from sanctuary to freedom: cities in resistance
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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– [email protected]
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]