Vigilia de Dia de los Muertos / Day of the Dead Vigil

OCAD & CRLN invite you to attend our annual vigil to honor those who have lost their lives to the deportation system. This year has been the deadliest yet, with 12 people dying under ICE custody across the country. Join us as we commemorate Day of the Dead with pan de muerto and coffee as we work to highlight the inhumane and accountable practices that characterize ICE/DHS.

This year we are demanding:

An investigation into the 22 deaths that have occurred in immigrant detention centers since Oct 1, 2015. We demand these investigations be made public by December 1, 2017.

On a local level, we are demanding the immediate release of Wilmer Catalan-Ramirez who has wrongfully and violently detained on March of this year and who has dire medical needs that should allow for his release.

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OCAD & CRLN les invita a asistir a una vigilia para honrar a quienes fallecieron bajo custodia de ICE este año. Este ha sido el año mas mortal en record, con 12 personas fallecidas dentro de los centros de detencion de inmigrante. Unase a nosotrxs para celebrar el dia de muertos con pan de muerto y cafe y al mismo tiempo para trabajar y traer atención a las practicas inhumanas que caracterizan a ICE/DHS.

Este año estamos exigiendo:

La investigacion de las 22 muertes que han ocurrido en centros de detencion de inmigrantes desde Oct 1, 2015. Exigimos que estas los hallazgos se hagan publicos a mas tardar el 1ro de diciembre, 2017.

Desde el ambito local, exigimos que se libere inmediatamente a Wilmer Catalan-Ramirez quien fue injusta y violentamente detenido en marzo de este año y quien requiere cuidado medico especializado.

To register click

here

13:30

to

17:00

La 72 Home and Refuge for Migrant People announces a screening of Migrant

Crossing, a film that documents the lives of migrants who cross Mexico from Central

America and the work of La 72.

Ramón Marquez, executive director of La 72 and expert on migration issues in the

southern Mexico/Northern Triangle region, will present a Q&A session immediately

following the screening.

Located approximately 30km from the Guatemalan border in Tenosique, Tabasco and

next to the rail line migrants use to cross Mexico to the US, La 72 houses and serves

approximately 13,000 migrants and refugees from Central America every year.

Currently, more and more migrants are soliciting asylum in Mexico. La 72 serves a

significant number of LGBTQ persons and unaccompanied minors each year as well.

Tenosique is one of only three towns in Mexico with a permanent UNHCR presence,

and La 72 serves a strategic focal point for institutions such as Doctors Without Borders

and Asylum Access.

La 72 Website:




la72.org

Migrant Crossing Trailer:

Ticket Information:




https://www.tugg.com/events/migrant-crossing

Price

: $11

Date & Time:

Tuesday, November 14, 2017 6:30pm–7:42pm

Location:

Regal Webster Place 11

1471 W. Webster Ave, Chicago, IL, United States, 60614

Film followed by Q&A session with Ramón Marquez, Director of La 72

8pm, Kibbitznest, 2212 N. Clybourn, Chicago

Suggested donation to La 72: $20

Join CRLN on the Latin America Track for workshops at Ecumenical Advocacy Days, to plan visits to Congressional offices and to lobby for U.S. support for migrants, refugees and displaced people. CRLN will also have “asks” on our longstanding campaign to end the embargo in Cuba, support a Peace Process in Colombia, and cut off military and police aid to Honduras.

Tuesday, April 24, 2018 – 17:00

Join us for two important rallies in Chicago!

Join this Youth-Led Rally & March for a #CleanDreamAct!

Tuesday, December 19th

:

Join CRLN & other ICIRR members for a rally and march to urge Senators Duckworth and Durbin and other members of the Illinois Delegation to stand strong and get a clean DREAM Act passed out of Congress before Dec 22

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! Please let us know if you can make it and feel free to spread the word:

Take action to pass a clean #DreamActNow!

From our friends at OCAD: Support Wilmer & demand his release!

Wilmer has been in ICE detention for nine months.

Despite new evidence that he was falsely placed in CPD’s gang database, ICE refuses to release him.


Join us for a rally on 12/20 at 11AM

, 101 W. Congress Parkway, to demand his release.

See you there!

In the meantime, you can make a call with this script.

Dial 312-347-2400 (Press * when your call goes through):

“I’m calling to urge Director Ricardo Wong to release Wilmer Catalan-Ramirez (A#098 500 300). Mr. Catalan-Ramirez has been detained for 9 months without proper medical care. His health is decline and as a result he has experienced multiple seizures while in detention. I’m urging Director Wong to release Mr. Catalan-Ramirez before Christmas and allow him to receive proper medical care and be reunited with his family for the holidays.”

(Español Abajo)

Date: April 1st, 2017

With Special performances from Kuumba Lynx, VOICES, Wellington Choir and Centro Romero Youth Choir.

JOIN US AT:

Wellington Ave Church, 615 West Wellington Ave, Chicago

5:30pm– Doors open with Latin American Food for sale

7:00pm to 8:30pm– Concert


Tickets: $25 general admission, $15 students/limited income

*Childcare and free parking available with RSVP.

All proceeds will go to support immigrant justice work of

Centro Romero, CRLN’s Immigration Program and Wellington Ave UCC

Tickets HERE:


https://crln.org/2017_El_Pueblo_Canta_savethedate

For more on Kuumba Lynx HERE:


https://crln.org/kuumba_lynx

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Fecha:

1 de abril del 2017

Con actuaciones especiales de Kuumba Lynx, VOICES, Coro de Wellington y El Coro Juvenil del Centro Romero.

Únete a nosotros en:

Iglesia Wellington, 615 West Wellington Ave, Chicago

5:30 pm – Puertas abren con comida latinoamericana a la venta

7:00 pm a 8:30 pm – Concierto

Entradas: admisión general: $ 25, estudiantes / ingresos limitados: $15

Niños menores de 12 años entran gratis

* Cuidado de niños y aparcamiento gratuito disponible con Reserva.

Todo lo recaudado servirá para apoyar el trabajo de justicia de inmigrantes del Centro Romero, el Programa de Inmigración de CRLN y la Iglesia UCC de Wellington

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to

20:30

(Español Abajo)

Resisting Displacement: Expanding Sanctuary in the Americas

BUY TICKETS HERE:


https://www.eventbrite.com/e/resisting-displacement-expanding-sanctuary-…

(Volunteers are needed and attend for free)

Our communities in the Americas—whether immigrant or

campesino

or indigenous or Afro- descendant—are pushed off their land and sometimes out of their countries by large economic forces pursuing profits. For these forces, there are no borders. Many who are displaced are finding ways to connect with others in the Americas to resist deportation and dislocation. All seek to create safer spaces in which to live in the Americas.

Come for social time with CRLN members and staff and hear from Claudia Lucero, Cinthya Rodriguez and Sharon Hunter-Smith about how CRLN is addressing these issues and ways to get involved.

Sunday, May 21, 2017

3:00-6:00pm

Christ Lutheran Church

3253 West Wilson Ave.

Chicago IL, 60625

Tickets are $50 or $25 student/low income

Please RSVP to Marisa Leon Gomez Sonet at

mleongomez@crln.org

by May 17.

Refreshments will be available. Parking available nearby.

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Resistiendo el Desplazamiento: Expandiendo el Santuario en las Américas

BOLETOS AQUI:


https://www.eventbrite.com/e/resisting-displacement-expanding-sanctuary-…

Nuestras comunidades en las Américas – ya sea inmigrantes

o campesinxs

o Indegenxs, o Afro-descendientes- están siendo desplazadas de sus tierras y a veces de sus países por grandes fuerzas económicas que persiguen las ganancias. Para estas fuerzas, no hay fronteras. Muchxs de lxs que están siendo desplazadxs buscan maneras de conectarse con otrxs en las Américas para resistir la deportación y la dislocación. Todxs buscan crear espacios más seguros para vivir en las Américas.

Acompáñanos para una tarde social con el personal y miembros de CRLN.  Claudia Lucero, Cinthya Rodríguez y Sharon Hunter-Smith presentaran sobre cómo CRLN está abordando estos temas y formas en las que tú puedes involucrarte.

Domingo, 21 de Mayo del 2017

3:00 a 6:00pm

Iglesia Luterana de Cristo (Christ Lutheran Church)

3253 West Wilson Ave.

Chicago IL, 60625

Los boletos cuestan $ 50 o $25 para estudiantes y personas de bajos ingresos.

Por favor reservar con Marisa León Gómez enviando un correo electrónico a

mleongomez@crln.org

antes del 17 de mayo.

Habrán bocadillos y bebidas. Estacionamiento disponible cerca.

CRLN will provide Chicago area venues for the annual NISGUA (Network in Solidarity with the People of Guatemala) Fall Speaking Tour. This year’s tour features Alex Escobar Prado, activist, educator, and member of the Guatemalan environmental justice organization Youth Organized in Defense of Life (JODVID). Born out of the struggle for community self-determination and resistance to Tahoe Resources’ Escobal silver mine in southeastern Guatemala, JODVID uses the arts and popular education to mobilize youth in local and regional movements to protect the environment and defend territory. The group was founded in 2015 following the murder of 16-year-old Topacio Reynoso, a local artist and vocal opponent to mining activities in the area.

The tour will be a unique opportunity to learn about the essential role that Guatemalan youth play in building movements for social justice and liberation, and to hear firsthand accounts of the environmental and community impacts of mining in Guatemala. The tour will also create an opportunity for direct exchange with youth activists in the U.S. fighting for social justice in their communities.

Here is a schedule of his speaking engagements (all are open to the public):

When: Sunday, January 15 from 2:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m.

Where: Willye B. White Park Fieldhouse, 1610 W. Howard Street, Chicago, IL 60626

At the event, 500 people from Chicago and the Chicago-land Area will come together to discuss the important issues facing the community and call on elected officials to make commitments to address those issues.


Issues on the agenda include Police Accountability, Living Wages, Immigration Rights, Religious Freedom, and Human Rights for ALL.

Please contact

crodriguez@crln.org

if you have any questions. We look forward to seeing you on January 15

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Celebracion & Llamada a la Accion en honor a Martin Luther King, Jr. 2017

Cuándo: Domingo, 15 de enero de 2:00 p.m. a 4:00 p.m.

Dónde: Willye B. White Park Fieldhouse, 1610 W. Howard Street, Chicago, IL 60626

En este evento, 500 personas de Chicago y el area de Chicago se reunirán para discutir los asuntos importantes que enfrenta la comunidad y para pedir a los funcionarios electos que se comprometan a abordar esos temas. Los temas en la agenda incluyen el control social de la policia, salaries justos, los derechos de inmigración, la libertad religiosa y los derechos humanos para TODOS.

Por favor, póngase en contacto con

crodriguez@crln.org

. Esperamos verlx el 15 de enero!