Vigil at Hutto Prison, December 16th

The next vigil in support of the families detained in Hutto will be held Sunday, December 16th. It will mark exactly one year since the first vigil calling attention to this travesty. Everyone is encouraged to attend.

(Click here to download PDF version of the flyer to the right (appropriate for small handbills) or here for a more informative version of the flyer. Also available is a brochure outlining the arguments against Hutto and family detention. It contains all the information on the vigil. Please copy and distribute widely.)

Schedule of Events:

Pre-Vigil:
2:00pm- Walk From Heritage Park in Downtown Taylor (4th & Main) to T. Don Hutto Prison
3:00pm- Gather at T. Don Hutto (1001 Welch) for protest, music and chants.

Vigil Events:
4:00pm - Program with various speakers focusing on the immoral detention of families.
5:00pm- Candlelight Vigil and silent remembrance supporting families in detention.

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We invite everyone with an interest in human rights to come and mark the first anniversary of our T. Don Hutto protests with a candle light vigil. A coalition of individuals and groups opposing the illegal and immoral detention of immigrant families with children at the T. Don Hutto detention center in Taylor, Texas, will gather to mark our first year of protests opposing the detention of families and International Migrants Day.

Se invita a todos con interes a los derechos humanos que vengan a notar el primer aniversario de los protestas contra T. Don Hutto con una vigilio con velas. Una coalicion de individuos y grupos opuestos a la ilegal e inmoral detencion de familias de inmigrantes con hijos estan en detencion en el centro, T. Don Hutto se juntan para notar nuestro primer año de protestas contra la detencion de familias y el dia internacional de migrantes.

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Sponsored by: PODER, Texans United For Families, Cesar E. Chavez March for Justice, Free the Children Coalition, Texas Indigenous Council, MADRES, LULAC District 7, Brown Berets of San Antonio, Tx, Southwest Workers Union, CAFHTA, Fuerza Unida.

For more information, contact:
Jose Orta (512) 365-2143 (Taylor) orta_jose[at]hotmail.com
Bob Libal (512) 971-0487 (Austin) boblibal[at]gmail.com
Antonio Diaz (210) 396-9805 (San Antonio) texasindigenouscouncil[at]yahoo.com
Jina Gaytan (210) 884-8597 (San Antonio)


For informations on caravans to the Vigil:
From San Antonio, contact the LULAC National office at (210) 733-5454.
From Dallas, contact Beth beth.freed[at]sbcglobal.net or (214)684.3773

(The Dallas Caravan of Care Part Dos will leave on Sunday, Dec. 16 at 10 a.m. We will most likely return to Dallas between 9 and 10 p.m. Children are welcome and encouraged to participate in this civic duty.
Please meet at the Islamic Center of Irving, 2555 Esters Rd. in Irving. Click here for a map.)

From Austin: The caravans meet at the LBJ School's parking lot at the southwest corner of Red River and Dean Keaton. Caravans will be departing at 1pm and 3pm. The 1pm caravan will get you there in time for the walk, and the 3pm caravan will get you there in time for the vigil from 4-6pm. Everyone should be able to be back to austin by 7pm.

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