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Advocacy Groups Gather At Capitol To Protest Deportation Of Vietnamese Refugee
Friday, June 4, 2021 | Sacramento, CA
A handmade yellow paper crane at the California state Capitol on June 3, meant to symbolize hope and solidarity in support for Lam Hong Le.
Janelle Salanga / CapRadio
Hundreds of brightly-colored paper cranes perched on the steps of the Capitol Thursday, a sign of solidarity, hope and support for Lam Hong Le, a Vietnamese war refugee at immediate risk of deportation. Accompanying the cranes were advocates from various groups there to demand Governor Gavin Newsom issue a pardon for Le.
Tsuru for Solidarity, a Japanese American grassroots group, organized the action in partnership with the Southeast Asia Resource Action Center (SEARAC), Sacramento Immigration Coalition, Interfaith Movement for Human Integrity and Detention Watch Network. The organization has been circulating a petition, which has over 2,900 signatures c
The result is both symbolic and produces plants with tangible uses, says jackie sumell (who does not capitalize her name), who conceived the project; plants with healing properties will be redistributed to people who need them through what sumell calls a “prisoner’s apothecary.” The solitary beds are eventually overrun with plant life, a visual representation of a world without prisons, an idea which forms the project’s core mission.
Typically a volunteer gardener on the outside will send a list of plants to an incarcerated gardener - the list provides plenty of options but is limited to what will thrive in the climate and season. They collaborate on a gardening plan and a calendar, often with a small floor plan filled in by the incarcerated gardener laying out the positioning of plants.
Holy Names University, in collaboration with the Oakland PostCommunity Assembly and the Cobb Center, are hosting a virtual Candidate Forum on educational issues with candidates for CA Assembly District #18, the position recently vacated by Rob Bonta. The forum will be held Sunday, June 6 at 2 p.m. To register for the free Zoom […]