Tag: family detention centers

Insights from our RAICES Interns

July 3, 2018 | Intern | Internship, RAICES, Young Adult

This summer, two of our Global Justice Interns are working with RAICES. In the past few weeks, RAICES has been in the national spotlight for the work they have been doing to help reunite separated families. Thanks to a viral Facebook fundraiser, they have raised more than $20 million dollars to continue fighting for immigration […]

Ending Detention Centers, a Volunteer’s Perspective

July 13, 2015 | Deva Jones | Immigration, RAICES, Volunteering

The following post was written by Melanie Poeling, a participant in UUCSJ’s RAICES volunteer program. Imagine that you are a mother with small children and you have traveled over a thousand miles from Honduras, Guatemala, or El Salvador because of extreme violence against you and your family, only to be detained after requesting asylum at […]