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80 artists have teamed up to place sky-typed messages over detention sites and other locations as a way of raising awareness about immigrant detention. Led by Cassils and rafa esparza, the effort will feature messages in English, Spanish, Farsi and K’iche’. The above image is an augmented reality visualization of the latter over MacArthur Park, an effort organized by Beatriz Cortez in collaboration with a coalition of Central American organizations. You can see the augmented reality pieces on Nancy Baker Cahill’s 4th Wall app. (It’s free!) Link to story in bio.
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-ART FORCING CHANGE: LOOK UP
Fairness, freedom, opportunity, and respect for human rights should be at the core of our immigration system. 80 artists alongside immigrant rights organizations have joined together to launch @inplainsightmap – a stunning effort to make visible the injustices of the largest immigration detention system in the world.
In Plain Sight's collective of artists have come together in solidarity to help abolish immigrant detention. ICE detention is the practice of incarcerating immigrants–from those who have just arrived to those who’ve lived in the U.S. for years–while they await a determination of their status or potential deportation. Various reports detail horrifying conditions. The federal government wastes more than $25 billion each year on ICE and Customs and Border Protection (CBP) to profile, detain and deport immigrants. See who is being detained in your community and paid for with your tax dollars.
YOU CAN HELP END IMMIGRANT DETENTION
*Join* the movement #FreeThemAll Campaign + #AbolishIce.
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List of partners: @migrantfreedom @detentionwatch @aclu_socal @haitianbridge @conmijente @familiatqlm @maketheroadnj @maketheroadny @raicestexas @carecen_la @culturestrike @the_ilrc @clinica_romero @laresistencianw @daylaborernetwork @elrescate_org @_salef @ciyja @glahr.ga @inplainsightmap @tsuruforsolidarity @ic4ij @puente.az @CEDIMAC1 @MexenEx @translatinacoalition #mayavision #thetornillocollective #centralamericanresearchpolicyiinstitute ]
Supported by:Thank you to our supporters @OxyArts, #AgnesGund, @WarholFoundation, @ForFreedoms, #GoodWorksFoundation, #LauraDonnelly, #TheHillenburgFamily, InColor_, @KruppFamilyFoundation.org, @theMapFund, @OutsiderFest, Quiet, #TaskForce, @WilhelmFamilyFoundation, #WandaKownacki