Please join me in declaring our opposition to the separation of children from their families on our Southern Borders: this a moral issue, not a political one.
Sign on to this statement with Temple Beth Zion and me:
https://www.bendthearc.us/moral_emergencyutm_campaign=moralemergency_kick&utm_medium=email&utm_source=jewishaction
Here are six ways to respond to this moral emergency from the Religious Action Center, including a local gathering on Saturday, June 30:
1. Provide tangible support to detainees and separated families by gathering and sending toiletries and toys to the border. Send care packages to: Michael Blum Social Action Chair, Temple Emanuel, 4300 Chai Street (North C Street) McAllen, Texas 78504.
2. Join a Families Belong Together mobilization in Washington, DC or hundreds of other cities around the U.S. on June 30, 2018. You can find the one here in Buffalo at this link.
3. Bring a congregational delegation to McAllen, TX home to the United States’ largest immigration detention center. To do so, reach out to Rabbi Claudio Kogan of the URJ’s Temple Emanuel in McAllen, who is eager for visitors to see this border community first hand. If you want to do this, contact me and we will organize it.
4. Send a letter demanding that President Trump, Secretary of Homeland Security Nielsen, and Attorney General Sessions end family separation now.
5. Organize or join a rally outside your local Immigration and Customs Enforcement office.
6. Register for the North American Immigrant Justice Campaign’s Deportation Defense Training on July 10, 2018. For more information about how to join this campaign, please visit RAC.org/naijc and download the RAC’s Immigrant Justice Resource Guide.
For even more ways to take action, read this excellent article in Slate by Dahlia Lithwick and Margo Schlanger.
As more local events come together, I will let everyone know about them. We must stand together.
Wishing everyone a good week,
Jonathan