedom for Immigrants. We’ve made this decision because we are confident that the organization is in a strong position to grow under …

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  Layla M. Razavi · [email protected]

July 13, 2021 at 4:28 PM

[Freedom For Immigrants] Updates: NEW REPORT on ICE’s use of ankle shackles & a BIG WIN for the Hotline

Dear Freedom for Immigrants' Supporters & Friends, We hope you are all well and enjoying summer.  I’m writing with some exciting news and updates. We released a new report in partnership with our friends at Immigrant Defense Project (IDP) and the Immigration Clinic at Cardozo Law School.  …

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  Christina Fialho · [email protected]

May 7, 2021 at 6:31 PM

[Freedom For Immigrants] New Report on ICE under the Biden Administration

Dear Freedom for Immigrants’ Supporters and Friends,On President Biden’s first day in office, he issued a memo to change immigration enforcement priorities.  Freedom for Immigrants recently conducted an investigation into ICE’s implementation of the interim enforcement priorities through a survey of…

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  Christina Fialho · [email protected]

April 29, 2021 at 4:57 PM

[Freedom For Immigrants] Exciting Update & FFI Spring Quarterly Newsletter

Dear Freedom for Immigrants Supporters & Friends,At the end of December, Congress passed a $5M allocation in this year’s budget for a government-funded community-based alternative to detention pilot!  While we are working to hold the government accountable for administering this first-of-its-kin…

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  Sarah Gardiner · [email protected]

January 14, 2021 at 11:17 PM

[Freedom For Immigrants] Demand Biden Admin #FreeThemAll, Stop Deportations, and More! | Exija a Biden Admin #LiberenATodxs, alto a Deportaciones, y Más!

[español abajo]Hello all, I hope this email finds everyone as well as possible. Since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic almost a year ago, people inside immigration detention and advocates outside have been tirelessly sounding the alarm on the grave threat COVID-19 poses for people detained. Despit…

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  Christina Fialho · [email protected]

December 8, 2020 at 5:55 PM

[Freedom For Immigrants] Thank You for the Lovely Evening!

Dear Friends and Supporters,Thank you so much for joining us on Friday at our virtual Liberty in Louisiana Benefit Concert. We are inspired that so many of you were watching and are so thankful to Vicci Martinez & Emily Tarver, Laura Gómez, Sylvester Owino, Alynda Segarra of Hurray for the Riff …

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  Christina Fialho · [email protected]

December 4, 2020 at 12:30 AM

[Freedom For Immigrants] Don't Miss Our Concert - Friday, 12/4!!

Hello Friends!We are so excited to see you tomorrow!  We are just one day away from our virtual Liberty in Louisiana concert, and we have already raised $7,000!  Because of you, we will be able to secure the safe release of 90 people!But we need your help to reach our goal to secure the safe release…

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  Christina Fialho · [email protected]

December 1, 2020 at 11:18 PM

Re: [Freedom For Immigrants] Thank you for your gift on #GivingTuesday

Dear Freedom for Immigrants Friends & Supporters,Good news!  So far, we have raised $2,200 today.  Because of you, we will be able to secure the safe release of 30 people!But we need your help to reach our goal to secure the safe release of 400 people and bring them home for the holidays!By the …

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  Christina Fialho · [email protected]

December 1, 2020 at 5:48 PM

[Freedom For Immigrants] $40 Secures Freedom on #GivingTuesday

Dear Friends!Today is #GivingTuesday, an international day of giving.  And Freedom for Immigrants is making it really fun and easy for you to support a world without immigration detention.First Step: Give TodayGive $40 today, and your tax-deductible donation will be doubled to ensure that we can pro…

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  Christina Fialho · [email protected]

November 25, 2020 at 12:26 AM

[Freedom For Immigrants] Virtual Concert on December 4th

Dear Freedom for Immigrants’ Volunteers, Supporters, & Friends,We are excited to invite you all to the Liberty in Louisiana Concert, a virtual benefit concert on December 4th at 5pm PT.  The virtual concert will feature Vicci Martinez, Emily Tarver, Hurray for the Riff Raff, Shoshana Bean, and a…

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  Rebekah Entralgo · [email protected]

November 20, 2020 at 9:26 PM

[Freedom For Immigrants] Freedom for Immigrants Leads Introduction of Bill to End ICE Transfers

Freedom for Immigrants Leads Introduction of Bill to End ICE Transfers Media Contact: Rebekah Entralgo, [email protected] WASHINGTON, DC — Freedom for Immigrants is proud to support the office of Representative Jason Crow (CO-6) joined by Sylvia Garcia (TX-29) and Veronica Esco…

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  Rebekah Entralgo · [email protected]

November 7, 2020 at 6:57 PM

[Freedom For Immigrants] Freedom for Immigrants Calls on Biden Administration to Abolish Detention

Freedom for Immigrants Calls on Biden Administration to Abolish Detention Media Contact: Rebekah Entralgo, [email protected] LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA — Freedom for Immigrants Deputy Executive Director Layla Razavi issued the following statement in response to the 2020 presidentia…

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  Christina Fialho · [email protected]

October 23, 2020 at 5:00 PM

[Freedom For Immigrants] ICE is Using Torture to Force Deportations

Dear Freedom for Immigrants Volunteers and Supporters,On October 7th, Freedom for Immigrants and the Southern Poverty Law Center filed a federal multi-individual complaint, detailing how ICE officers coerced and tortured eight Cameroonian men into signing stipulated orders of removal. These men were…

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  Christina Fialho · [email protected]

October 10, 2020 at 5:35 PM

[Freedom For Immigrants] Private Prison Ban is Constitutional!

Dear Freedom for Immigrants Supporters & Friends,This week, a federal judge in California ruled that California’s ban on private prisons, including private immigration detention facilities, is constitutional.   Read more in this LA Times article!While we are all very excited about this huge win,…

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  Christina Fialho · [email protected]

October 7, 2020 at 4:07 PM

[Freedom For Immigrants] Will You Support Us on World Mental Health Day?

Dear Freedom for Immigrants Supporters & Friends,The COVID-19 pandemic has taken an unprecedented toll on everyone, especially people working on the front lines in the nonprofit sector supporting those most vulnerable.  At Freedom for Immigrants, our team is not just responding to the more than …

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  Christina Fialho · [email protected]

October 5, 2020 at 5:17 PM

[Freedom For Immigrants] Summer Newsletter

Dear Freedom for Immigrants’ Volunteers, Supporters, & Friends,Below please find Freedom for Immigrants Summer Quarterly Newsletter.  You can also view and share it here.  We hope you enjoy learning about what we have been up to, and if you are interested in supporting our work, don’t hesitate t…

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  Rebekah Entralgo · [email protected]

October 1, 2020 at 5:23 PM

[Freedom For Immigrants] To Prevent Another Catastrophic Year of Deaths in Detention, ICE Must #FreeThemAll

To Prevent Another Catastrophic Year of Deaths in Detention, ICE Must #FreeThemAll LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA -- On the first day of Fiscal Year 2021, Freedom for Immigrants Co-Executive Director, Christina Fialho, released the following statement in response to the the record-breaking 21 deaths in…

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  Christina Fialho · [email protected]

August 20, 2020 at 4:05 PM

[Freedom For Immigrants] U.S. & U.K. Visitor Volunteers Unite, Calling to #FreeThemAll

Dear Freedom for Immigrants Supporters & Friends,Today, Freedom for Immigrants released an open letter to the U.S. and U.K. governments calling for the release of all people from immigration detention.  The letter is a joint effort with our sister nonprofit in the United Kingdom, AVID (Associati…

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