Helping Kids in Concentration Camps

[tassosss]

gingicat asked in the comments of the weekly check in post "What can we do directly to help the children in the concentration camps?"

It's far from feeling satisfactory, but here is what I've found via this thread on Twitter which seems to be sourcing the NYT article on the camps: ‘There Is a Stench’: No Soap and Overcrowding in Detention Centers for Migrant Children

It boils down to
1. Call your Senators and Congresspeople to demand congressional hearings.
2. Financially support non-profits on the ground in Texas

Annuciation House
Al Otro Lado
Asylum Seeker Advocacy Project
International Refugee Asylum Project
RAICES

Comments

[tanaqui]

Going back through our tags, I also found a post with a potentially useful round-up of links from a year ago relating to family separation that seems to have some relevant info. In particular, the linked tumblr post from catchaspark talks about things people with particular skills might be able to do.

https://thisfinecrew.dreamwidth.org/151013.html

[sporky_rat]

I did make the ladies in my house and senate-critter's offices cry again, unfortunately.

They're getting really used to me calling at this point. Unfortunately I have to deal with Cindy Hyde-Smith, so she needs to go.

[gingicat]

This is what made me go "what does merely reblogging do?"
https://thecringeandwincefactory.tumblr.com/post/185738804268/hey-so-uhhh-heres-an-important-update-on-whats

[tassosss]

*hugs*

[gingicat]

Oh, and for people who can't call, there's a service sponsored by the Autistic Self-Advocacy Network: https://proxycaller.org/

Also see https://autisticadvocacy.tumblr.com/

[rachelmanija]

Thank you. I've been trying to figure that out.

[jjhunter]

More suggestions of things US folks can do about this (via tumblr): babybear: so you’ve probably seen the post going around detailing the horrific human rights abuses in what are, undeniably, concentration camps in the US…. accompanied by the suggestion that the only thing you can do is call your senators.

it’s unfathomable to me that someone would see we have actual nazi death camps in our country, and think the solution is writing to the politicians who allowed it to happen.

i have yet to see a post on any social media that has meaningfully helpful suggestions for how to get involved, so:

this article offers a number of suggestions including getting involved with your local chapter of Sanctuary Not Deportation, which connects faith groups to offer sanctuary to immigrants fleeing ICE. it also has a comprehensive list of immigrant-lead organizations to get involved with or donate to, as well as a link to crowdfund for detainee’s phone bills, which allows them to contact their families, legal counsel, and inform the outside world of the realities they are facing in detention.

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