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4 Responses to Community Events

  1. Rachel Martin says:

    Hi everyone!!

    No es un evento para nuestro clase….. pero yo quiero anunciar una cosa!

    La escuela primeria de Evergreen neccesita dulces y piñatas para la celebración del día de los niños!

    La asociación de padres de familia de Evergreen quiere proveer una piñata llena de dulces para cada salón. Si pueden donar dulces o comprar piñatas para los classes….por favor, hablen conmigo antes del lunes, abril 25.

    Gracias,

    Rachel Martin

  2. Alice Nelson says:

    Sunday, April 17 · 1:00pm – 4:00pm

    Mixx 96 Community Space
    Corner of Washington and State St.
    Olympia, WA

    Join Bridges Not Walls for a hands-on workshop to learn techniques for monitoring and documenting Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and Border Patrol activity in our area. Get information about the situation on the border, in our local community, and on the Olympic Peninsula – an area experiencing increased arrests and detentions.

    Led by Benjamin Prado, Coordinator of the San Diego US/Mexico Border Program of the American Friends Service Committee.

    This program works to support the growth and development of immigrant-led organizations, with the goal of bringing the voices and concerns of immigrant communities into policy debates at the local, state, and national level.

    For more information, contact Bridges Not Walls at bridgesnotwalls@riseup.net, call 360-427-3756 or visit our website at http://www.oly-wa.us/bridges.

  3. Alice Nelson says:

    Saturday, April 16 · 11:00am – 5:00pm

    Olympia Rafah Solidarity Mural (for carpool)
    Corner of State and Capitol St.
    Olympia, WA

    Every month, Bridges Not Walls hosts a Solidarity Vigil at the Northwest Detention Center. The Northwest Detention Center is a for-profit prison, tucked away and hidden on the industrial tide-flat area of Tacoma, WA where over 1500 immigrants are detained. We offer support and solidarity to families and friends visiting loved ones inside. Many people face long drives to and from the detention center, long waits inside, and emoti…onally trying, no-contact visits. We provide coffee, food, conversation, and legal resources to those visiting. Every third Saturday of the month, a carpool leaves the Olympia Rafah Solidarity Mural on the corner of State and Capitol in downtown Olympia at 11 am. If coming from outside of Olympia, the Northwest Detention Center is located at 1623 East J Street Tacoma, WA 98421.

    PLEASE JOIN US! The next vigil is this Saturday, April 16th! If enough people are interested, we will also have a car going to downtown Tacoma at Union Station to hold a protest and hand out information on the Northwest Detention Center (so bring your signs!). Let us know if you are able to attend and if you can provide transportation if necessary.

    If unable to attend these vigils, you can help by donating food, coffee, or tea. For more information, contact Jamie at jamie.alwine@gmail.com or 503.970.3399. Hope to see you there!

    Resources on Northwest Detention Center and Immigration Policy:

    Northwest Immigrants Rights Project (NWIRP): http://www.nwirp.org/UDocuments/Events/Immigration%20101/NWIRPGuidetoNWDC(2010).pdf

    Smash ICE Northwest Detention Center short video:
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bTrR1s7du6s

    Tacoma, Immigration and The Northwest Detention Center: A Call to Action for Tacomans (locally produced zine):
    http://zinelibrary.info/files/ice%20news%20zine.pdf

    Immigration Policy Center:
    http://www.immigrationpolicy.org/

  4. Nicole DeFuria says:

    PLEASE JOIN US! The next vigil is this Saturday, May 21st!
    CARPOOL from downtown Olympia (at the Olympia-Rafah Solidarity Mural) at 11 AM.
    SPECIAL VIGIL THIS MONTH, as we are first joining the Regional Clemency March & Rally for Leonard Peltier that is being held the same day.
    12:00 PM: March for Justice: Portland Ave. Park (on Portland Ave. between E. 35th & E. Fairbanks. Take Portland Ave. exit off I-5 and head east)
    1:00 PM: Ra …lly for Justice: U.S. Federal Court House, 1717-Pacific Ave.

    Every month, Bridges Not Walls hosts a Solidarity Vigil at the Northwest Detention Center. The Northwest Detention Center is a for-profit prison, tucked away and hidden on the industrial tide-flat area of Tacoma, WA where over 1500 immigrants are detained. We offer support and solidarity to families and friends visiting loved ones inside. Many people face long drives to and from the detention center, long waits inside, and emotionally trying, no-contact visits. We provide coffee, food, conversation, and legal resources to those visiting. Every third Saturday of the month, a carpool leaves the Olympia Rafah Solidarity Mural on the corner of State and Capitol in downtown Olympia at 11 am. If coming from outside of Olympia, the Northwest Detention Center is located at 1623 East J Street Tacoma, WA 98421.

    After the Leonard Peltier March & Rally, we will send a group of people to the Northwest Detention Center to hold our regular vigil as others continue to remain in downtown Tacoma to hold a protest and hand out information on the Northwest Detention Center.
    If unable to attend these vigils, you can help by donating food, coffee, or tea. For more information, contact Jamie at jamie.alwine@gmail.com or 503.970.3399. Hope to see you there!

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