Western Mass Jewish Activists for Immigration Justice
Ending child-asylum-seeker detention
Warning: the letter that follows, from Angry Tias and Abuelas (one of the groups we partner with on the border) might break your heart. They are trying to fundraise rapidly to build secure shelters for migrants whose safety–and often, lives–are threatened by gangs and cartels who kidnap (for ransom, sexual exploitation, or to “recruit”)–or even …
Continue reading “Refugee Safety Crisis in Reynosa, Mexico: Please Give Generously!”
When you volunteer at the refugee camp in Matamoros, as we did in February, you can’t more than a few feet without running into Tucker’s work. He’s built or rebuilt infrastructure from outdoor sinks on up. He cooks. He’s very active in the medical tent. He helps out at the Resource Center. Plus he’s just …
Continue reading “Brendon Tucker, American Hero to Refugees”
We are here. We have witnessed. We have prepped and served. We have crossed to the tent camps. We have hugged. We have witnessed shackled migrants already boarded on buses at the airport. We chanted to them and held banners and hearts for them to see. We have cried. We have witnessed in the Tent …
Eyewitnesses from Jewish Activists for Immigration Justice delegation to the US/Mexico border share their deepest takeaway AND a list of public reportbacks in Western Massachusetts.
Immigration Activist Josh Rubin, Who Helped Close Two Migrant Teen Prisons, to Speak/Show Film in Northampton, December 17
By Shel Horowitz Why Are We Here? Why This Blog? This blog will cover the actions of a small group of Jewish activists from the Northampton/Amherst area of Western Massachusetts (and one from Eastern Massachusetts) who came together as an affinity group to protest the jailing of innocent migrant children. We are appalled at the …
Continue reading “Why Are a Bunch of Jews in Massachusetts Going to Florida to Protest at a Prison?”
