Compassionate Resistance for 5/29/17

This post is part of my “Compassionate Resistance” series, a regular roundup of stories of local resistance from across America. This series was inspired by and is part of Powerful Resistance, a grassroots project to counter the injustice of the current administration by promoting positive stories of justice and compassion.

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• Prosecutors Are Quietly Helping Protect Immigrants from Trump (Vice): "We must utilize our prosecutorial discretion as we do in every case by considering the unintended collateral consequences that our decisions have on our immigrant population."
• The Progressive Movement Just Scored a Huge Win in Philly’s DA Race (In These Times): "Future left populist candidates may look to the DA election in Philadelphia to learn how and why to put the issues of mass incarceration and racial justice at the forefront of their campaigns—and win."
• Santa Ana to provide legal help for immigrants facing deportation (KPCC Southern California Public Radio): "The city is now studying a range of proposals for defending its immigrant residents from possible deportation by federal authorities, including setting up a legal referral center and seeking a joint powers authority with other Orange County cities or the county…"
• Churches, Synagogues Openly Defy Trump's Immigration Crackdown (CBS News): "If the priority is serious criminal offenders, why are we seeing deportation orders for little old ladies and middle-aged men who've never committed a crime?"
• The Last Refugee (Story 2 in an Ongoing Series): Threads of new life (Boston Globe): "This is your school, and you will grow here and become big plants. You will speak English, you will learn, but just like these plants, it will take time."
• Deering High may be first U.S. school to offer athletic hijabs (Portland Press Herald): "The more you can do to make everyone at your school feel comfortable, the better. If a Muslim student didn’t want to play tennis because she couldn’t be true to her religion and play the sport, that’s awful. I don’t want that to happen – I don’t think anyone wants that to happen."
• One more to go: New Orleans takes down Civil War general's statue (MPR News): "As we near our City's 300th anniversary, we must continue to find courage to stand up to hate and embrace justice and compassion."
• No, I Won’t Stop Saying White Supremacy (Good Men Project): "Naming white supremacy changes the conversation because it shifts the locus of the problem to white people, where it belongs. It also points us in the direction of the life-long work that is uniquely ours; challenging our complicity with and investment in racism."
• An Anti-Trump Pothole Installation May Be The Perfect Protest Art (Huffington Post): "The red, white and blue striped mosaic is bordered by real gold tiles, bringing together the design of Russia’s flag with President Donald Trump’s magpie-like obsession with precious metal."
• 'One Chicago' Campaign Launched to Provide Resources for Immigrants (NBC5 Chicago): "Its stated message is to let immigrants know that they are welcome in the city no matter their race, religion or background..."

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