Local
Solidarity Lowell November Meeting
Sunday, November 18th, 5:30pm, Christ Church United, 1 Bartlett Street, Lowell
The monthly general meeting for members of Solidarity Lowell. Daniela Marquez Albert will present on the “Public Charge Rule” and what we can do about it. Also, a discussion on how to have difficult conversations during the holidays. All are welcome!
More information: https://www.facebook.com/events/2100444800020366/
Transgender Day of Remembrance at UML
Monday, November 19th, 4-7pm, UML O’Leary Library, 61 Wilder St, Lowell
The Center for Hope and Healing, UMass Lowell Gender Studies and Office of Multicultural Affairs and Greater Lowell Health Alliance invite you to join us for this year’s Transgender Day of Remembrance: Community, Dialogues, and Vigil. There will be TWO simultaneous sessions starting at 4pm (a Trans and Non-Binary Community Space and a Cisgender Dialogue Space) leading into a vigil at 5:45pm.
More information: https://www.facebook.com/events/349935495582862/
To RSVP or ask any questions please email nikki@chhinc.org
Help the Leonce Family
Jacob Leonce was recently deported back to St. Lucia, leaving his wife and two young children here in Lawrence without any support or income. A GoFundMe was set up before he was deported and is now being used to assist the family, in addition to helping with his legal fees. Anything you can give would be greatly appreciated!
Donate here: https://www.gofundme.com/jacob-l
Volunteer at the New Lowell Justice For Our Neighbors Clinic
Wednesdays: December 12, January 9 and February 13
Justice for Our Neighbors (JFON) is looking for volunteers for their new clinic in Lowell. They are in need of:
Clinic Coordinators: Coordinate clinic operation
Intake Volunteer (2-3): Complete confidential client paperwork at clinic
Hospitality (2-3): Prepare and serve light supper / refreshments for clinic
Child care (1-2): Supervise (as needed) young-children during the clinic
Interpreters (2-3), as needed (Spanish, Portuguese, Other)
Additional volunteers will be needed to support ongoing fundraising, marketing and outreach.
If interested, contact pam-brewster@comcast.net
Chelms-FED UP Postcarding
Every Tuesday, 9:30-11:30am, The Java Room, 14 Littleton Rd, Chelmsford
Fed up and near Chelmsford? Come join us to write postcards to voters and to our elected officials! Information, addresses, and supplies provided, but feel free to bring your own supplies and info as well. See you there! (NOTE: This is still on during Thanksgiving week! Join us!)
For more information, contact Hope at hope@solidaritylowell.com
Help with Sanctuary
Assisting our immigrant community is one of the most important things you can possibly do. If you are interested in helping out with local sanctuary efforts, either with accompaniment, food, laundry, or otherwise, please email marissa@solidaritylowell.com. Training is provided. You can also donate to the cause here: http://www.merrimackvalleyproject.org/donate-1/ (please write “sanctuary” in the “special notes” part of the donation form).
More information and to sign up for training: marissa@solidaritylowell.com
State
Ollin Solidarity Caravan: Freedom of Movement is a Human Right
Saturday, November 17th, 12-3pm, US Immigration Courts at JFK Federal Building, 15 New Sudbury Street, Room 320, Boston
Ollin is the Nahuatl word for movement and everyone has the right to move whether it be because of political, economic or corporate violence, oppression, racial or sexual discrimination, environmental catastrophe or circumstances, to connect with family and friends, or just because they have the desire to do so. We will gather outside immigration court to participate in a vigil; a land honoring ceremony; dance, drumming, and music; to say the names and share the stories of those on the migrant caravan being stopped by armed military, borders and walls, along with those facing ICE violence and imprisonment right here in Boston.
More information: https://www.facebook.com/events/1001323993408270/
Boston Public Schools Walkout for Black and Brown Lives
Monday, November 19th, 12:30-5:30pm, Boston City Hall Plaza, 1 City Hall Square, Boston
Mayor Walsh and Boston Public Schools have proposed the closing of West Roxbury High School as well as the McCormick Middle School. Both of these educational facilities occupy black and brown children who will be extremely affected by these closures. Join every Boston Public School Young person and Young people across the City of Boston as we walk out for Black & Brown lives and meet at City Hall to do a silent protest of a “Die In”.
More information: https://www.facebook.com/events/192245728324386/
Comment on the Proposed Public Charge Rule
(use the form at the link below)
The Trump administration wants to slam the door on working-class immigrants by subjecting anyone who earns less than 250% of the federal poverty line ($62,750 for a family of 4) to intense scrutiny, and effectively excluding anyone below 125% of FPL ($31,375 for a family of 4). Immigrants applying for a green card or visa could be deemed to be a “public charge” – someone who depends on the government – and turned away if they earn below 250% of FPL and use any of a wide range of public programs for working families, or are deemed to be likely to use them in the future. This is an assault on America’s fundamental values, and we must fight back.
Leave comments using this form set up by MIRA (English only): https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfaAJ2xCj-2LwemVTCp90NLs7exHMVmRQaaqlQoveUH_VWcWA/viewform
Help Lawrence Cosecha Members Assist Immigrants at the Border
Three volunteer organizers (Gabriela, Reyna, and Carlos) are raising money to fly out to the Brownsville, TX border and buy supplies to donate to the asylum seekers and migrants with their bare necessities. We are asking our community to help us get there so we may support our friends crossing, help local grassroots and community movements on the field, document efforts, and create the conditions for others to come to join as we welcome our brothers and sisters in the caravans with radical love. We plan to arrive in Brownsville, TX as soon as possible and will be staying for several weeks to a month. Your contribution will help us with flights and expenses to support migrants directly with food, clothes, and hygienic products.
Donate here: https://www.gofundme.com/immigrant-support-at-the-border