Press release from Families Belong Together Asheville:
In coordination with hundreds of other rallies held around the country,
Families Belong Together Asheville and Indivisible Asheville/WNC will
hold a Families Belong Together Rally at 11 a.m. on Saturday, June 30 at
68 Haywood St. in downtown Asheville, across from the St. Lawrence
Basilica.The Families Belong Together Rally is in response to the cruel, inhumane
and unjustified separation of children from their parents along the U.S.
border with Mexico and at other ports of entry into the U.S. Rallies and
marches across the country will protest the conditions in which these
children are kept, and the irreversible trauma that has already been
perpetrated on these children and their parents for the crime of seeking
a better life.Speakers at the Families Belong Together Rally in Asheville include
local candidates for U.S. Congress David Wilson Brown and Phillip Price,
as well as community members with personal immigration stories and
performances to share.“This rally is intended to bring people together, people who care about
a unified issue, and I hope some will get active in combating the
countless problems within our immigration system,” said Kasey Meyer of
Families Belong Together Asheville. “There are ways to participate
daily, weekly or even monthly to work towards change and to help those
already impacted by the policies in place.”For more information, visit facebook.com/FamiliesBelongTogetherAVL and
indivisibleavl.org/families-belong-together.Indivisible Asheville/WNC is a non-partisan action group dedicated to
defending Democracy with informed community action in WNC. For more
information, including upcoming events and additional candidate
interviews, visit indivisibleavl.org or email info@indivisibleavl.org.Families Belong Together Asheville is part of a nationwide mobilization
with over 600 locations across the country, dedicated to demanding just
immigration policies. For more information, visit
familiesbelongtogether.org.MITIN DE “FAMILES BELONG TOGETHER” (LAS FAMILIAS MERECEN ESTAR UNIDAS)
SE REALIZARÁ EN ASHEVILLE EL SÁBADO 30 DE JUNIO.En coordinación con cientos de mítines por todo el país, Familes Belong
Together e Indivisible Asheville/WNC van a realizar un mitin de Familes
Belong Together a las 11:00 de la mañana del 30 de junio, en 68 Haywood
Street, frente a la Basílica Saint Lawrence en Asheville.El mitin de Families Belong Together es una respuesta ante la separación
cruel, inhumana, y sin justificación de los niños de sus padres a la
largo de la frontera entre EE.UU. y México y en otros puertos de entrada
a los EE.UU. Los mítines y las marchas por todo el país protestaran las
condiciones en que se encuentran estos niños y el trauma irreversible
que ya se ha perpetrado contra ellos y sus padres por el mero delito de
buscar una vida mejor.Entre los ponentes en el mitin de Las Familias Merecen Estar Unidas
estarán los candidatos locales para el Congreso de los Estados Unidos,
David Wilson Brown y Phillip Price tanto como miembros de la comunidad
quienes compartirán representaciones y relatos personales sobre la
inmigración.“La intención del mitin es reunir a la gente, a los que se preocupan por
un tema en común y quienes -espero- se vuelvan activos para combatir el
sinfín de problemas en nuestro sistema inmigratorio,” dice Kasey Meyer
de Families Belong Together Asheville. “Hay maneras de participar a
diario, cada semana, o hasta cada mes para trabajar hacia el cambio y
ayudar a los que ya han sido impactados por las políticas vigentes.”Para obtener más información visite
Facebook.com/FamiliesBelongTogetherAVL eidivisibleavl.org/families-belong-together.
Indivisible Asheville/WNC es un grupo de acción no-partidista dedicado a
la defensa de la democracia con acción comunitaria informada en el Oeste
de NC. Para obtener más información, próximos eventos y más entrevistas
con los candidatos visite indivisibleavl.org o envíe un correo a
info@indivisbleavl.org.
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