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SUMMARY:PROTEST: ICE OUT of Baldwin
DESCRIPTION:Join us in protest! ??Protest: Stop GEO Group's For-Profit ICE 
 Prison in Our Backyard ??Saturday\, September 26 · Noon – 2pm ??Travers
 e City Senior Center · 801 E. Front Street *For any questions regarding e
 vent accessibility\, please email comms@traverseindivisible.org. 60 miles 
 south of Traverse City\, the largest ICE detention facility in the Midwest
  is open for business. The North Lake Processing Center in Baldwin\, Michi
 gan — run by the GEO Group\, a private\, for-profit corporation — hold
 s up to 1\,800 people behind barbed wire. More than 85% have never been ch
 arged with a crime. One person has already died in custody. Dozens more ha
 ve gone on hunger strikes demanding basic medical care and humane treatmen
 t. GEO Group signed a $1 billion\, 15-year contract with ICE to detain our
  neighbors as part of the Trump administration's mass deportation machine\
 , and GEO's profits flow directly to administration officials who built th
 at machine. This is happening in our back yard\, and most people in Northe
 rn Michigan still don't know it exists. We're working to change that. Join
  Traverse Indivisible and the Immigrant Action Coalition (IAC) to raise aw
 areness\, and connect our community to the organizations doing the work on
  the ground right now. IAC is visiting people inside\, providing commissar
 y support\, offering legal help\, and supporting neighbors when they are r
 eleased. They will have representatives at the protest to answer your ques
 tions and show you exactly how you can help. This is a stationary protest 
 along public sidewalks on both sides of E. Front Street. Loaner signs will
  be available from the Good Trouble Assembly. Parking is available at the 
 Senior Center or in the large lot on the north side of E. Front Street bet
 ween the Senior Center and the Hagerty Center. What to bring and know: ?Br
 ing your own sign\, or borrow one from Good Trouble Assembly ???Dress for 
 the weather. Bring water. ??Stay on public sidewalks. Obey all traffic law
 s ??No tables or amplified audio ??No weapons of any kind\, including lega
 lly permitted ones Traverse Indivisible Peace & Safety volunteers will be 
 on site\, so look for the orange vests if you have questions\, or need ass
 istance. As with all Traverse Indivisible events\, this is a nonviolent\, 
 peaceful assembly. All participants are expected to act lawfully and de-es
 calate any confrontation. For more information on the Good Trouble Assembl
 y\, visit https://traverseindivisible.org/good-trouble
LOCATION:801 E Front St\, Traverse City\, MI\, 49686\, United States
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