Washington, DC, June 28, 2018 — Event organizers today announced that momentum and energy is continuing to grow for a massive national day of action this Saturday June 30th, anchored by a massive protest in Washington, D.C. against family separation and other Trump administration immigration policies. Organizers also released a preliminary list of speakers for Saturday’s protests in D.C. and other major cities across the country. Attendees are encouraged to wear white to the events to show unity.
Event stages across the country will feature the voices of children, families, faith-based leaders, human rights advocates and others who are being joined by a mix of artists from music, television and theater. They and attendees are united in calling on the Trump administration to immediately reunify families that have been separated, to put a permanent end to family separation and detention and end to the inhumane policies that caused this crisis in the first place.
In addition to the artists speaking at Saturday’s events, many more have been posting to their social media feeds in support of #FamiliesBelongTogether and the national day of action and sharing their plans to join the protests and marches in cities across the country.
The anchor event is in Washington, D.C. across from the White House on Saturday June 30th, at 11 am.
WHEN: Saturday, June 30, 11 am ET
WHERE: Lafayette Square, Washington, DC
WHAT: The anchor rally for the national Families Belong Together day of action, which will bring protesters to Lafayette Square, just across from the White House, to demand that Trump and his administration reunite and stop detaining families.
Washington, D.C. Speakers List (in formation):
Dr. Amy Cohen, California-based child psychiatrist specializing in trauma, worked formerly at Alameda County juvenile hall, left to work with immigrant families in McAllen, Texas home to the largest immigration processing center in the U.S.
Jordon Dyrdahl-Roberts, writer, former Montana Department of Labor and Industry employee
Rev. Traci Blackmon, Executive Minister of Justice & Local Church Ministries for The United Church of Christ and Senior Pastor of Christ The King United Church of Christ in Florissant, MO.
Lin-Manuel Miranda – composer, lyricist, playwright, and actor. Creator of Broadway Musicals In the Heights and Hamilton
Diane Guerrero – actor-activist and author known for her roles in Orange is the New Black and Jane the Virgin and author of memoir “My Family Divided”
Aliza Erber, Holocaust survivor, one of the “Hidden Children” who was separated from her mother at eight months old and lived in hiding for over a year
John Tateishi – author, former Executive Director of the Japanese American Citizens League, leader in launching redress campaign for internment of Japanese Americans, imprisoned in a California internment camp as a child
MORE INFO: www.familiesbelongtogether.org
TO FIND ANY OF THE OVER 757 EVENTS BEING ORGANIZED ACROSS THE COUNTRY, OR SIGN UP TO HOST A NEW JUNE 30 EVENT IN YOUR COMMUNITY HERE:
FamiliesBelongTogether.org
Participating organizations in the rapidly growing coalition involved in this event include:
#VOTEPROCHOICE
270 Strategies
350.org
ACLU
Action Together Massachusetts
Action Together Network
Advancement Project
American Federation of Teachers
America’s Voice
Al Otro Lado
Alliance for Justice
Alliance for Youth Action
American Constitution Society
American Ethical Union
American Human Rights Council (AHRC-USA)
Amnesty International USA
Anti-Defamation League
Arab American Institute
Asian Americans Advancing Justice | AAJC
ASISTA
Asylum Seeker Advocacy Project (ASAP) at the Urban Justice Center
Asylum Seeker Assistance Project
Avaaz
Bend the Arc
Beyond the Bomb
Center for Biological Diversity
Center for Gender and Refugee Studies
Center for Victims of Torture
Centro de los Derechos del Migrante, Inc.
Chicago Women Take Action
Children’s Defense Fund-Texas
Church World Service
Coalition on Human Needs
Congregational UCC Greensboro
Congressional Hispanic Caucus Institute (CHCI)
Constitutional Accountability Center
Council on American-Islamic Relations
CREDO
Daily Kos
DC Immigration Hub
DC Teens Action
Dulles Justice Coalition
End Rape on Campus
Equal Voice Action
Every Voice
Families Belong Together
Families USA
Feminist Majority Foundation
FIRM
Foreign Policy for America
Friends of the Earth
Gamaliel
Global Fund for Children
GreenLatinos
Greenpeace
Hand in Hand: The Domestic Employers Network
Health Care Voter
Hispanic Federation
Human Rights Campaign
Human Rights First
IfNotNow
Immigration Hub
Indivisible
Japanese American Citizens League
Jewish Voice for Peace
JStreet
JWI
Latin America Working Group
Latino Victory Foundation
Lawyers for Good Government
Leadership Conference for Civil and Human Rights
Leadership Conference of Women Religious
League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC)
LGBTQ Task Force
Little Lobbyists
MarchOn
Moms Rising
MoveOn
Muslim Advocates
NARAL
National Alliance to End Sexual Violence
National Asian Pacific American Women’s Forum (NAPAWF)
National Iranian American Council
National Justice for Our Neighbors
National Latina Institute for Reproductive Health
National Network to End Domestic Violence
National Nurses United
National Organization of Concerned Black Men
National Partnership for Women & Families
National Women’s Law Center
NCJW
National Domestic Workers Alliance
National Education Association
NETWORK Lobby for Catholic Social Justice
Network of Spiritual Progressives
NextGen America
One Billion Rising
Organizing for Action
Oxfam America
Pantsuit Nation
ParentsTogether
People For the American Way
People’s Action
Planned Parenthood Federation of America
Positive Women’s Network-USA
Presbyterian Church (USA)
Presente.org
Priorities USA
Public Citizen
Race Forward
Rainforest Action Network
Really American
Resistance Labs
SALDEF
Sanctuary for Families
SEIU
SIECUS
Sierra Club
Sister District Action Network
Sojourners
South Asian Americans Leading Together
Southern Poverty Law Center
Stand Up America
SumOfUs
Tax March
The Leadership Conference
The Workmen’s Circle
Together We Will Contra Costa
Truman National Security Project
UltraViolet
UnidosUS
Unitarian Universalist Association
Unitarian Universalist Service Committee
Unitarian Universalists for Social Justice (UUSJ)
United State of Women
United We Dream
VDay.org
Voto Latino
Win Without War
Women’s March
Women’s March Foundation Los Angeles
Women’s Refugee Commission
Youth Caucus of America
YWCA USA