SAN FRANCISCO, June 22, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- On
Saturday, June 23, thousands of
parents, community leaders, teachers, doctors, grandparents and
neighbors gather at Embarcadero Plaza at 10am to send a strong message to the Trump
administration's latest attack on Latino immigrant families:
STOP.
More than 2300 children have been separated from their parents
and kept in detention centers. President Trump signed an executive
order on June 20 to end the
separation of families at the border. However, the order directs
Department of Homeland Security to detain families indefinitely,
while their criminal proceedings and asylum cases are
adjudicated.
"We must remain steady and focused until policies that
criminalize families who lawfully seek asylum stop! We must stand
guard to protect and defend our immigrant families as this
administration tries to cover up its role in provoking this current
crisis," said Olga Talamante,
Co-Founder of the Chicana / Latina Foundation.
"This is a fight for the soul of our nation," said Jacqueline Martinez Garcel, CEO of the Latino
Community Foundation. "The cries of our children remind us that our
democracy—and the values and promises it has made—still long to be
fulfilled. We are determined to end the criminalization of
immigrant families. We are committed to guard the hope of the
America we love."
Saturday's "SF Families Belong Together" rally is co-sponsored
by the Women's March San Francisco, in partnership with the Latino
Community Foundation, NAACP-SF, San Francisco Democratic Party, San
Francisco Labor Council, The Interfaith Movement of Human
Integrity, and other leading organizations. Speakers include
Mayor-Elect London Breed, Rev. Amos
Brown from NAACP, Lariza
Cuadra-Dugan, CEO of CARECEN SF, as well as other faith and
community leaders.
The long-term effects on the children experiencing this trauma
were highlighted in a statement made by the San Francisco Marin
Medical Society: "We are strongly opposed to this horrific policy.
We know from studies that childhood traumatic events disrupt the
natural development of a growing brain and body, increasing the
lifetime risk for heart problems, cancer, diabetes and stroke.
Early childhood trauma is not only detrimental to the child's
health, but also for the entire family and community."
To see full list of supporters and speaker program, please visit
our Facebook page at
https://www.facebook.com/events/262173407853848/
Contact:
Monica Chinchilla
(415) 699-6750
info@monicachinchilla.com
Martha- pr@womensmarchbayarea.org
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SOURCE Latino Community Foundation