Shut Down Berks Coalition
@ShutDownBerks
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Shut Down Berks Coalition was a group of organizations & individuals who fought & permanently closed the Berks County immigrant prison in PA. DMs not monitored.
Joined January 2018
Today we celebrate no more immigrant prison in Berks County! Thank you for being a part of this victory! Thank you for being a part of this movement! In Love & Struggle, The Shut Down Berks Coalition #WeShutDownBerks #WeFreedThemAll #CommunitiesNotCages
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"Through every obstacle that we faced, we were resolute in our demand that Berks must shut down." Read the new op-ed by Adrianna Torres-García & Jasmine Rivera of the @ShutDownBerks Coalition! https://t.co/z748mUWtBc
truthout.org
It took nearly a decade of exposing the patterns of abuse and neglect at the facility in Berks County, Pennsylvania.
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After grueling eight years of organizing, advocates for @ShutDownBerks have succeeded in emptying and closing the notorious Berks Detention Center. Now, they’re hoping to repurpose the space to serve the community, reports @alex__mar. https://t.co/Z0i10ioW4I
prismreports.org
After eight years of organizing, advocates have succeeded in emptying and closing the notorious ICE facility. Now, they’re hoping to repurpose the space to serve the community
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“This is a huge victory for everyone across the [US] who is fighting to shut a prison down, because this really shows that when we keep pressure on our targets, & when we organize, we can have big victories,” said Adrianna @Free_Migration @ShutDownBerks
https://t.co/uj37Qqwa6H
34st.com
The Berks County Residential Center was officially emptied this month following nearly a decade of campaigning to shut down the immigration prison.
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Congratulations to @ShutDownBerks on this victory. Incredible organizing. https://t.co/hxDWxEzkRK
#FreeThemAll #MeltICE
truthout.org
It took nearly a decade of exposing the patterns of abuse and neglect at the facility in Berks County, Pennsylvania.
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Organizing works. Our lead organizer Gaby who has been with the @ShutDownBerks coalition since the very beginning pictured with our member leader Milka who has also been with the coalition for 5 years. Today they celebrate victory. Free them all!
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🧵THREAD. Berks is officially shut down! A movement win nearly a decade in the making, members of the @ShutDownBerks campaign reflect on the closure of Berks Detention Center in @truthout Read for inspiration & motivation. #AbolishDetention
https://t.co/KebeUjxUSP
truthout.org
It took nearly a decade of exposing the patterns of abuse and neglect at the facility in Berks County, Pennsylvania.
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There are 12 more ICE-managed detention centers with contracts expiring this year, and it is imperative that the administration follow the lead of Berks and shut these facilities down now. https://t.co/PC5Oz4kMTk
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We've shut down Berks! This is a community victory, 8 years of nonstop organizing. Here are a few of the voices of those in the coalition. We thank all of the MANY people who took action with us, and to the incredible leadership of those who were detained who led the way!
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In 2021, ICE opened the largest immigrant detention center in the Northeast Region– Moshannon Valley Detention Center in in Philipsburg, Pa. We are resilient! We will continue to work tirelessly to end immigrant detention in this country.
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Now, with Berks County Detention Center finally closed, it’s time to envision better for our community. Our member leader Flor González of Reading, PA discusses the fight to end immigrant detention in Pennsylvania and beyond. https://t.co/yLaCqzlry5 via @PennCapitalStar
penncapital-star.com
Officials should convert the onetime prison into a space that supports local families and meets the community’s needs.
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We've shut down Berks! This is a community victory, 8 years of nonstop organizing. Here are a few of the voices of those in the coalition. We thank all of the MANY people who took action with us, and to the incredible leadership of those who were detained who led the way!
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Here in Pennsylvania, that means also closing the Moshannon immigrant prison, near State College. It means ending the ICE contract at Pike County... And it means ending the ICE contract at Clinton County as well. #CommunitiesNotCages
https://t.co/1UuLzO1xHN
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We've shut down Berks! This is a community victory, 8 years of nonstop organizing. Here are a few of the voices of those in the coalition. We thank all of the MANY people who took action with us, and to the incredible leadership of those who were detained who led the way!
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We've shut down Berks! This is a community victory, 8 years of nonstop organizing. Here are a few of the voices of those in the coalition. We thank all of the MANY people who took action with us, and to the incredible leadership of those who were detained who led the way!
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