LIGHTS FOR LIBERTY CANDLELIGHT VIGIL
JULY 12TH ESTANCIA, NEW MEXICO
On Friday, July 12th, 2019, Lights for Liberty: A Vigil to End Human Detention Camps, will bring thousands of people to communities across our country, into the streets to protest the inhumane conditions faced by refugees everywhere.
Lights For Liberty Candlelight Vigil
Estancia Valley, NM
Arthur Park on Highland Avenue
Estancia, New Mexico 87016
6:00 pm Gathering & Music
6:45 Speakers Will Begin
8:45 Prayer, Meditation and Lighting of the Candles
As a front line community with a private Detention Camp, we ask that our public servants & authorities ensure dignity, safety and compassionate care, regardless of the age or legal status of the refugees being housed. Currently federal law allows ICE facilities to operate without oversight or supervision. We fully recognize that the Core Civic operation in Estancia, New Mexico is a recently, reopened prison that will be housing adult, male immigrants. Our elected, public servants must advocate for oversight, transparency and accountability in these ICE funded facilities. We ask for these protections to ensure the safety of immigrants, facility staff and the citizens.
'For I was hungry and you gave me food, I was thirsty and you gave me drink, I was a stranger and you welcomed me' ~ Jesus of Nazareth, Matthew 25:35.
Our Revolution New Mexico, Torrance County Democratic Party, PDA-Central New Mexico, Indivisible-NobHill, East Mountain Democrats, Albuquerque Interfaith, Millions for Prisoners, Senators Antoinette Sedillo Lopez & Liz Stefanics, Karen Bentrup, Lloyd DeWald, Deborah Marez, Democratic Party of New Mexico, Democratic Party of Bernalillo County, New Mexico Federation Democratic Women; and more information.
