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It’s day 299, and it falls on the newly renamed Farm Workers Day, a day we recognize the contributions of farm workers, most of them immigrants, to feeding our families and their continued struggle for fair treatment, protections, and civil rights.
It is also the last day of Women’s History Month, and while I don’t believe anything should be celebrated for only a month, I do want to acknowledge the women of today’s movement, the ones leading the charge against ICE.
From the soccer moms, to the immigration orgs, to our politicians, to our lawyers. Everywhere I go, I’m surrounded by powerful, resilient, amazing women leading this charge, from following and confronting ICE in the streets to the courtrooms, to our political chambers, and respective local politics. I’m showing just a few here. But honestly, I’m in constant awe and admiration of you all. Thank you for everything.
And let me take a moment to speak to fellow straight men, especially the men being physically, sexually, and verbally violent, and even anti-black. Words are not just words, messy behaviors are not just a thing that happened, and no movement, especially one against ICE and fascism, is bigger than holding each other and ourselves accountable because some battles, especially those women have been having against men, have been going on for a lot longer than the battles against ICE and fascism. There’s no place for that ever, and there’s especially no place for that now. You want ICE to respect our families and neighbors; then so should you.