OCAD

Alongside @icirr_il , @justfutureslaw & @conmijente , we just sued LexisNexis, a company that sells data analytics, for its mass collection and sale of personal data without consent. In Cook County through LexisNexis, ICE receives real-time notifications about incarceration status and releases, allowing agents to target people for detention and deportation efforts, despite local sanctuary policies put in place to prevent this dangerous exchange of information. We have to continue the fight to demand #NoTechForICE

[español abajo] Join us for OCAD's A Night to Remember: Celebrating Ten Years of Interrupting Deportations event on August 20, 2022 🎉 You will share the night with OCAD members, staff and volunteers inside the @lpconservancy to celebrate our victories, learnings and perseverance. Space is limited, so purchase your ticket by going to our link in bio or bit.ly/ocadgala 👈 ⁠⁠ As a community, we have made OCAD's work possible the last ten years. We hope to see you there!⁠⁠ ⁠⁠ Also, a BIG thank you to @thechicagocommunitytrust for sponsoring our event 💜⁠⁠ -⁠⁠ Únase a nosotres para el evento Una Noche Para Recordar: Celebrando 10 Años Interrumpiendo las Deportaciones el 20 de agosto de 2022 🎉 Compartirá la noche con miembros, personal y voluntarios de OCAD dentro del Lincoln Park Conservatory para celebrar nuestras victorias, aprendizajes y perseverancia. El espacio es limitado, así que compre su boleto en nuestro enlace en bio o bit.ly/ocadgala 👈⁠⁠ Como comunidad, hemos hecho posible el trabajo de OCAD durante los últimos diez años. ¡Esperamos verte ahí!⁠⁠ ⁠⁠ También, un GRAN agradecimiento a Chicago Community Trust por patrocinar nuestro evento 💜⁠⁠ ⁠⁠ #Fundraiser #StopDeportaitons #10yearscelebration #Chicago

Individually, lavender and lemon have pretty special soothing and healing properties. Together they make a powerful beverage that helps calm anxiety and stress. Check out this simple recipe to learn how to make lavender syrup and add it to a refreshing lemonade! 🍋⁠ -⁠ Individualmente, la lavanda y el limón tienen propiedades calmantes y curativas muy especiales. Juntos hacen una poderosa bebida que ayuda a calmar la ansiedad y el estrés. ¡Mira esta sencilla receta para aprender a hacer jarabe de lavanda y agrégalo a una refrescante limonada! 🍋⁠ ⁠ #HealingJustice #Herbs #MedicinalHerbs #TraditionalMedicine #Chicago #Healing #SelfCare ⁠ #HealingResources #MentalHealth #CollectiveCare #Anxiety #Tea #EssentialOils #lavender #lemonade #lemon

Demanding #NoTechForICE before the Cook County public hearing to learn more about how ICE circumvents our Sanctuary laws by contracting with data brokers like LexisNexis #NoDataForICE

Looking forward to seeing everyone, masked and ready, for a beautiful day of healing and community! We'll be having food, reiki, art stations, bomba, an open mic, mutual-aid resources and much more. Please check out the schedule and share with others <3 A huge S/O to all our partners, collaborators, and everyone else who's making this possible! @thehoneycombnetwork @laescuelitabdc @uicheritagegarden @chichico312 @cannaequityil @foodnotbombshumboldtpark --------------- ¡Esperamos verles a todes, usando mascarilla y listes para un hermoso día de sanación y comunidad! Tendremos comida, reiki, estaciones de arte, bomba, micrófono abierto (poesia), recursos de ayuda mutua y mucho más. Por favor, echenle un vistazo al horario y compártalo con sus amigues <3 ¡Un gran reconocimiento para todes nuestres socies, colaboradores y todes les demás que hacen esto posible! @thehoneycombnetwork @laescuelitabdc @uicheritagegarden @chichico312 @cannaequityil @foodnotbombshumboldtpark

With everything that is happening, it is more important than ever to take a moment to ground and center oneself. For this month, we offer information on the herb mint, which has key properties to improve stress, stomach pain and overall wellness 💜 ⁠ -⁠ Con todo lo que está sucediendo, es más importante que nunca tomarse un momento para uno mismo. Para este mes, ofrecemos información sobre la hierbabuena, que tiene importante propiedades para mejorar el estrés, el dolor de estómago y el bienestar general 💜⁠ ⁠ #HealingJustice #Herbs #MedicinalHerbs #TraditionalMedicine #Chicago #Healing #SelfCare ⁠ #HealingResources #MentalHealth #CollectiveCare #Anxiety #Tea #EssentialOils #Mint

[SIGN & SHARE: bit.ly/freejcarlos] Juan Carlos is the father to 3 US citizen children (ages 16, 13, and 7), a loving partner, a former small business owner, a hard worker, a well-known and loved individual in his community, and a Chicago resident of over 21 years. ICE is currently detaining him in Juneau, Wisconsin, over two and half hours away from his family, where his physical and mental health has deteriorated. His detention has also affected his family resulting in his children and partner experiencing depression, anxiety and feelings of hopelessness. Join us and @bpncchicago in supporting Juan Carlos' fight to be reunited with his family!⁠⁠ -⁠⁠ [FIRMA Y COMPARTE: bit.ly/freejcarlos] Juan Carlos es padre de 3 hijes ciudadanes (de 16, 13 y 7 años de edad), un compañero amoroso, ex propietario de una pequeña empresa, un gran trabajador, un conocido y querido individuo en su comunidad, y un residente de Chicago de más de 21 años. Actualmente, ICE lo tiene detenido en Juneau, Wisconsin, a más de dos horas y media de distancia de su familia, donde su salud física y mental se ha deteriorado. Su detención también afectó a su familia, lo que provocó que sus hijos y su pareja experimentaran depresión, ansiedad y sentimientos de desesperanza. ¡Únase a nosotres y a BPNC para apoyar la lucha de Juan Carlos por reunirse con su familia!⁠⁠ ⁠⁠ #FreeThemAll #CommunitiesNotCages

[Español abajo] Join us on Saturday July 9th for an afternoon of intergenerational healing that will center BIPOC voices to share, process, and heal from our experiences with gun violence, police brutality, and other forms of state-sanctioned violence.⁠⁠ We will have an open mic, a healing circle, various forms of art making, a holistic wellness space, food, and political ed resources. Even though it’s an outdoor event, wearing masks is highly encouraged as we continue to see a rise on covid-19 cases.⁠⁠ -⁠⁠ Únase a nosotres el sábado 9 de julio para una tarde de sanación intergeneracional que centrará las voces de personas Negras, Indigenas y de color para compartir, procesar y sanar de nuestras experiencias con la violencia armada, la brutalidad policial y otras formas de violencia sancionada por el estado.⁠⁠ Tendremos poesía, un círculo de sanación, varias formas de hacer arte, un espacio de bienestar holístico, comida y recursos de educación política. Aunque se trata de un evento al aire libre, se recomienda el uso de mascarillas ya que seguimos viendo un aumento en los casos de covid-19.⁠⁠ ⁠⁠ Image ID: Blue skies with strokes of pink and light blue in the background. To the right side, big, red-filled letters titled “Healing in the Park” highlighted in yellow. The subtitle says: Sat. July 9th, 12-5pm. Five dandelions are growing out of the earth and are at different stages of their life, one of them has a brown fist in the center. The brown roots extend beneath the Earth and form a heart, also highlighted in yellow. Next to the heart in yellow letters and bullet points, it reads: @Humboldt Park, Hirsch & Kedzie, By Lil' Cubs Field. Holistic Healing. Art Making. Food. Open Mic. Mutual-Aid Resources. Five Organization logos at the bottom: UNETE, ChiResists, OCAD, GoodKidsMadCity, LVEJO, OCAD

SIGN & SHARE: Even though Al Amin has been informed of his deportation this Tuesday, we are continuing to push for his release! Please sign his petition so that we can do one final submission of community support to ICE and demonstrate that Al Amin has a community here in the US, waiting for him to come home. Petition in bio⁠ -⁠ FIRMA Y COMPARTE: A pesar de que Al Amin ha sido informado de su deportación este martes, ¡seguimos presionando para que sea liberado! Firme su petición para que podamos hacer una presentación final de apoyo comunitario a ICE y demostrar que Al Amin tiene una comunidad aquí en los EE. UU., esperando que él regrese a casa. Petición en bio⁠ ⁠ #FreeThemAll #ReleasesNotTransfers #CommunitiesNotCages #AbolishICE #Chicago

President Biden and Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas do not care about immigrants. We are angry and frustrated at this administrations repeated disregard for our people - choosing detention, forced displacement and deportation over a just and humane immigration system. It has become clear to us that Secretary Mayorkas’ Memo is not being followed by the Director of the Chicago ICE Field Office, Sylvie Renda, and people like #AlAmin, who should qualify for discretion are instead being prioritized for deportation, even if deportation might expose them to harm or even death. We can not and will not stop fighting for our people and our community and until this administration and the Chicago ICE Field Office is accountable for the harm they are continuing to perpetuate! Join us in tweeting to Mayorkas and Biden to let them know we are watching! #AbolishICE #FreeThemAll #CommunitiesNotCages #ReleasesNotTransfers

[en español abajo] Thanks to everyone's support, Al Amin was taken off the plane last week. But today he was told he would be deported this afternoon. We are asking again for community members to take just 2 minutes to call ICE HQ's to demand Al Amin be released and not deported! Al Amin has been fleeing violence since he was 16. If he is sent to Bangladesh, his life is at risk. Call 202-353-1555 + 4 and tell ICE to release Al Amin!⁠⁠ -⁠⁠ Gracias al apoyo de todes, Al Amin fue sacado del avión la semana pasada. Pero hoy le dijeron que sería deportado esta tarde. ¡Estamos pidiendo nuevamente a los miembros de la comunidad que se tomen solo 2 minutos para llamar a ICE para exigir que Al Amin sea liberado y no deportado! Al Amin ha estado huyendo de la violencia desde que tenía 16 años. Si lo envían a Bangladesh, su vida corre peligro. ¡Llame al 202-353-1555 + 4 y dígale a ICE que libere a Al Amin! ⁠⁠ #CommunitiesNotCages #FreeThemAll #AbolishICE #ReleasesNotTransfers

[en español abajo] Our compa, Al Amin - who was instrumental in the #FreeThemAll campaign here in IL - has been told by ICE that he is going to be deported to back to Bangladesh, where he is in threat of danger and even death. Please help us make calls to demand Al Amin’s deportation be stopped and he is freed! #CommunitiesNotCages #AbolishICE #ReleasesNotTranfers - ICE le ha informado a nuestro compa, Al Amin (quien jugó un papel decisivo en la campaña #FreeThenAll aquí en IL) que será deportado a Bangladesh, donde corre peligro e incluso la muerte. ¡Ayúdenos a hacer llamadas para exigir que se detenga la deportación de Al Amin y que sea liberado!