This is a national call for general strike – No work, no school, no shopping. Please only participate if you are safe doing so. SETX Impact Initiative is not directly involved in organizing this initiative. We are only helping to support it in the SETX area.
We are hoping our community will be a part of this too:
Somali and Black student organizations in Minneapolis are calling for a shutdown on Friday, January 30th, after the execution style murder of Alex Pretty by immigration officers. They’re asking people across the country to support the call.
On January 20th, thousands of students across the country walked out to protest ICE terror in our communities, and to demand justice for Renee Nicole Good. Three days later, the people of Minnesota organized a powerful shutdown – No work, no school, no shopping.
This week, after Alex’s murder and while congress is debating giving ICE even more money, it’s time to take the movement to the next level. ICE has kidnapped our neighbors and classmates: they do not make our communities more safe. We demand ICE out for good!
On January 30th we will organize walk-outs and a national general strike across the country and stand in solidarity with immigrant communities in Minnesota and everywhere else.