Writers Plan Events in 40 Cities for Migrant Justice
"Inspired by the Writers Resist effort that followed President Trump’s inauguration, organizers Christopher Soto, Javier Zamora, Jan-Henry Gray, and Anni Liu began planning the events in June" that will take place Wednesday, Sept. 4, as part of Writers for Migrant Justice, writes Corinne Segal for Literary Hub. More:
...Writers have organized events in Washington, D.C.; Berkeley, California; Wilmington, North Carolina; Buffalo, New York; Birmingham, Alabama; and dozens of other cities.
In addition to the in-person events, which will collect donations, organizers launched a GoFundMe campaign. Proceeds from both will benefit Immigrant Families Together, a volunteer-run organization working to reunite families that were separated at the border. Soto said the organization presented the “quickest” way for organizers to direct funds to families that have been impacted by the Trump administration’s immigration policies.
“When we began organizing this campaign, I wanted to make sure we could raise enough money to release at least one person from the inhumane conditions of these detention camps,” Soto told Lit Hub. “Hopefully we can do more. Hopefully this protest also inspires other[s] to take their own collective actions too, so that we can make even greater change.”
Four years ago, Zamora and Soto along with Marcelo Hernandez Castillo co-founded the Undocupoets campaign. Soto said this effort was a continuation of their work at the intersection of literature and migrant justice.
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