[amc] FW: T. Don Hutto action items
- From: "garland robertson" <pastor@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: "Austin Mennonite Church" <amc@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 26 Oct 2007 14:45:18 -0600
Members and Friends of Austin Mennonite Church
I am sending the information below for your awareness.
May it go well with you. Sincerely,
Garland Robertson
...always hold firmly to the thought that each one of us can do something to
bring some portion of misery to an end
-----Original Message-----
From: boblibal@xxxxxxxxx [mailto:boblibal@xxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Bob Libal
Sent: Friday, October 26, 2007 2:35 PM
To: blibal@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: T. Don Hutto action items
Hi everyone,
This is a email update on the campaign for alternatives to the incarceration
of immigrant children and their families at the T. Don Hutto detention
center in Taylor, Texas.
As many of you know, Williamson County has taken up the issue of termination
of their contract with Hutto. The commissioners' concerns center around
liability, and not the moral injustice of incarcerating children.
Nevertheless, we are trying to persuade them to do the right thing and sever
the contract with CCA, the private prison company that operates Hutto.
Here are some action steps for people concerned by Hutto:
Sunday-Tuesday: Hutto Walk III <http://eyeonwilliamson.org/?p=1610> -
Attend upcoming walk against detention of children and their families at
Hutto. The freedom walk leaves the Hutto detention center on Sunday,
October 28 at noon and arrives on October 30th for the Williamson County
meeting at 9:30am. For more information on the walk, please contract Jay
Johnson-Castro at (830) 734-8636.
Tuesday: Williamson
<http://texasprisonbidness.org/immigration-detention/t-don-hutto-tuesdays-wi
lliamson-county-agenda> County Commissioner's Court meeting
<http://texasprisonbidness.org/immigration-detention/t-don-hutto-tuesdays-wi
lliamson-county-agenda> - The commissioners will be discussing the Hutto
contract at this meeting. The meeting will be held at 301 S.E. Inner Loop
in Georgetown at 9:30am on Tuesday, October 30. Please show up early if you
can, as the court-room will undoubtedly be full. For information on the
Tuesday meeting, please contact Bob Libal at this email address or at (512)
971-0487.
Organize a screening of new short film about T. Don Hutto to a community
group, student organization, or congregation. The film is an excellent way
to start a discussion with a group or congregation. To set up a screening
of the film and discussion of Hutto, contact film-maker Matthew Gossage at
matthewgossage@xxxxxxxxxxxx
Sign and distribute attached faith statement by Texans United for Families
calling for more humane alternatives to detention. For more information or
extra copies of the faith statement, please email
faith@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
For more information on these upcoming events, you can contact me at this
address or (512) 971-0487. I've put you on this mailing list because at one
point or another you had indicated interest in Hutto. If that's not the
case, email me and I'll take you off.
In solidarity,
--
Bob Libal
(512) 971-0487
Grassroots Leadership
Austin, Texas
Check out www.texasprisonbidness.org <http://www.texasprisonbidness.org/>
for news and info on the private prison industry in Texas.
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