Please join us for our next Capital District Border Watch meeting on Friday, April 12 at 4:00 at Albany Friends’ Meeting, 727 Madison Avenue. We will celebrate the 5^th anniversary of the founding of CDBW in 2019.

During our March 26 meeting, Hayden Schwarz spoke about his work with our newest neighbors. He has set himself up to be responsive to providing newly arrived people with support to establish themselves and access community resources. he is looking for volunteers to help with transportation, translation, moving furniture, and other resources. He is prepared to provide training and support to volunteers. Capital District Border Watch has agreed to partner with him in doing a cell phone collection program. Hayden has identified that having a functioning cell phone is a critical resource that many newly arriving people need. Feel free to bring cell phones to our next meeting and we will be making a plan for drop off locations in the community.

We will share news from the border and news about asylum-seekers and other immigrants locally in the Capital District and make plans for our next actions.

There will be a report about the most recent asylum clinic and an update about the solidarity rally and lobbying for NY for All on April 15. See the announcement, below.

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STAND WITH IMMIGRANTS AND ASYLUM SEEKERS

ON APRIL 15 AT THE NYS CAPITOL

IMMIGRANT SOLIDARITY RALLY AND NEW YORK FOR ALL LOBBY DAY

Join us at the NYS Capitol on April 15 at 12:00pm for the kick-off of Immigrant Week of Solidarity and NY4All Lobby day.  We will be mobilizing in support of four campaigns:

New York for All

Dignity Not Detention

The Clemency Coalition

Access to Representation Act

We hope to see you there!

Here is the RSVP link to register for the rally and lobbying.:

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeSjN5tJ354URts0Yw-psZNk0rW8z_hbEJb08PCWXUR-s6BOQ/viewform