Trail for Humanity- Mothers and Children Walk

Al Osorio/PNN special Correspondent

Cindy Cristal Gonzalez and Valeska Castaneda Gutierrez are
young mothers and college students, deeply proud of their
ancestral roots and motivated to help their people. The two
worked together with a network of activists, and on Tuesday
July 22nd their plan will be put into action - a Mothers and
their children 300 mile 30 day walk to the border, to draw
attention to the mass deportations, imprisonment and
suffering of our people.  What really galvanizes many behind
the idea is a way to express our outrage at the vicious
hatred of Minutemen, Teabaggers and other racist extremists
at busloads of children. The racists are even demonstrating
at church masses where the congregations have offered to
take in and care for the refugee children. These young
mothers have tremendous courage, i am humbled to know them
and honored to help in a small way. In their own words, here
is their Mission Statement from the Trail for Humanity
website.

In the era of mass deportations, over incarceration and a
humanitarian crisis of unaccompanied minors at our southern
border, we the women of A Trail for Humanity will journey
over 300 miles on foot for our children and our families. We
will walk from the San Francisco Bay to the U.S. Mexico
Border with dignity, with our children and with humanity. A
Trail for Humanity is inspired by the wisdom in the Mayan
proverb - In Lak Ech Ala Kin - that we are all a reflection
of one another. As mothers, we can no longer tolerate the
terrorizing of women and children. Reuniting with one's
family has become a felony, children are being ripped from
the protective arms of parents, migrants are being fed to
the Sonora desert sands and refugee children are being kept
in torturous conditions. This march brings these realities
to the forefront. We are taking a stand against the violence
targeting migrant women and children. Join us in solidarity
as we take a stand for humanity.

"We invite all mothers and their children to join and lead
the pilgrimage."

1. Pressure the Obama administration to put a halt to its
deportation enforcement only regime until the Senate and
House come together and pass a Just and Humane Immigration
Reform, Not 1 more deportation! 2. Call for an end to the
use of Police as Immigration enforcement Agents, no to the
failed Secure Communities and 287g programs, No a la
Poli-Migra! a. Demand an end to family separations,
3,750,000 of citizen children have had a parent deported. 3.
Stem the tide toward Racial Profiling that has incarcerated
so many migrant and African American brothers and sisters,
no to SB 1070 and copycat laws, no to gang injunctions, Stop
"stop and frisk" and the targeted check points in migrant
communities.

This is their website, which includes a map and links for
support: http://www.trailforhumanity.org/index.html


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