UU young adult, community organizer Sherrie Anne Andre (pronouns: they/them/theirs) is currently serving a 30-day prison sentence in North Dartmouth, MA.
Sherrie is serving the maximum possible sentence for an arrest from a non-violent direct action protest in August 2018, in which Sherrie and others blocked the entrances to the Bristol County House of Correction (where they are now imprisoned) and the ICE facility therein.
Ramon Torres, President of Familias Unidas por la Justicia and Rosalinda Guillen, C2C both testified Support House Bill- 1398 and Senate Bill –5438 You can take action on these bills by clicking on the links above, and then click on “Comment on this Bill.” The comment link will take you to a page that requests your address…
Support for Resetting the Table, a Crosscut Focus series examining food insecurity in Washington, is provided by Northwest Harvest. Washington is an agricultural powerhouse, producing some of the highest yields of fruit, vegetables and grains in the country — yet despite this bounty, plenty of people can’t access it. Entire communities can’t get to the…
COVID-19 has pulled back the veil on the strikingly poor workplace conditions of these essential workers, built by decades of insufficient farmworker health and safety policy, poor immigration policy, and limited health care access. As a consequence, at least 86,900 food workers have tested positive for COVID-19 – but with uneven data collection, exacerbated by…
On 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 country, into the streets and into their own front yards, to protest the inhumane conditions faced by migrants. Check the website here for events throughout…
The COVID-19 crisis puts workers, immigrants, LGBTQ individuals, Black and Brown people, and the most vulnerable among us at great risk. They are on the front lines of the crisis. While DI partners and allies are working day and night to protect their respective communities, President Trump is openly pushing a divisive message and leading…
Discouraged by the long wait to apply for asylum through official ports of entry, many Central American migrants from recent caravans are choosing to cross the U.S. border wall and hand themselves over border patrol agents. Photo album of a migrant family trying to enter the U.S.
