100 Residents Gathered For Tri-Valley Immigration Forum

LIVERMORE, CA — About 100 residents gathered at St. Charles Borromeo Catholic Church in Livermore for an immigration forum on Sunday afternoon. Organizers said the forum was intended to educate the community about a “broken immigration policy and to keep pressure on the administration to reunite all the families separated.”

The event was hosted by the Livermore Indivisible Immigration Group and OFA East Bay Central Chapter, and co-sponsored by La Familia and St Charles Catholic Church Social Concerns.

The panel of speakers included: Political Director Lourdes Martinez, Mujeres Unidas y Activas (MUA), Anne Carrabino, co-founder and lead consultant of the East Oakland Youth Alliance, Guadalupe Barratino, La Familia y Cultera y Bienestar, and Lilia Lara, a volunteer for the National Center of Missing and Exploited Children.

At closing, the organizers asked audiences to donate to help reunite families both at the borders and for those who detained at West County Detention Facility in Richmond. The event raised $400, which was donated to the West County Detention Facility Community Fund.

Photos courtesy Organizing for Action East Bay Central

Photo 1: Lupira Barratino, adult mental health educator facilitated the panel discussion

Photo 2: Organizers of Livermore Indivisible Immigration group and OFA East Bay Central along with speakers after the forum.