Actions

• Deportation Defense Fund press conference
• “Papers Do Not Define Our Humanity” press conference
• Lights for Liberty Rally
• Letter to BOS requesting support for undocumented immigrants
• Petition in coordination with Faith in Action Bay Area (FIABA) for emergency funds for undocumented immigrants
• Meeting with FIABA and Jackie Speier’s office on citizenship for essential workers
• Truth Act Forums 2019-2022, speaking to pressure the Sheriff to stop cooperating with ICE (he publicly agreed to stop transfers in 2022)
• Pathway to Citizenship Vigil outside Nancy Pelosi’s office
• Letter to SM Board of Supervisors asking to end ICE transfers from SMC
• Phone banking to advocate for a “clean” DREAM Act
• Helped organize an Immigration Dignity Summit where over thirty-five faith leaders, city and county officials, and non-profit leaders came together to strategize about how to lift up the dignity and rights of immigrants in San Mateo County
• Several cohort members participated in an action to end border militarization and support the human right to seek asylum in San Diego
• With FIABA, organized a press conference responding to ICE’s threats to conduct targeted arrests of undocumented immigrants

Op-Eds

Editorials from the Cohort in the San Mateo Daily Journal.

• SMC puts compassion into action 11/29/21

Sessions & Presentations

Cohort sessions with a focus on immigration include the following:

• Immigration History, Dreamers, and Prospect for Reform with Dr. Bill Hing of the Immigrant Legal Resource Center and Karen Ferguson of CORA
• Immigration, white fragility and infinite gratitude with Jorge Bautista and Sharon Jacob
• Immigration Rights with Dr. Bill Hing of the Immigrant Legal Resource Center