Poor People's Campaign- Sacramento Caravan

 The Poor People's Campaign: A National Call for Moral Revival will organize Moral Monday caravans to morn the quarter million Americans who have died from COVID-19, demand a smooth and open transition of power and lift up the moral policies we need immediately and in the first days of the new administration. RSVP here: https://actionnetwork.org/forms/november-23-moral-monday-caravan

The caravans will kick-off a "Week of Mourning" to mourn the politics of death that have plagued our nation and to demand a politics of life. This Thanksgiving, a day already marked by many indigenous peoples as a Day of Mourning, families across the country will remember and mourn the loss of loved ones who have died from COVID-19 and poverty. Millions of poor and low-income households also face mounting bills, evictions and hunger, after months of unemployment, cuts in wages, and the government's failure to pass a comprehensive COVID-19 relief package.

End the suffering of out families and communities is a moral mandate to all who are tasked with governance now and in the new year. Calls for cooperation can not compromise with injustice.

For those not participating in a caravan, join us for the online action at 11:30 AM PT at vote.poorpeoplescampaign.org where we will get reports from each of the participating states, launch an online Mourning Wall for victims of COVID-19 and poverty and launch a petition demanding short and long-term action from the White House, Congress and state governments. RSVP here: https://actionnetwork.org/forms/november-23-moral-monday-caravan.

Migrants Have a Right to Asylum

Faith Leaders at the border on Tuesday. 

Faith leaders to U.S. authorities: Migrants have international right to U.S. asylum. NBC: “Over 200 religious leaders and advocates gathered at the U.S.-Mexico border on Human Rights Day to send a message to the Trump administration, arguing that migrants stalled in Mexico who have not been allowed to enter the U.S. have a right under international law to seek asylum. AFSC brought faith leaders from different religious denominations together for a press conference at the Border Field State Park in San Diego on Monday to call on the U.S. to respect people’s human right to migrate, end the militarization of border communities and end the detention and deportation of immigrants. Once the conference ended, the hundreds of people gathered at the park started a procession towards the San Diego-Tijuana border in solidarity with the thousands of migrants who are living in crowded tent cities and shelters after having traveled more than 2,000 miles towards the U.S.-Mexico border in a caravan that started in Central America. ‘We can do better. Our sacred texts tell us to tear down walls, to welcome the immigrant and to treat everyone as if they are God’s children,’ said Rev. Dr. Liz Theoharis as she walked in the procession, holding a sign that read ‘El Amor No Conoce Fronteras,’ Spanish for love knows no borders.”

Defend Refugees, Immigrants

The Honduran Exodus

It should tell us something about her home country that a mother is willing to travel 2,000 miles with her 4-month-old son to come here. Should tell us something about our country that we only respond to this desperate need once she is at our border. So far, in this administration, that response has included taking kids from their parents, locking them up in cages, and now tear gassing them at the border.

People are leaving violent countries where they fear for their lives. Without money, they are subsisting on hope for their kids, for themselves, that they can get to safety. After being denied the ability to lawfully petition for asylum for the last 10 days, they are desperate.

We choose how to respond to this challenge.

Let’s do this the right way and follow our own laws. Allow asylum seekers to petition for asylum at our ports of entry. They must do so peacefully and follow our laws; but we must also ensure the capacity to effectively and timely process those claims (right now 5,000 waiting in Tijuana and only 40 to 100 are processed a day).

Sending Troops to the Border is an Election Tactic

Sending the troops is not about the caravan. It’s about an election. It’s a culture war being waged by the Trump Administration. SHARE ON FACEBOOK! The migrant caravan is 800 miles away from our southern border. These Central American families will literally walk for months with small children in tow. Some humanizing reports are already showing stories of burnout and fatigue among asylum-seekers. These are families – mothers, daughters, sons, and fathers – who are walking in horrendous conditions, unlikely to reach the border. TWEET THIS! The Trump Administration is exploiting the vulnerability of these families as part of his culture war, entirely for political gain. The reality is, the families are: fleeing violence and lack of economic opportunity traveling to the U.S. to seek asylum, which is legal in no way a national security threat Despite articles sensationalizing “record migration,” net migration to the U.S. is on the decline and has been since 2005. And the caravans are nothing new and in no way are a “crisis.” Humanitarian groups have been organizing similar caravans since 2010. Like the Irish "coffin ships" of before, these caravans are made up of families escaping horrors. They are simply families trying to go through our legal application process for asylum. This election is going to end, but the fight for the soul of America will continue. And we must continue to fight.  ENCOURAGE CHANGE!

"Dear America" by Jose Antonio Vargas is now available at HC.com/DearAmericaand available wherever books are sold. The author will donate a portion of his proceeds to Define American.

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Fox News /Trump Create Fear About Honduran Caravan

Foul tactics: Fox News  fear creation about the caravan from Honduras.  See  how Trump is using the news cycle to build the Republican campaign


https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/conservative-max-boot-slams-fox-news-on-caravan-coverage_us_5bcd054ce4b055bc9481f807

What can we do?  
This fear campaign may cost the Democrats several seats in the very close Congressional election on Nov. 6.  What we can do is work twice as hard to defeat the Trump/Republican campaign.

We must Defeat Trump and the  anti immigrant Republican agenda:. 

·      We must stop him now before he and his enablers can further consolidate power.  

·      The available way to stop him is to Vote to win control of the U.S. Congress in the 2018 election.  

We need to defeat Trump enablers Congressmen  Jeff Denham &  Tom McClintock. 

Elect a stronger advocate for U.S. Senate,   Kevin de Leon, rather than Dianne Feinstein. 

Who you vote for depends  upon which Congressional district you are in:

Congressional District 4  Jessica Morse

                   District   10  Josh Harder

          District 6.  Doris Matsui

          District 7 Ami  Bera 

       District 9   Jerry McNerney 

District 3 John Garamendi 

October 22, Last day to register to vote.  After 22, you will need to register for a provisional ballot. 

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