from sanctuary to freedom: cities in resistance

From Sanctuary to Freedom: Cities in Resistance

Conference Call for Funders

Monday, February 27, 2017

Opening Remarks

Alex DesautelsProgram Manager

The California Endowment

Rachel DeCruzRacial Equity Project Manager Center for Social Inclusion (CSI)

Carl LipscombeDeputy DirectorBlack Alliance for Just Immigration (BAJI)

Greg CasarLocal Progress Board Memberand Austin City Council Member

Kimi LeeDirectorBay Rising

Lizeth ChaconExecutive DirectorColorado People’s Alliance

Speakers

Greg CasarLocal Progress Board Member and

Austin City Council Member

Gregorio CasarCouncil Member Austin, TXLocal Progress Board Member

Local Progress is a member-led network of 550+ progressive local elected officials from 40+ states

Goals:1) Share best practices and provide technical assistance on a

broad array of progressive municipal policies2) Support elected leaders through training, leadership

development, networking and the development of a community of shared practice

3) Coordinate trans-local campaigns for cities to have state & national impact

2017 Priorities: Sanctuary Cities & Immigrant Protections, Just Policing, Sustainable and Equitable Infrastructure, Economic Justice

Seeking Sanctuary in Austin, TX

Rachel DeCruzRacial Equity Project Manager, Center for Social Inclusion (CSI)

Oregon

California

VirginiaFairfax County

PortlandMultnomah CountyMetro

Alameda County

= Active GARE Members= Current GARE Engagements

MassachusettsBoston

WashingtonSeattleTacoma

Minnesota

IowaDubuqueIowa City

WisconsinDane CountyMadison

Metropolitan CouncilMinneapolisMinneapolis Park BoardSaint Paul

= Racial Equity Here Members

New MexicoAlbuquerque Texas

Austin

KentuckyLouisville

PennsylvaniaPhiladelphia

MichiganOttawa CountyWashtenaw CountyMI Dept of Civil RightsGrand Rapids

Government Alliance on Race and Equity

King County, WA

• Welcoming County• Strengthen information and response hubs operated by

nonprofit/community organizations • Develop and distribute Know Your Rights material and trainings

throughout the county via CBOs • Establish a legal defense fund – support the naturalization process and

fight deportation• “Inclusive Communities Pledge” signed by 70 elected officials in King

County

Executive Constantine and Council establish a one-time $750,000 fund

Louisville, KY

Contact Information • King County: www.kingcounty.gov/equity • Louisville:

https://louisvilleky.gov/government/globalization

Stay Connected:

CSI: centerforsocialinclusion.org

facebook.com/centerforsocialinclusion twitter.com/theCSI

Contact us:

Rachael DeCruz– rdecruz@thecsi.org

GARE:http://www.racialequityalliance.org/

Lizeth ChaconExecutive Director,

Colorado People’s Alliance

Colorado People’s Alliance (COPA)

Colorado People’s Alliance (COPA) is a racial justice, member driven organization dedicated to advancing and wining progressive social change locally, statewide, and nationally. COPA builds power to improve the live of all Coloradans through leadership development, organizing, and Alliance building.

Sanctuary City Demands

What makes a true Sanctuary City?

- No ICE Holds - No ICE Notifications - No Proactive Communication - Honor Sensitive Areas - Create an Immigrant Legal Defense Fund

Kimi LeeDirector, Bay Rising

Bay Resistance

Bay Resistance

• Convened by Bay Rising, Jobs with Justice SF, EBASE, SEIU USWW and SF Rising

• Over 50 organizations (community groups and unions signed up)

• Over 15,000 in text network and email listserve in one month since J20

• Organized Jan 20th, People’s Anti-Inauguration• Airport actions, education, healthcare, and weekly

Tuesdays• Move reaction energy to building vision together

Trainings: *Organizing 101* Direct Action

* Know Your Rights: Immigration

* Community Rapid Response for ICE Raids

Bay Rising’s goal is to build regional organizing

and civic engagement

Carl LipscombeDeputy Director,

Black Alliance for Just Immigration (BAJI)

To learn more about #FreedomCities visit www.freedomcities.org

Follow us @BAJITweet or

Text FREEDOM to 738-674

Questions & Answerswith the speakers

Thank you! Additional Resources from

NFG’s Programs & Initiatives: • Democratizing Development [http://

www.nfg.org/democratizing_development]

• Re-cap of Policing and Criminalization in the Trump Era — Funders for Justice call with BLACKOUT Collective, DRUM, Mijente, Transgender Law Center, and National Immigration Law Center [http://www.nfg.org/ffj_call_policing_criminalization]