Chicago Protest Against Family Separations at the Border

June 30, 2018 - 11:00 AM - 1:00 PM

Daley Plaza, 50 W. Washington St., Chicago, IL

Supporting Organizations: Indivisible Chicago, Our Revolution Illinois, Chicago Resistance to Family Separations, Indivisible Illinois, Gather Activism, Heartland Alliance's National Immigrant Justice Center, ACLU of Illinois, PPARC

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On June 30, we’ll be joining together to protest this administration’s cruel policy of separating kids from their parents. Families belong together, and we need to end this — NOW.

Marshal Trainings have been scheduled for Thursday and Saturday. To confirm yourself as a volunteer marshal please hit this link: https://goo.gl/forms/7biP15eV7zQGSeXJ3

If you can’t make it to Chicago, go to FamiliesBelongTogether.org for more information on local events across the country.

Organizing committee includes:
Alianza Americas
Amnesty International
Dream Action Coalition
Gather Activism
Illinois Coalition for Immigrant and Refugee Rights (ICIRR)
Indivisible (Chicago, Illinois and Oak Park)
Latino Policy Forum
National Immigrant Justice Center (NIJC)
Our Revolution Illinois
PASO–West Suburban Action Project
SEIU Healthcare
Women’s March-Chicago
Women’s March-Illinois

Supporting organizations include:
ACLU of Illinois
AFGE Local 704
AFL – CIO
American Friends Service Committee
American Jewish World Service
American Muslims for Palestine
Anti-Defamation League
Arab American Action Network
Arab American Family Services
Archdiocese of Chicago
Avodah
Beth Emet The Free Synagogue
CAIR-Chicago
Cause the Effect
Chicago Catholic Church
Chicago Celts for Immigration Reform
Chicago Compass Counseling
Chicago Dia de los Ninos
Chicago Religious Leadership Network on Latin America
Chicago Votes
Chicago Women Take Action
Citizen Action – IL
CTU
Council of Islamic Organizations of Greater Chicago
Erie Neighborhood House
Family First Domestic & Family Counseling Clinic
Farmworker and Landscaper Advocacy Project
Foster Care Alumni Association – Illinois Chapter
GoodKids MADCity
Howard Brown Health Center
Illinois Chapter, American Academy of Pediatrics (ICAAP)
Illinois Collaboration on Youth
International Socialist Organization
Irish Community Support
Jewish Council on Urban Affairs
Jewish Reconstructionist Congregation
Jewish Voices for Peace – Chicago
Lake County Immigrant Advocacy
Latinos Progresando
Legal Aid Society of Metropolitan Family Services
Logan Square Neighborhood Association
March for Our Lives
Mosque Foundation-Bridgeview
Mujeres Latinas en Accion
Muslim American Society
National Association of Social Workers (NASW) – IL Chapter
National Nurses United
North American Dominican Promoters for Justice and Peace (US & Canada)
North/Northwest Suburban National Organization of Women
Ojala Foundation
Organized Communities Against Deportations
Pilsen Alliance
Planned Parenthood Action
Portage Park for Action, Respect and Community
Protection for All
Radio Islam
Refuse Fascism Chicago
Religious Action Center-Illinois
SEIU Illinois Council
SEIU Local 1
SEIU Local 73
Sierra Club Illinois
St. Sabina
Syrian Community Network
Tenth Congressional District Democrats
The Council Of Islamic Organizations of Greater Chicago
The Kedzie Center
Tzedek Chicago
US Palestinian Network

Note: By choosing to attend this event, you are committing to participate nonviolently, to work to de-escalate confrontations with others, and to obey the orders of authorized event marshals. You also acknowledge that you are solely responsible for any injury or damage to your person or property resulting from or occurring during this event and that you release all event sponsors and organizers (and their officers, directors, employees, and agents) from any liability for that injury or damage.

ASL interpreters will be provided. Additional accessibility information will be posted as details of the rally are finalized.