[Sanctuarycity_hamilton] *Time Sensitive* please respond to using Coalition as supporter for anti-deportation campaign

[Maria Antelo (HCLC)]

I totally agree we should support, in fact we should support any similar event

Thanks for letting us know ☺

BTW  when is our next meeting?

From: Sanctuarycity_hamilton [mailto:sanctuarycity_hamilton-bounces at lists.resist.ca] On Behalf Of Caitlin Craven
Sent: January-06-15 9:54 AM
To: sanctuarycity_hamilton at lists.resist.ca
Subject: [Sanctuarycity_hamilton] *Time Sensitive* please respond to using Coalition as supporter for anti-deportation campaign

Hi folks!

Hope you are all well and staying warm! I assume many of you remember the email circulated by Ken Stone back in December about the support meeting for the Justice for Farai campaign.  Blake and I were able to attend and have ended up getting involved in the organizing to support Farai and challenge his deportation order.  He is scheduled to be deported on January 13 (more details coming out once the campaign statement is approved by the lawyer and group).  The basics are that Farai, a young black man, was wrongly accused of a crime and pressured into pleading guilty.  After serving his sentence, he has be scheduled to be deported back to Zimbabwe even though his mother and siblings are here in Canada.  It's a pretty horrendous case and a lot of people are coming together to organize around it.

Blake and I wanted to check in because while we have been participating as individuals in the organizing, folks wanted to know if they could use the Hamilton Sanctuary City Coalition as a named supporter of the campaign.  This would help lend support to the campaign and let people know that there is community support behind Farai. I know there aren't a lot of details here, and I'm happy to answer other questions folks have about the case, but I also think it is a good thing for our group to be public about our opposition to deportations.  I also wanted to check that it is okay with the group for us to use the database of supporters we have to circulate information about the campaign once the public message is ready.

Anyway, if people are able to let us know if they are comfortable with the campaign using Sanctuary City as a supporter as soon as possible (this is a time sensitive issue) that would be great!  Again, happy to answer any other questions as best as I can if there are any concerns.

Thanks all!
Caitlin


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