SOAW Vigil at Stewart County Detention Center (11-22-13) : Orientation

Sister Alison McCrary, Esq., of the National Lawyers Guild's Legal Observer program leads an introductory legal orientation, preceded & accompanied by Anton Flores as a translator.

More about Alison McCrary may be found here:

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/02/05/alison-mccrary-lawyer-nun_n_1253702.html
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zqyf_Pag94k

More about Bill Quigley may be found here:

http://billquigley.wordpress.com/

More information about the NLG's Legal Observer program may be found here:

http://www.nlg.org/legal-observer%C2%AE-program

http://www.nlg.org/
https://www.facebook.com/NLGNational
https://twitter.com/NLGnews

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More information about Anton Flores & the amazing work which he is doing with ALTERNA may be found here:

http://www.alternacommunity.com/
https://www.facebook.com/alternacommunity
http://www.youtube.com/user/AlternaMedia

https://www.facebook.com/antonfloresmaisonet

https://twitter.com/ANTONofALTERNA

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More about Georgia Detention Watch may be found here:

http://www.georgiadetentionwatch.com/
https://www.facebook.com/GeorgiaDetentionWatch
https://twitter.com/GaDetWatch

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vjHbjaHy2ZY

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More information about El Refugio at Stewart County Detention Center may be found here:

http://elrefugiostewart.org/
https://www.facebook.com/elrefugiostewart

El Refugio is a hospitality house located at 655 Main Street in Lumpkin, GA -- right outside the gates of Stewart Detention Center. Its purpose is to serve the family and friends of men detained and, thus, separated from their loved ones.

Volunteers not only support families by offering hospitality on the weekends, but also by facilitating humanitarian visits with immigrants detained at Stewart Detention Center whose families or friends cannot visit; conducting outreach activities to increase awareness of immigration detention; & advocating for justice for immigrants.

El Refugio partners with several other organizations to fulfill our ministry; learn more about or get involved with immigration detention by visiting their sites:

ACLU of Georgia: http://www.acluga.org

Alterna: http://www.alternacommunity.com

Community Initiatives for Visiting Immigrants in Confinement (CIVIC): http://www.endisolation.org

GA Detention Watch: http://www.georgiadetentionwatch.com

Georgia Latino Alliance for Human Rights (GLAHR): http://glahr.org

Lutheran Immigration and Refugee Service (http://lirs.org) and Lutheran Services of GA's Volunteer, Congregation and Community Engagement program coordinates monthly visits to El Refugio and detainees at Stewart Detention Center.

Café Campesino (http://www.cafecampesino.com) provides fair trade coffee beans for El Refugio to offer guests at the house.

Partners from Koinonia Farm (http://www.koinoniapartners.org) offer hospitality for family members needing a place to stay overnight during the week. Please call (229) 924-0391 and ask for hospitality.

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The facebook events for this vigil/rally may be found here:

https://www.facebook.com/events/639727109382361/
https://www.facebook.com/events/216808995157834/

The SOAW stub for the event may be found here:

http://soaw.org/november/schedule/stewartdetention/

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Press coverage of the event may be found here:

http://www.wrbl.com/story/24048377/georgia-detention-watch-protests-stewart-detention-center

http://mundohispanico.com/news/2013/nov/27/piden-cierre-de-carcel-de-inmigracion/

An absolute must-see video about the detention center produced by Cuentame for Brave New Foundation should be seen here:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=faaMM3zpuoY

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