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Saints Gone Rad!
Community of Santos en Virginia.
Nothing that has been on the news is new news.
There is now more than ever before main stream media coverage of the conditions and painstakingly obtuse, downright evil processes and policies migrants have to suffer to call this place (stolen Land) home. We must first understand that people have died, been mistreated, dehumanized, raided, disappeared and deported under every president beginning with the first land theft and Indigenous resettlement. Genocide. Regardless of the way people arrive to this Land, and considering that most folks in detention centers right now are Indigenous People traveling through sacred, century-old routes these immoral acts of cruelty toward humanity based on citizenship and warped nationalism must cease. This is the will of The People of Virginia.
People coming into these Lands should be given welcome and refuge and a chance to heal. Not more violence.
As we watch the news and our attention is drawn to the Border, we feel desperate to act now, although a trip to the border or a quick donation to a national organization sounds great, really, better praxis is connecting with local organizations in your community, following the lead of impacted folks within that community, checking and leveraging your privilege and putting your money and time…
