BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 X-WR-CALNAME:www.indybay.org PRODID:-//indybay/ical// v1.0//EN BEGIN:VEVENT UID:Indybay-18824462 SEQUENCE:18972516 CREATED:20190705T223800Z DESCRIPTION:Lights for Liberty: Worldwide Vigils to End Human Concentration Camps of Migrants Now! \n\n“Give me your tired, your poor, your huddle masses yearning to breathe free” \n--Emma Lazarus, as inscribed on the Statue of Liberty\n\nWHEN: July 12, 2019 (check your local event listing for time)\n\nWHERE: San Francisco Bay Area, State of California, throughout the USA, and worldwide events\n\nEVENT FINDER: https://www.lightsforliberty.org/localevents\n\nOn Friday July 12th, 2019, Lights for Liberty: A Vigil to End Human Concentration Camps, will bring thousands of people to locations worldwide as well as to concentration camps across the country, into the streets and into their own front yards, to protest the inhumane conditions faced by migrants. \n\nKey events are planned in El Paso, Texas, where migrants are being housed in outdoor conditions under a bridge with no running water for months at a time; Homestead, FL, at a migrant child detention facility that has caused mass abuse and neglect; in San Diego, near the point of entry site from Tijuana; in New York City, at Foley Square, where hundreds of migrants are processed through detention a day; and in Washington, DC, in Lafayette Park, to demand action from Congress to end concentration camps and impeach the President. Legislators, activists, organizers, and members of impacted communities will speak prior to the candlelight vigil. \n\nAcross this country, we have witnessed acts against people fleeing persecution many of us thought we would never see in modern times.\n\nAt Trump’s concentration camps, teen mothers and babies are held outdoors in “dog pounds.” We have witnessed the sick and elderly confined to “icebox” rooms for weeks at a time. Unbelievably, children as young as 4 months are taken from their parents, medicine is confiscated, and medical care withheld, and LGBTQ and disabled individuals are held in solitary confinement. \n\n“The Trump administration’s immigration policies and detention camps meet the United Nations’ definition of genocide and crimes against humanity,” said Elizabeth Cronise McLaughlin, lawyer, activist and organizer. “Congress is refusing to stop the president and his policies. We cannot allow these atrocities to be perpetrated in our name.”\n\nPerhaps most terrifying, refugees are beginning to be moved onto military grounds, where there will be a lack of oversight from the media, lawyers, and human rights monitors. \n\n“Now is the time for every person to stand up and say, ‘We will not accept this!’ No more hesitating. No more denial. No more fear. We need to be bold, and loud, and unrelenting. That’s the only way we can stop this,” said Kristin Mink, activist and organizer.\n\nLIGHTS FOR LIBERTY:\n\nWe are a coalition of people, many of whom are mothers, dedicated to human rights, and the fundamental principle behind democracy that all human beings have a right to life, liberty and dignity.\n\nWe are partnering with international, national, regional and local communities and organizations who believe that these fundamental rights are not negotiable and are willing to protect them.\n\nSPONSORS / SUPPORTERS:\n\nSEIU NATIONAL\nWOMEN’S MARCH\nINDIVISIBLE\nAMERICAN TEACHER’S FEDERATION\nCENTER FOR POPULAR DEMOCRACY\nUNITED FARM WORKERS FOUNDATION\nTHE DOLORES HUERTA FOUNDATION\nPROJECT LIFELINE\nSEIU 32BJ\nPOSTCARDS FOR AMERICA\nHOUSING WORKS\nV-DAY\nONE BILLION RISING\nCITY OF JOY\nUNITED AGAINST RACISM AND FASCISM\nCASA\nCODE PINK\nAL OTRO LADO\nBORDER ANGELS\nMAKE THE ROAD NY\nPARK AVENUE CHRISTIAN CHURCH\nLAWYERS FOR GOOD GOVERNMENT\nLAWYER MOMS OF AMERICA\nBLACK MOVEMENT LAW PROJECT\nAMERICAN IMMIGRATION LAWYERS ASSOCIATION NY\nIMMIGRANT DEFENSE PROJECT\nBLACK ALLIANCE FOR JUST IMMIGRATION\nCOURAGE CAMPAIGN\nAZ RESIST\nDON’T SEPARATE FAMILIES\nTORAH TRUMPS HATE\nJUDSON MEMORIAL CHURCH\nMIDDLE COLLEGIATE CHURCH\nUNITARIAN UNIVERSALIST SERVICE COMMITTEE\nINTERFAITH JUSTICE COALITION\nNEW SANCTUARY COALITION\nBORDER HUMAN RIGHTS NETWORK\nCOALITION TO END CHILD DETENTION EL PASO\nGET ORGANIZED BROOKLYN\nSYRIA SOLIDARITY NYC\nNORTH EAST INDIANA ATHEISTS\nACTIVATE LABS\nCODE PINK NY\nWOMEN’S MARCH FLORIDA\nWOMEN’S MARCH NORTH FLORIDA\nBLUE WAVE COALITION\nINDIVISIBLE ST. JOHN’S\nWOMEN’S MARCH TENNESSEE\nWITNESS HOMESTEAD\nDESERT PROGRESSIVES INDIVISIBLE\nTHE CENTER FOR WORKER JUSTICE OF EASTERN IOWA\nALL HANDS AZ\nAZ JEWS FOR JUSTICE\nHANDMAIDS RESISTANCE PHOENIX\nPANTSUIT NATION AZ\nSTAND INDIVISIBLE AZ\nAZ LATINX CAUCUS\nOUR REVOLUTION YUMA\nWOMEN’S MARCH SEDONA\nTOGETHER WE WILL NORTHERN ARIZONA\nRYAN KNIGHT #PROUDRESISTOR\nMUELLER SHE WROTE\nBACKBONE CAMPAIGN\nRAPID RESPONSE NETWORK OF KERN COUNTY\nKERN WELCOMES\nWOMEN’S MARCH KERN\nACLU SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA\nTOGETHER WE WILL PALO ALTO MOUNTAIN VIEW\nBRAVE NEW FILMS\nMICAH FAITH TABLE\nCONGREGATION BEIT SIMCHAT TORAH\nUNITED CHURCH OF CHRIST\nCENTER FOR WORKER JUSTICE IOWA\nWEST VALLEY RESISTANCE\nNEW YORK CIVIC ENGAGEMENT TABLE\nOUR REVOLUTION TEXAS\nFEED OUR DEMOCRACY\nVETERANS FOR AMERICAN IDEALS\nLATINX IMMIGRANTS OF IOWA\nHERD ON THE HILL\nREFUSE FASCISM\nGREATER PEORIA INDIVISIBLE\nOUR REVOLUTION MARYLAND\nCOCINO COUNTY DEMOCRATIC PARTY\nNASTY WOMEN GET SHIT DONE-NWGSD\nINTERFAITH CENTER-ICNY\n1199 SEIU\nLOCAL 30 SAN DIEGO COUNTY HOTEL & FOOD SERVICE WORKERS\nNWU-NATIONAL WRITERS UNION\nTHE CHURCH OF ASCENSION CITY OF NY\nWORKMENS CIRCLE\nCOUNCIL ON AMERICAN ISLAMIC RELATIONS\nWASHINGTON ETHICAL SOCIETY\nUNLOCAL\nUNITARIAN UNIVERSALIST JUSTICE ARIZONA NETWORK\nTHE VALLEY STANDS UP\nINDIVISIBLE OC\nINDIVISIBLE KINGMAN\nNEW YORK COMMUNITES FOR CHANGE\nFAITH IN ACTION\nCONGRESSIONAL ACTION NETWORK\nEDUCATORS FOR MIGRANT JUSTICE\nWASHINGTON ETHICAL SOCIETY\nST PAUL ST ANDREW\nNEW YORK TAXI WORKERS ALLIANCE\nTHE GREATER NEW YORK LABOR- RELIGION COALITION\nNEW YORK STATE COUNCIL OF CHURCHES\nEDUCATORS FOR MIGRANT JUSTICE\nTHE BADASS TEACHERS ASSOCIATION\nANSWER COALITION SAN DIEGO\nBRIDGE OF LOVE ACROSS THE BORDER\nCENTER FOR INTERDISCIPLINARY ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE SAN DIEGO - CIEJ\nCOLECTIVO ZAPATISTA\nDANZA MEXICAYOTL\nDEMOCRATIC SOCIALISTS OF AMERICA- SD\nKALPULLI KETZALHUITZILIN\nMIGRANT CHILD WATCH\nOVERPASS LIGHT BRIGADE SD\nPARTY FOR SOCIALISM AND LIBERATION\nPEOPLE OVER PROFITS SD\nSAN DIEGO BORDER DREAMERS\nSAN DIEGO INDIVISIBLE\nSAN DIEGO LA RAZA LAWYERS ASSOCIATION\nSAN DIEGO TENANTS UNION\nSD SOCIALISTS\nSOCIALIST UNITY PARTY\nUNITED WE DREAM\nWOMENS MARCH SAN DIEGO\nUNITED SERVICE WORKERS WEST-SEIU\nBUDDHIST ACTION COALITION\n\n\n\n\n https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2019/07/05/18824462.php SUMMARY:Lights for Liberty: Worldwide Vigils to End Human Concentration Camps LOCATION:Vigils/protests being held in the San Francisco Bay Area, State of California, nationwide/USA, and worldwide\n\nFind an event near you: https://www.lightsforliberty.org/localevents URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2019/07/05/18824462.php DTSTART:20190712T080000Z DTEND:20190712T100000Z END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR