FamiliesBelongTogether Resources

The Family Separation Crisis at the US Border

Indivisible Eastside is following the lead of established immigration advocacy organizations and supporting their efforts. The situation is changing daily, but we will try to keep this page up-to-date. Please contact us if you have information to add, or if something we have posted is inaccurate. #FamiliesBelongTogether  Updated 6/29/18

✓ Show up. 

Attend an upcoming Families Belong Together Week of Action event to show the world this is not the America we expect:

• Sat, June 30, 11am-2 pm FamiliesBelongTogether Rally – SeaTac Federal Detention Center. Plenty of parking, easy access by Link Light Rail. To meet up with IE Steering Committee members email group-action@indivisibleeastside.com.
• 6/30 Saturday – Various Regional Families Belong Together Rallies: Bothell, Lynnwood, Edmonds, Everett, Langley, Coupeville, Bremerton https://act.moveon.org/event/families-belong-together_attend1
• 7/1 Sunday – 1:30 pm – Solidarity Day – Northwest Detention Center 1623 E J St, Tacoma https://www.facebook.com/events/276798272867272/
• 7/2 Monday – 11 am-1 pm – Put Yourself in My Shoes USCIS 12500 Tukwila International Blvd, Tukwila https://www.facebook.com/events/993846387456609/
• 7/3 Tuesday 8 am – 1 pm – Daily Vigils at Seattle ICE Office, Seattle 1000 2nd Ave, Seattle https://www.facebook.com/events/403025166863772/
• 7/5 Thursday – 2 – 4 pm- Walk a Mile In Our Shoes Congressional Office Visits – Reichert, Newhouse, McMorris-Rodgers  https://www.facebook.com/events/1894577197501541/
• 7/6 Friday – Banner Drop @ Corporations that collaborate with ICE
• 7/7 Saturday –  11:30am – 4:00pm We Stand with Immigrants Symposium – Muslim Association of Puget Sound, 17550 NE 67th Ct, Redmond https://www.facebook.com/events/187535548528078/

✓ Call.

• Use this 5calls.org script to call your reps to demand the reunification of migrant children with their families
• You can also call to demand DHS Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen’s resignation.

✓ Donate. 

• Donate to help fund The Families Belong Together Week of Action:  https://www.gofundme.com/families-belong-together-washington
• ActBlue has aggregated 14 great groups here so you can easily donate to them all in one click. You can also allocate your donation to them individually.
• Local Organizations:
  • North West Detention Center Resistance http://www.nwdcresistance.org/
  • Latino Civic alliance http://www.latinocivicalliance.com/
  • Northwest Immigrants Right Project https://www.nwirp.org/
  • Colectiva Legal in Burien https://colectivalegal.org/
  • Asian Pacific Islander Coalition http://www.apicwa.org/
  • OneAmerica https://weareoneamerica.org
  •  Muslim Association of Puget Sound https://www.mapsredmond.org/

✓ Vote.

This situation will only truly change when the people in power do.

• Get registered: Go to vote.org to get registered, get absentee ballots, sign up for reminders, and find your polling place.
• Swing the house: Find the nearest SwingLeft house district near you to help flip the House.
• Flip states: Find ways to get involved in flipping seats on the state level with Flippable.

✓ Other ways to help