Howard County Coalition for Immigrant Justice Community Meeting

September 13 · 6:00pm - September 14 · 7:45pm

In-person

This event is online.

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Howard County Justice Coalition

Unase a la coalición para la Justicia de los Inmigrantes del Condado de Howard para nuestra próxima ruenion comunitaria. Escuche actualizaciones interesantes sobre nuestra campana y como apoyarlo. La reunión en ingles será de 6 a 7 PM y la reunión en español seguirá inmediatamente de 7 a 8 PM en el mismo enlace de Zoom.

Howard County Coalition for Immigrant Justice Community Meeting

Join the Howard County Coalition for Immigrant Justice virtual community meeting to hear exciting updates about the campaign and learn how you can continue to support the work.

Event Details:
This is an online event on Zoom.
Sunday, September 13, 6 – 8 p.m.
(The English language meeting will be 6-7 p.m., and the Spanish language meeting will immediately follow from 7-8 p.m. at the same Zoom link.)
You will receive the meeting link and call-in information via email after you RSVP.

Other Ways to Take Action

If you can’t join the meeting, here is a list of other ways you can act NOW to urge Council Executive Ball and County Councilmembers to vote YES on CB 51 to end Howard County’s contract with ICE:

  1. Call and e-mail your county council representative and ask them to vote YES on CB 51. Find your County Council Representative here. Contact information for Council Representatives is available here.
  2. Call and e-mail County Executive Calvin Ball and ask him to support CB 51. Find his contact information here.
  3. Submit Testimony in favor of CB 51. You can submit written testimony starting Wednesday September 9 here.
  4. You can sign up to submit oral testimony starting at 7 pm on September 20, 2020 here.
  5. Post on Social Media. Mobilize your friends on Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram.

Need help with your call script or testimony? Keep reading to find some key reasons your Calvin Ball and the County Council should vote YES on CB 51.

Vote Yes on CB 51

Howard County has a contract with ICE to detain immigrants in the Jessup jail. We are calling upon Calvin Ball and the County Council to vote YES on CB 51 to end this contract TODAY because:

  1. Howard County’s contract with ICE makes us complicit in a cruel and unjust system.
  2. ICE practices racial profiling, targeting Black and Brown immigrants.
  3. While incarcerated, detainees cannot easily find or pay for competent legal representation.
  4. Continuing the contract with ICE makes Howard County less safe.
  5. There are proven alternatives to detention.
  6. Change has to start here. We cannot wait for Washington to act.
  7. Detention tears families apart.
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