Community Fundraising to Pay Immigrants' Bond
Tax deductible
In these uncertain times, we’re sending love and care to all, including those in immigration prison who face conditions that make them especially vulnerable to COVID-19.
We’re hearing from folks who are detained that they’re aware of the virus and are organizing inside to try to support each other through it, but they’re not able to limit exposure to other people, including those who are ill, or to access hand sanitizer and may not even have soap.
We know that being released from ICE detention is the best protection against COVID-19 for our community members in immigration prison -- and you can help us make this possible for more people by donating today!
Help us raise $1,000 from our community to bond out immigrants in detention!
Learn more on our website: beyondbondboston.org
About the Boston Immigration Justice Accompaniment Network (BIJAN, pronounced “Beyond”):
We are a network of faith communities, individuals and other activist groups working to reduce the escalating harm of our immigration system in the current political context.
We are all volunteers and we work closely with immigrant communities and immigrant-led organizations to support those impacted by our racist immigration system.
We provide accompaniment, which can include support in court or at ICE check-ins, legal referrals, fundraising for bond or legal fees, letters of support from the community, rides for families to visit loved ones in detention, and logistical assistance with paperwork or bond payments. We also help with housing, transportation, and other immediate needs of people released on bond who have no other resources in the community.
As an accompaniment network, we take action only in response to requests from those in need of support, or their representatives (family, attorneys, etc.) We don’t make promises, but we are good at trying very hard. These are our values in this work:
* We honor people's dignity and choices in a system that denies dignity and choice.
* We expect messiness, confusion, and discomfort, and we also choose courage and trust.
* We judge the system, not people.
* We fight for one another as family, because we are.
We’re hearing from folks who are detained that they’re aware of the virus and are organizing inside to try to support each other through it, but they’re not able to limit exposure to other people, including those who are ill, or to access hand sanitizer and may not even have soap.
We know that being released from ICE detention is the best protection against COVID-19 for our community members in immigration prison -- and you can help us make this possible for more people by donating today!
Help us raise $1,000 from our community to bond out immigrants in detention!
Learn more on our website: beyondbondboston.org
About the Boston Immigration Justice Accompaniment Network (BIJAN, pronounced “Beyond”):
We are a network of faith communities, individuals and other activist groups working to reduce the escalating harm of our immigration system in the current political context.
We are all volunteers and we work closely with immigrant communities and immigrant-led organizations to support those impacted by our racist immigration system.
We provide accompaniment, which can include support in court or at ICE check-ins, legal referrals, fundraising for bond or legal fees, letters of support from the community, rides for families to visit loved ones in detention, and logistical assistance with paperwork or bond payments. We also help with housing, transportation, and other immediate needs of people released on bond who have no other resources in the community.
As an accompaniment network, we take action only in response to requests from those in need of support, or their representatives (family, attorneys, etc.) We don’t make promises, but we are good at trying very hard. These are our values in this work:
* We honor people's dignity and choices in a system that denies dignity and choice.
* We expect messiness, confusion, and discomfort, and we also choose courage and trust.
* We judge the system, not people.
* We fight for one another as family, because we are.
Organizer
Matt Meyer
Organizer
Boston, MA
Episcopal City Mission
Beneficiary