Thank you so much for your support of our work on immigration justice. Our December 17 event with Brooklyn immigration justice activist Josh Rubin was a huge success, getting about 100 attenders on a snowy, icy night and raising hundreds of dollars for Josh’s work on the border and our own February trip (going directly into relief work, such as food for the meal for 1200 refugees we’ve signed up to cook–we are all paying our own travel and lodging).
Here’s what we’ve got coming up in January and February–we welcome your participation:
- January 12: benefit concert with children’s choruses Local Chorus and Focus Chorus, both led by Nerissa Nields, 3:00 p.m. at Edwards Church in Northampton (snow date: 1/26)
- January 18: First day to view the exhibit, “Uncaged Art,” pictures done by teens imprisoned in the Tornillo Detention Center, at R. Michelson Gallery, 132 Main Street, Northampton (in the vault)
- February 2, 3:00 p.m., Visual Images from the Border: Trauma and Children’s Art, Gallery Talk by Dr. Simone Alter Muri, Director of Art Therapy/Counseling Graduate Programs and Art Education at Springfield College–and send-off for the local delegation to the border, also at R. Michelson.
- February 8: 10-member Jewish Activists for Immigration Justice delegation leaves for eight day relief and observation mission to Brownsville, Texas and Matamoros, Mexico
- February 14, 6-8 p.m. Michelson will be open during Northampton Arts Night Out, including the Uncaged Art exhibit
- February 21: Final day to see the Uncaged Art exhibit
- Late February through April, report-backs from our border witness, dates and locations TBA
How You Can Help: We especially welcome you to share these events with your contacts and on your social media feeds (they all have Facebook events pages accessible in the events section of our Jewish Activists for Immigration Justice Facebook page, https://www.facebook.com/JAIJWM/
Contributions to bring the art show here and/or directly fund food/clothing supplies for our relief work on the border are also appreciated. Please encourage your supporters to mail checks to Jewish Activists for Immigration Justice c/o Annique Boomsma, 66 Harkness Rd., Pelham, MA 01002 or donate online at https://www.gofundme.com/f/help-us-help-migrants-at-the-border