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DESCRIPTION:Sara Matlin, chair of the North Peninsula Chapter of the American Civil 
 Liberties Union, has had her hands full lately trying to counter the 
 effects of the Trump administration (as  well as previously at times the 
 Obama administration). With the current White House hell-bent on getting 
 rid of as many immigrants as possible and San Mateo County a home for a 
 number of them trying to find work and stability, ACLU-NP is often 
 head-to-head with the federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and 
 the San Mateo County Sheriff's office as it looks out for the civil rights 
 of these newcomers.\n\nThe local chapter is part of the San Mateo County 
 Coalition for Immigrant Rights which Sara founded in 2010, consisting of 
 attorneys offering legal aid and immigrant rights activists, who along with 
 ACLU-NP try to, as she puts it, "think globally and act locally" regarding 
 immigrant rights. The thinking is statewide as well, with the recent 
 passage of SB 54, the California Values Act, which will make it a sanctuary 
 state protecting immigrants from deportation wherever possible. Even with 
 the measure's enactment, the old ways are likely not to fade away 
 easily.\n\nOn February 11, Sara Matlin will be the guest of PASMC with a 
 talk entitled "Making Immigrant Rights Real in San Mateo County". Sara will 
 address efforts to protect civil rights here, and the obstacles to do that 
 and countering different levels of law enforcement. She will also offer 
 ways for citizens to get involved in protecting immigrant rights. \n\nThe 
 event is wheelchair accessible.\n\nSara is a lawyer and community organizer 
 whose work began in her teenage years when she worked against U.S. military 
 intervention in Central America. In addition to being chair of ACLU-NP, she 
 is also the Bilingual Counsel with the Alliance for Justice's Bolder 
 Advocacy Initiative located in Oakland. In this work Sara empowers Spanish- 
 and English-speaking nonprofit organizations to become leaders in policy 
 change movements.\n\nFree, contributions welcome.\n 
 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2018/01/19/18806016.php
SUMMARY:Making Immigrant Rights Real in San Mateo County
LOCATION:Unitarian Universalists of San Mateo\n300 E. Santa Inez Avenue\nSan Mateo, 
 CA 94402
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2018/01/19/18806016.php
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