Thursday's 2 things

Julia Smith

Julia Smith

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Item 1. Emergency meeting today

Background photo of Muslims and allies marching with signs and banners raised. Text reads URGENT MEETING: TRUMP'S NEW MUSLIM AND TRAVEL BAN ANNOUNCED with RSVP url.
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Item 2. Sign, please

This ask is from Chicago's Organizers Against Community Deportations, or OCAD:

We demand the immediate release of Gladis Yolanda Chavez Pineda (A 208-276-014), a long-time Chicago resident, loving mother and grandmother, and a dedicated community leader, who was unjustly detained during a routine ISAP check-in on June 4, 2025.Let’s stand with Gladis and say: No more family separation. No more unjust detentions.

➡️ Sign now to demand Gladis's release.

Maybe you're having one of those mornings where you feel acute overwhelm. There is so much tempting us to fall into fight/flight/freeze mode – and SCOTUS is about to give us more.

And. adrienne maree brown says that "What we pay attention to grows." The neighbors of a small Missouri town refused to tolerate the ICE abduction of their friend Carol Mayorga, aka Ming Li Hui, and as of yesterday, she is home. The fierce organizers of Chicago will not stop pushing until Gladis is free; please show them, and her, that you are with them by signing.

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