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THREAD: Coming to June 30 #FamiliesBelongTogether march in DC? GREAT! Here's some more stuff you can do.

First: VOLUNTEER. We need your help! This has grown so quickly that there are a ton of volunteer slots available; we'll train you Friday.

Sign up! familiesbelongtogether.org/volunteer
On Friday June 29, the night before the #FamiliesBelongTogether march in DC, come to an interfaith candlelit prayer vigil at the reflecting pool in DC. 8:30pm.

It'll be powerful.

RSVP here so @Sojourners gets enough candles: facebook.com/events/1941433…
Don't just be a marcher. Be a recruiter. Go to familiesbelongtogether.org and find the link for your local march, and send it to friends—or if there's a facebook event, as in DC, use the "invite" tool and invite a slew of people. Let's grow this thing.
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Folks in DC (for starters). If Trump goes full autocrat tomorrow and declares an emergency to make the military perform civilian functions in defiance of the Congress and the constitution, be ready to protest.
A protest to end the shutdown is already planned for tomorrow at noon at the AFL-CIO, right by the White House. Furloughed? Lunch break? Go. Everyone else, spread the word.
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Wherever you are, call your senators: tell Dems to hold strong; tell Republicans to join Dems to reopen the government with no wall. 202-224-3121. And ask what they plan to do if Trump declares an emergency.
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At the Tony Evers/Mandela Barnes inaugural ball in Wisconsin, Tammy Baldwin takes the stage to open up the program. For six years, she kept the light of progressivism alive here. Tonight, every constitutional officer in the state is a Democrat.
Lt Governor Mandela Barnes compliments Senator Tammy Baldwin’s inaugural garb: “I love those coattails!”
(Get it? Like, political coattails helping downballot candidates get elected? It’s an excellent joke, people.)
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"May we be willing to do what’s best for the next generation, rather than the next election." – @Tony4WI
Wisconsin's newly elected Democratic governor, Tony Evers, just concluded his inaugural address this way: "Let's polka tonight, and get to work tomorrow!"

(He really does polka, and will do so at the inaugural ball tonight)
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Sarah Godlewski took her oath of office today as State Treasurer of Wisconsin—after successfully leading the fight against the GOP effort to eliminate the office. She's dynamite. Keep an eye on her.

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What obligations activists have to journalists is a serious question, but what obligations journalists have to activists is a serious question too.
When I was upstate with my kids for the big national #FamiliesBelongTogether protest in June, a local reporter saw us painting signs before the march.
He asked me if he could talk to the kids, asked me if he could take photos, asked if he could use their names in the article.
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Some 30,000 people took part in the #familiesbelongtogether march in Washington, D.C. on June 30, 2018. Protesters demanded that the Trump administration reunite immigrant families and end family separations at the border. 📷 @TheAPJournalist
12-year-old Leah, the daughter of undocumented immigrant parents, struggled to hold back tears at the #FamiliesBelongTogether D.C. rally: “I live with the constant fear of losing my mom to deportation... I don't like to live with this fear.”

📷 @TheAPJournalist
Children, faith leaders, and celebrities (pictured: America Ferrera and Alicia Keys) speak at the #FamiliesBelongTogether rally in Washington, D.C. on June 30, 2018. 📷 @TheAPJournalist
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1/ Hi it’s @aijenpoo. I’m the director of @DomesticWorkers, co-director of @CaringAcrossGen and an organizer working for the #FamiliesBelongTogether campaign. I’m doing an #HRCTwitterTakeover to talk about Trump’s “zero tolerance" policy. — @aijenpoo Ai-jen Poo
2/Images displayed across the media don't begin to capture the horror of what’s happening. Recently, hundreds of us spent Father’s Day holding a vigil at a Border Patrol processing center in McAllen, TX, where ~1,000 kids are held at any given time. —@aijenpoo #HRCTwitterTakeover
3/ We chanted “You are not alone,” as buses passed us. It was the most heartbreaking experience of my life. And separations haven't ended. 3,000+ kids have been separated from their families & dispersed across the US with no plan for reunification. — @aijenpoo #HRCTwitterTakeover Ursula Border Processing Center in McAllen, Texas.
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THREAD: #FAMILIESBELONGTOGETHER

1) Tonight six people spread across the entire country came together in a matter of minutes to help a mother who had just been released from a detention center with a very sick four-year-old. This is our story.
2) I got a text from my friend Rebecca, angel #1. She told me about a woman she had met in the San Antonio airport who had just been released from a detention center w her 4 year old daughter.
3) She said “Juana” also had an 8 year old boy who she had been separated from + hadn’t spoken to in 25 days. I asked if Juana had a lawyer. She said no. I asked to be put in touch with her so I could help secure a lawyer for her.
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THREAD: Today there was a #FamiliesBelongTogether rally in DC. @RepJayapal told of visits with 174 women transferred from the Texas border ICE detention facility to Sea-Tac bureau of federal prisons facility. She is not visible in the videos but her voice is clear and urgent. 1/
“We met with 174 women at the bureau of prisons facility” @RepJayapal #FamiliesBelongTogther /2
“They are almost all asylum seekers. About 50% are mothers. They are from 16 different countries.” @RepJayapal #FamiliesBelongTogether /3
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