We are here to end all forms of family separation. The recent executive order is a political tool to quell public outrage and hide the fact that detaining and deporting children with their parents is STILL separation from family, community, and justice. This nation was built on family separation from the beginning of colonization of indigenous land and the transatlantic slave trade, and this legacy continues today. Mass incarceration, police brutality, a punitive child support and foster care system, U.S. militarism, criminalization of sex workers, low-wage work, pipelines that destroy Native land, and restrictive immigration policies are just a few ways this government destroys families, biological and chosen. We cannot be silent. NOBODY should be forced away from community. We will not stop talking about colonialism, patriarchy, ableism, slavery, capitalism, or imperialism just to get a concise message together as a reaction to Trump’s policies. We need restorative and transformative justice; we need healing and accountability mechanisms that don’t make us turn to the government when harm occurs. In the end, all roads lead back to the grassroots organizations on the front lines working to protect the most affected by the state-sanctioned violence inflicted upon black and brown citizens and migrants by ICE and the police.

Join March for Racial Justice RI as we collaborate with the AMOR RI network to address ALL forms of family separation on this National Day of Action.

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National Day of Action: https://act.moveon.org/event/families-belong-together_attend1/20807