I've had a number of people who are motivated by the family separation & detention issues ask me what they can do to help:
1. Exercise your first Amendment right & speak out on the issue:
2. Volunteer or Donate to non-profits & religious groups that assist migrants at no charge. The need for their services has never been greater. These are just some:
Help refugee families at:
https://asylumadvocacy.org/get-involved/
Donate or volunteer with Tahirih Justice Center in San Francisco & support women and girl survivors of gender based violence:
http://www.tahirih.org/get-involved/volunteer/
Donate to help unaccompanied migrant children here:
https://secure2.convio.net/lirs/site/Donation2?df_id=3161&3161.donation=form1&mfc_pref=T&s_src=EX18B1&s_subsrc=WB01XA
You can help Las Americas who provides legal services to asylum-seekers by donating money or items:
http://las-americas.org/get-involved-2/donate/
You can donate to help people pay their bonds & avoid high interest bail bond lenders & reunite with family at Fianza Fund:
https://www.fianzafund.org/donate.html
To volunteer at Karnes New Mexico to help detained women & children:
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdeSfI-9AMi7zLLVmMsNDO9qwL_vm-amnzLEU1he0ZUcbXRPw/viewform
To volunteer at Dilley Texas to help detained women & children:
http://caraprobono.org/volunteer/
To Volunteer in Tijuana Mexico or LA or to donate to help asylum seekers or deportees:
https://alotrolado.org/take-action
To donate to the American Immigration Council or Volunteer as a pro bono attorney, translator or social worker, visit https://t.co/IQjqp3hTwd
Donate to Kids in Need of Defense (KIND) they ensure children appear in court with high quality legal representation:
https://supportkind.org/donate/
1. Exercise your first Amendment right & speak out on the issue:
- Share your outrage on social media.
- Call your US representative and raise your voice.
- Show up at a protest…there is one today in Salinas (6.23.2018) at the corner of Natividad and Laurel.
- VOTE.
2. Volunteer or Donate to non-profits & religious groups that assist migrants at no charge. The need for their services has never been greater. These are just some:
Help refugee families at:
https://asylumadvocacy.org/get-involved/
Donate or volunteer with Tahirih Justice Center in San Francisco & support women and girl survivors of gender based violence:
http://www.tahirih.org/get-involved/volunteer/
Donate to help unaccompanied migrant children here:
https://secure2.convio.net/lirs/site/Donation2?df_id=3161&3161.donation=form1&mfc_pref=T&s_src=EX18B1&s_subsrc=WB01XA
You can help Las Americas who provides legal services to asylum-seekers by donating money or items:
http://las-americas.org/get-involved-2/donate/
You can donate to help people pay their bonds & avoid high interest bail bond lenders & reunite with family at Fianza Fund:
https://www.fianzafund.org/donate.html
To volunteer at Karnes New Mexico to help detained women & children:
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdeSfI-9AMi7zLLVmMsNDO9qwL_vm-amnzLEU1he0ZUcbXRPw/viewform
To volunteer at Dilley Texas to help detained women & children:
http://caraprobono.org/volunteer/
To Volunteer in Tijuana Mexico or LA or to donate to help asylum seekers or deportees:
https://alotrolado.org/take-action
To donate to the American Immigration Council or Volunteer as a pro bono attorney, translator or social worker, visit https://t.co/IQjqp3hTwd
Donate to Kids in Need of Defense (KIND) they ensure children appear in court with high quality legal representation:
https://supportkind.org/donate/