Universal Representation
Happy New Year from MNHRUS President
- January 7, 2025
- Mauritanian Network for Human Rights in the US.
As part of the #IWillEatWithYou solidarity campaign, OPAWL(OHIO ASIAN PROGRESSIVE WOMEN LEADERSHIP has been hosting a series of dinner discussion events with Ohio’s progressive AAPI community and friends. Their most recent #IWillEatWithYou event focused on immigration justice and storytelling and MNHRUS president Houleye Thiam along with two other speakers Jenika Gonzales (@jenikagonzales), and Bella Sin (@bellasincle) were their featured speakers, they shared their personal immigration stories and what they would like to see take place within the immigration system. They also discussed recent attacks on the immigration system, as well as how we can all support immigrants, build solidarity, and work toward an immigration system rooted in empathy, love, and justice. Houleye also talked about the importance of the implementation of a universal representation program, and how by not having a public defender, asylum seekers are being set to fail from the get-go.
Please see the recording here https://www.instagram.com/tv/CHy8A5bl2g2/
Keeping families together, treating immigrants with dignity, respect and fairness are American values.
- February 28, 2025
- Mauritanian Network for Human Rights in the US.
As part of the #IWillEatWithYou solidarity campaign, OPAWL(OHIO ASIAN PROGRESSIVE WOMEN LEADERSHIP has been hosting a series of dinner discussion events with Ohio’s progressive AAPI community and friends. Their most recent #IWillEatWithYou event focused on immigration justice and storytelling and MNHRUS president Houleye Thiam along with two other speakers Jenika Gonzales (@jenikagonzales), and Bella Sin (@bellasincle) were their featured speakers, they shared their personal immigration stories and what they would like to see take place within the immigration system. They also discussed recent attacks on the immigration system, as well as how we can all support immigrants, build solidarity, and work toward an immigration system rooted in empathy, love, and justice. Houleye also talked about the importance of the implementation of a universal representation program, and how by not having a public defender, asylum seekers are being set to fail from the get-go.
Please see the recording here
https://www.instagram.com/tv/CHy8A5bl2g2/
