Posts Tagged ‘Interfaith Movement for Human Integrity’
As Contra Costa terminates ICE contract, 7-year vigil outside jail gates ends
The monthly vigils were started seven years ago by the Interfaith Movement for Human Integrity as a way to show support for undocumented immigrant detainees held inside the West County Detention Center.
Read MoreEast Bay women build a net of support to help cope with the fear of deportation
Every morning in front of Melrose Leadership Academy, the same choreography is repeated: the uproar of the children arriving at the school displaces squirrels and birds to the cherry and palm trees that adorn the sidewalk. At this public school, in the sanctuary city of Oakland, people exchange greetings in Spanish. The first poster near…
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