Migrant and Immigrant Community Action Project- MICA Project

Hospitals, restaurants, music, science, art — the fingerprints of immigrants are everywhere. This National Immigrant Heritage Month, we don't just say thank you. We say: we see you, we honor you, and we celebrate everything you've given this world.

Tag someone whose heritage deserves to be celebrated.

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Hospitales, restaurantes, música, ciencia, arte — la huella de los inmigrantes está en todas partes. Este Mes del Patrimonio Inmigrante no solo decimos gracias. Decimos: los vemos, los honramos y celebramos todo lo que han dado al mundo.

Etiqueta a alguien cuyo legado merece ser celebrado.

Standing in solidarity with our refugee
neighbors today and every day. Compassion has no
borders.

En solidaridad con nuestros vecinos refugiados hoy y
todos los días. La compasión no tiene fronteras.

June 19, 1865 marks the day when enslaved people in Galveston, Texas finally learned they were free .

2.5 years after the emancipation proclamation.

The emancipation proclamation was issued January 1, 1863, but it wasn’t enforced in Texas until Union troops arrived on June 19th 1865.

Juneteenth honors black resilience, freedom, and the ongoing fight for justice and equality.
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19 de junio de 1865 marca el día en que las personas esclavizadas en Galveston, Texas, finalmente se enteraron de que eran libres.

2.5 años después de la Proclamación de Emancipación.

La Proclamación de Emancipación se emitió el 1 de enero de 1863, pero no se realizo completamente en Texas hasta que las tropas de la Unión llegaron el 19 de junio de 1865.

Juneteenth honra la resiliencia de la comunidad negra, la libertad y la lucha continua por la justicia y la igualdad.

This year we're celebrating AND we're fighting — and we think Pride wouldn't have it any other way. Join us on Sunday, June 28th from 11:30 am to 1:30 pm to picket STL corporate pride. Enterprise will be there, and we are demanding that they stop renting cars to ICE. Sign-up link in comments.

Did you know that Enterprise Mobility Headquarters is based right here in St. Louis?
Join us Sunday, June 28th from 11:30 am to 1:30 pm to demand that they stop renting cars to ICE! Sign up with link in comments below!

Regulatory Resistance is today!
Learn about the importance of the Recognition and Accreditation Program and then tell your Congressional Representative to protect the R&A program! This event is a rolling event, so feel free to pop in when you can to talk to MICA Project A&R Reps and draft your letter. Location shared after registration. Sign up at https://bit.ly/ProtectRA.

📣Join MICA Project for another session of Regulatory Resistance!
Learn about the importance of the Recognition and Accreditation Program and then tell your Congressional Representative to protect the R&A program! This event is a rolling event, so feel free to pop in when you can to talk to MICA Project A&R Reps and draft your letter. Location shared after registration.

Sign up at https://bit.ly/ProtectRA or through the link in our bio.

This past weekend, our community defense neighborhood groups got together to spend some time in community and to share all the work they've been doing to protect their neighbors. From getting Flock out of their neighborhoods to getting local schools to adopt a safety plan, these groups have carried community defense work in our region forward.

It is not a coincidence that the most powerful community defense networks are built block by block. The neighborhood is central to political, social, and civic life, and these groups remind us of that.

Not yet connected to your neighborhood group? Send us a DM!
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El fin de semana pasado, nuestros grupos vecinales de defensa comunitaria se reunieron para pasar un tiempo juntos y compartir todo el trabajo que han estado realizando para proteger a sus vecinos. Desde lograr la expulsión de Flock de sus barrios hasta conseguir que las escuelas locales adopten un plan de seguridad, estos grupos han impulsado la labor de defensa comunitaria en nuestra región.

No es casualidad que las redes de defensa comunitaria más poderosas se construyan cuadra por cuadra. El vecindario ocupa un lugar central en la vida política, social y cívica, y estos grupos nos lo recuerdan.

¿Aún no te has conectado con tu grupo vecinal? ¡Envíanos un mensaje directo!

As AANHPI Heritage Month comes to a close, we're holding deep gratitude for the Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander communities we have the honor of serving and standing alongside.

This month — and every month — we're fighting for AANHPI immigrants who deserve to be seen, heard, and represented. That work is the point.

Thank you to every person who has let us be part of their story ❤

Last night Harmony hosted MICA Project’s strategy meeting to make our neighborhoods safe and welcoming for everyone. By the end of meeting, concrete plans were made for locations in the city, county and St. Charles. Exciting to see how the Spirit of justice moves amongst the people. Want to shape positive change in your neighborhood? Contact MICA Project to see how you can get plugged in.

Last Thursday, MICA & ACLU of Missouri held a strategy meeting for our Ending Police-to-ICE Pipeline Campaign!

Attendees were connected with other people from their neighborhoods and left with concrete plans of action to end police collaboration with ICE in their community.

If you’re interested in getting involved in our Ending Police-to-ICE Pipeline Campaign and joining a working group, please reach out to [email protected]