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What & When
On June 19th, thousands of people from across the country will gather in homes, offices, coffee shops, and places of worship to discuss how the overreach of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is undermining the civil liberties and human rights of people living in America.
The Problem
In the name of national security, DHS has adopted practices that routinely violate basic rights of immigrants in this country, including legal residents and citizens.
The Solution
Organized by the Rights Working Group, the Night of a 1,000 Conversations will promote awareness and mobilize our communities. People all over the country will engage each other in discussions about actions to help restore accountability to DHS’ practices. The Night of the 1,000 Conversations will be the critical first step to launch a larger Rights Working Group campaign to demand extensive reforms at DHS.
The Campaign will ask Department of Homeland Security to:
End immigration raids that lock up people without due process.
Stop inhumane detention conditions and arbitrary jailing without trial.
Provide fair and efficient mechanisms to end the backlog in processing citizenship applications by September 2008.
What You Can Do
Host a Conversation on June 19, 2008.
How It Works—Simple, Effective, and Fun!
Host a Conversation—Invite your friends, family, neighbors, co-workers, softball team, PTA, poker partners, and religious community to a coffeehouse, your church, your home or any other meeting place.
Break the ice—Use a fun and interactive tool to introduce the topic of discussion.
Get them talking—Engage your guests in a hour-long discussion about what matters most to them on this topic.
Take Action—Actions can be as simple as signing a petition and registering to vote or more involved like committing to a letter writing campaign.
To learn more and get involved, sign up at Rights Working Group.
