Protect Our Rights CD3 Sign-On Statement
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Sign-on statement:
We, residents and organizations in Washington state’s Congressional District 3, call on Rep. Marie Gluesenkamp Perez, Senator Patty Murray, and Senator Maria Cantwell to publicly demand the immediate release and halted deportations of Columbia student Mahmoud Khalil, Tufts student Rumeysa Ozturk, Washington state farmworker organizer Alfredo “Lelo” Juarez Zeferino, and many other community members across the country who have been locked in the cages of ICE detention centers for their advocacy for justice.
This administration is coming for those who braved the US immigration system, who are standing up for their communities, and who are speaking up for justice. Disappearing our neighbors because of their courageous moral leadership is a terrifying attack on our First Amendment right to free speech – one of the bedrock values of a democratic society. This means that everyone advocating for a more just world, regardless of immigration or citizenship status, is at risk. For as the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. said in his Letter from a Birmingham Jail, “Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere. We are caught in an inescapable network of mutuality, tied in a single garment of destiny.”
Rep. Marie Gluesenkamp Perez, Senator Patty Murry, and Senator Maria Cantwell: We demand that you speak loudly and publicly right now to condemn this violent silencing of the bravest advocates for justice among us, taking the following action:
- Put out statements via immediate press release and posts to your official social media accounts which condemn the aforementioned ICE detentions, demand this administration immediately release and stop the deportations of the aforementioned detainees, voice support for the aforementioned detainees, and affirm your constituents’ right to free speech.
Every day you wait to take action is a day the Trump administration learns that they can get away with pushing their authoritarian agenda one step further. And in the words of post-WWII German pastor Martin Niemöller, by the time they come for the rest of us, there will be no one left to speak out.
This Statement Has Been Signed By:
Individuals
Reverend Elizabeth Kearny, Longview
Morgan Gilchrist, Longview
Kady Goings, Longview
Rev. Dexter Kearny, Longview
Rev. Allison Mattocks, Longview
Karissa Halstrom, Vancouver
Sara De La Fuente, Vancouver
Reema Khasawinah, Vancouver
LM, Longview
Jennifer Wyld, Vancouver
Chloe Hegstad, Longview
Rev Joan Wahlmeier, Longview
Julia Brice, Longview
Kathryn S. Harlan, Longview
Michael Yost, Longview
Lauren Henricksen, Kelso
LeeAnn Googins, Longview
Amy Weston, Vancouver
James MacLeod, Kalama
Judy MacLeod, Kalama
Hillberry Jenkins, Woodland
Hannah Long, Longview
Brandi Welch, Vancouver
Monica Smith, Vancouver
Raphael, Vancouver
Edward Plumb, Vancouver
Shea Gilchrist-Smith, Longview
Taylor Locklear, Vancouver
Miranda D Horton, Kelso
Matty Meme Ellison, Vancouver
Peter Perez, Longview
Beth Cooper, Vancouver
Bre Beverly, Longview
P. Alan Ledgerwood, Longview Wa
Brittany Higgins, Longview
Brenda Ledgerwood, Longview
Trevor Cassidy, Vancouver
Katelynn Westby, Randle, WA
Ariel Roberts, Centralia
Amanda Vulgamott, Centralia
Cherlaine, Longview
Elizabeth Brooke-Willbanks, Winlock
Linda Warren, Winlock
Ben Brandeberry, Vancouver
John Morse, Vancouver
Matt Brady, Vancouver
Kathryn Dapcic, Vancouver
Christy Runde, Brush Prairie
Hailey Christiansen, Vancouver
Sydney, Vancouver
Suzanne Doyle, Vancouver
Amrita Stark MD Pediatrician, Camas
Heather Jolma, La Center
Susan Lee Schwartz, Vancouver
Ellen Sward, Vancouver
Hannah W., Longview
Marva Petty, Vancouver
Ray Chapman-Wilson, Centralia
Ana Reed, Vancouver
Miles J, Vancouver
Mandi Lee, Vancouver
Isaac Bushkin
Lauren Perry, Vancouver
Debra Rosenquist, Ridgefield
Danijela Prince, Vancouver, WA
JudithTenHarmsel, Kalama, WA
Tina Meyer, Kelso
Amber Zamorano, Vancouver
Tasha Smith, Brush Prairie
Gavin, Longview
Julia Black, Vancouver
Erin Devine, Vancouver
Karina M, Vancouver
Dan N, Longview
Alex Luna, Vancouver
Brittany Kelly, Vancouver
Jaydon, Camas
Justine Calles, Ridgefield
Anna Tran, Vancouver
Lillian Sundwall, Vancouver
Daniel Robert Hamilton, Vancouver
Dan Busiek, Camas
Flyn Alexander, Vancouver
Jennifer Browning, Vancouver
Cheyenne Randquist, Vancouver
Hayley Simpson, Washougal
James Robertson, Vancouver
JC Robertson, Clark County
Bianca Gonzalez, Vancouver
Veronica Chenvert, Vancouver
S. Rediske, Vancouver
Taylor Nicole Erickson, Vancouver
Kathryn G. Rowan, Vancouver
Elijah Smith, Vancouver
C LeBlanc, Vancouver
Natalie Piper, Vancouver
K. P., Vancouver
Jordan Benton, Vancouver
Nathan Ferris Hunter, Vancouver
Denae Murphy, Vancouver
Navauda miller, Vancouver
Jackson Z, Vancouver
Sarah Joyce, Vancouver
Oziah Wilson, Vancouver Wa
Stephanie Z, Vancouver
Kat Stein, Vancouver
John Michael, La Center
Carole Bernard, Long Beach
Marilyn Melville-Irvine, Kelso
Brittany Forbes, Longview
Donna J. McLain, Longview
Lynn harrelson, Kelso
Garrett Beauregard, Longview/stella
NM, Longview
Kaos Lord, Longview
Linda and Larry Horst, Kelso
Julia Lipke, Longview
Bess Devine, Kalama
Rebecca Ross, Longview
Rebecca, Longview
Isabel Gonzalez, Vancouver
Corey McCrady, Longview
Tiffany Turner, Ilwaco
Barbara Doran, Longview
Brendan Bailey, Vancouver
Jordan, Longview
Michelle Hampton, Longview
Laurie Rubin, Vancouver
Rhonda Walker, Longview
Sarah Steininger, Longview
Sam MacKenzie, Vancouver
Emily Anderson, Longview
Beth E Sermet, Vancouver
Jax Eaton, Longview
Lori Powell, Longview
NU, Vancouver
Tessa Halloran, Chehalis
Sam Oubari, Vancouver
Merry Jensen, Woodland
Nancy Stone, Longview
T.G. Padgett, Clark County
Jennifer Hummel, Kelso
April, Vancouver
Rev. Anna Small, Kelso
Rev. Katherine Pater, Longview
George Robertson, Longview
Katie Rose, Silver Lake
Caitlin Low, Vancouver
Chelsey Pacanins, Vancouver
Reyna, Vancouver
Eric, Vancouver
Karina Martinez, Vancouver
Alexandra Luna, Vancouver
Diane Adkin, Camas
Shirin, La Center
Organizations
Southwest Washington Equity Coalition, Vancouver
Love and Justice Alliance, Vancouver
Magpie Books, Longview
Survivors United WSUV,Clark county
Students for Justice in Palestine, Washington State University
Clark County Pride, La Center
Dandelion Teahouse , Vancouver
RAINS, Longview
Adrift Hospitality, Long Beach
Longview UMC, Longview
Longview Presbyterian Church, Longview