Community Members Successfully Shut Down US Consulate, Call for Continued Direct Action to End Canadian Complicity in Racist Violence On Monday in Tiohtia:ke (aka Montreal in occupied Kanien’kehá:ka territory), hundreds of people outraged and sorrowed by the horrifying intensification of…
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Report-back from the Emergency “Open the Borders!” Demonstration against Donald Trump and the Far-Right (January 28)
Report-back from the Emergency “Open the Borders!” Demonstration against Donald Trump and the Far-Right (January 28, 2017) Immediately on hearing about Donald Trump’s anti-migrant, anti-Muslim executive orders last week, Solidarity Across Borders and the Resist Trump Network called an emergency…
Arash Aslani Hunger Strike at Laval Immigration Detention Center (September 2005)
People’s History of Montreal: Arash Aslani Hunger Strike at Laval Immigration Detention Center, September 2005 This month, September 2016, marks the 11th anniversary of an important and inspiring local action in support of migrant justice. In September 2005, Arash Aslani…
Anti-Trump Night Demo: Make Racists Afraid Again! (Friday 6pm)
Anti-Trump Night Demo: Make Racists Afraid Again! Friday, January 20, 6pm Phillips Square (corner Union and Ste-Catherine West, métro McGill)) #DisruptJ20 Donald Trump will be officially inaugurated as President of the United States at around noon on January 20, 2017. Protesters…
Montreal- DC Anti-Border Solidarity Caravan (January 19-21, 2017)
Montreal- DC Anti-Border Solidarity Caravan Protest Donald Trump’s Inauguration (January 19-21, 2017) Donate and/or Participate! [facebook: www.facebook.com/events/587317124808910/] Donald Trump will be inaugurated on January 20, 2017. There will be protests against Donald Trump organized by DC-based community groups. Let’s show solidarity…
Undocumented Women Speak: Trudeau Has Failed Us!
Press release Undocumented Women Speak: Trudeau Has Failed Us! 3 December 2016, Montréal – In November 2015, the Non-Status Women’s Collective sent an open letter to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. In their letter, they described the extreme precarity in which…
Call from non-status women: Regularization! – Gathering
Gathering organized by the Non-Status Women’s Collective Saturday December 3rd at 1pm Outside the Centre des femmes d’ici et d’ailleurs offices (8043 St-Hubert) Facebook event: www.facebook.com/events/176171272847543/ In the context of 12 days of actions against gendered violence. After a year of actions and mobilization by…
One year later, still no response from the Trudeau government for the Non-Status Women’s Collective
Since June 2016, the Non-Status Women’s Collective of Montréal has taken to the streets twice a month to inform and engage the public about the reality of undocumented people in Canada, and to put pressure on the government to meet with…
Building a Solidarity City Together! Workshop & Presentation (November 3)
Building a Solidarity City Together! A Community Workshop and Presentation Thursday, November 3, 7pm-9pm 1500 de Maisonneuve West, #204 (métro Guy-Concordia) Free. Welcome to all. Childcare available on site. Translation (French-English). Wheelchair accessible venue. Learn more about migrant justice organizing…
New members meeting & orientation. Join us! (November 13)
SOLIDARITY ACROSS BORDERS New Members Orientation Against deportations, detentions and double punishment! Organizing for the regularization of all non-status persons! Together, let’s build a Solidarity City! Join us! Sunday, November 13, 1pm to 3pm 1500 de Maisonneuve Ouest, Suite 204…
Call for donations: Support day-to-day survival for a blind, undocumented woman
Make a donation here!! >>> https://www.youcaring.com/marcia-671343 Dear friends and allies, Members of Solidarity Across Borders are supporting an undocumented woman who has lived, worked and built community in Montreal for more than half her life, for over 30 years. At…
Press Release: Despite promises, kids still denied schooling on the basis of immigration status
Press release – For immediate release Despite promises, kids still denied schooling on the basis of immigration status Families gather before the first day of school, ask that the Minister of Education finally hand in his homework Press scrum : Today,…