Rally for Immigrants Tomorrow, Supporting Torture Victims, and Research on IVF
immigration ivf police-accountability tortureProtest for immigrants' rights tomorrow at 2pm
Earlier this week, local police departments collaborated with Immigration and Customs Enforcement in detaining around 10 people in the South Loop of Chicago, in an apparent violation of both state law and local ordinance. These laws exist not just to protect immigrants from unjust deportation but to protect everyone; when police collaborate with ICE, they discourage immigrants from reporting violent crimes.
We will be protesting tomorrow, Sunday, June 8 at 2pm in Plaza Tenochtitlán in Pilsen to demand that law enforcement follow the law and that ICE release those detained. Please consider joining us in support of our neighbors!
Rally for Victims of Police Torture on Saturday, June 21
The Chicago Police Department has a long and tragic history of torturing false confessions from suspects. The city and state have acknowledged this history, but today many of those victims are still behind bars.
On Saturday, June 21 at 12pm, we will be rallying at Washington Square Park at 901 N. Clark St. in Chicago to ask Gov. Pritzker for pardons for police torture survivors and for clemency for all cases recommended by the Prison Review Board.
Join us there!
Help us with IVF research
One of our members is working on researching the ways that embryo-destructive in vitro fertilization (IVF) is funded. Please reach out if you'd like to help with this important project, particularly if you have any expertise in a relevant domain, such as economics, insurance, or law.
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