Probablemente hayan escuchado mucho sobre el paquete de estímulo del Coronavirus de $2 trillones que el Congreso aprobó recie ntemente. ¡Hay muchos componentes en el proyecto de ley que pueden ser de interés para las familias inmigrantes, y queríamos compartir algunos de los detalles con usted!

For nearly a decade, the AFSC Atlanta Economic Justice Program has worked with renters and homeowners to self-organize and protect their right to remain in their homes—from defending against evictions to preserving affordable housing to opposing gentrification. But over the past two months, the COVID-19 pandemic has presented us with the biggest housing struggle of our lifetime, which has exacerbated the historic housing crisis we were already facing in Georgia and beyond. 

No one should ever have to experience life in an immigration detention center—but especially during this pandemic, when forced proximity and a lack of access to medical care are even more dangerous. Today, an estimated 38,000 people  are locked up in detention centers across the United States. Many have fled violence or extreme poverty in their native countries and are seeking refuge. Others have lived in the U.S. for years and have deep roots in our communities.  

"The coronavirus has pulled back the veil on the apocalyptic moment we live in and the incredible failure of our system, the inability of our capitalist system to take care of people." Nadine Bloch of Beautiful Trouble

"To Seek Truth in Love: a Tribute to Arnie Alpert," is the title of a recent talk given by Barbara Keshen at the Unitarian Universalist Church in Concord NH.  In her talk, Barbara tells an unusual story about how she came to be familiar with Arnie and later developed a close working relationshiop in the campaign to end New Hampshire's death penalty.  She also encouraged donations to the Arnie Alpert Action Fund.

Building support for human rights and dignity has taken on new urgency in the middle of the global COVID-19 crisis. Yet, as the number of infections caused by the virus rises in the United States, government officials and members of the media are increasingly using the language of war to describe the pandemic and the response. These metaphors are not just words.