Thread by @love4the915

Joan Henry, a Tsalagi/'Nde/Arawaki vocalist, actress, dancer, composer, poet, percussionist, and choreographer doing a land acknowledgment at the #EyesonICE Forum. Are you joining her? bit.ly/nyforo3

"We have learned that this [computer] screen does not stop the prayer. Pat yourselves on the back and receive the prayer."

Kongo, a Haitian drumming group, performs Nou temwen to recognize the stolen people from Haiti. The healing and cultural component of the NY #EyesonICE forum is powerful.

Lauren w/ @DOR_NYC "Our legacy of targeted discrimination, displacement, and imprisonment is just one chapter of our country's history."
#EyesonICE

Jane w/ @ImmDefense, "25 years later, these harsh immigration laws are still in place." Back in 1995, folks involved with @ImmDef started sounding off the alarm about the punitive nature of these draconian immigration laws.
#EyesonICE

Donald w/ @familiesfreedom "Presidents can do executive orders. These same orders led people to Japanese Internment Camps." Thanks, Donald, for calling out that our immigration policies are rooted in White Supremacy.

#EyesonICE

"In 1992, there were 42,000 Haitians detained in Guantanamo." - Ninaj at the #EyesonICE Forum

#HaitianWomenforHaitianRefugees

"In 2016, Brazil welcomed Haitian immigrants for cheap labor. Chile has also welcomed Haitians for cheap labor until there were too many." -Ninaj #HaitianWomenforHaitianRefugees

"The US did not recognize Haiti's independence for about 60 years." -Ninaj #HaitianWomenforHaitianRefugees

And of course, "When Trump was pres, he made the comment of 'sh*thole countries' in reference to Haiti and other countries. They use Haiti as a toxic waste dumping ground. And now that the Biden-Harris administration has taken over, things are worse in a way."
#EyesonICE

Ninaj w/ #HaitianWomenforHaitianRefugees, calls out the same deportation practices from the Biden-Harris administration that we saw during the Obama admin.
#EyesonICE

"As a Black person, it is painful to see Haitian immigrants being deported in shackles... It is important for us to keep on fighting, to keep our #EyesonICE." -Ninja w/ #HaitianWomenforHaitianRefugees

"April 20th is the 31st anniversary that the FDA declared that Haitians could not donate blood in the US because we have higher rates of HIV positivity." -Ninja w/ #HaitianWomenforHaitianRefugees. Yup, you read that correctly!
#EyesonICE