[Lnc-business] Families Belong Together—June 30 Event! -In NOLA

[Starchild]

	Good work, Jess! And thanks for passing the word along, Elizabeth.  According to the link, the protest will be at Lafayette Square (photo attached, if it comes through on this list), across from the Federal Court Building. Looks like a high-visibility location and a great gathering at which to have a Libertarian presence. Let's add it to the convention schedule and make it an official event!

	I wouldn't bother RSVPing on the event website however, since if you do you're (according to them) agreeing to obey all the orders of event security and law enforcement (valid or not). It's a public park, so they can't control who shows up even if they wanted to – and I suspect the local hosts may not care anyway, since the website language is legal boilerplate that apparently appears on all the announcements for the related events happening around the country on June 30.

	For those who may not have been paying attention, this issue of children being taken away from their parents when undocumented migrants are kidnapped upon arriving in the United States is really blowing up in the news. The media also seem to be calling Trump out as a liar more assertively than usual (he's been trying to blame the policy of splitting up families on the Democrats, even though his surrogates have been taking credit for the policy). Apparently one reporter even asked him directly why he was lying (Trump reportedly ignored the question). There was a rally here in San Francisco today attended by hundreds. I couldn't make it down unfortunately, but some good coverage here:  http://www.sfexaminer.com/protesters-call-end-family-separations-rally-outside-sf-ice-offices/

Love & Liberty,
 
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On Jun 19, 2018, at 11:05 PM, Elizabeth Van Horn via Lnc-business wrote:

>   Jess Mears found this "Families Belong Together-Attend a June 30 Event"
>   site. I looked on their map, and see that the event in New Orleans is about
>   five blocks south of the Hyatt Regency.  Within walking distance for
>   many of the LP members who'll be in NOLA for the convention.
> 
>   The event is Saturday, June 30 at 10 a.m. (local time), in NOLA on June
>   30th, will be about five blocks south of the Hyatt Regency.
>   Libertarians that aren't in meetings could go.
>   Here's a link for information:
>   [1]https://www.familiesbelongtogether.org/
>   The NOLA info:
>   [2]https://act.moveon.org/event/families-belong-together/19840/signup/?
>   source=&s=
>   Might be some activism that LP members could do if they're in NOLA on
>   Sat, June 30th, and not in meetings.
> 
>   --
>   Elizabeth Van Horn
>   LNC Region 3 (IN, MI, OH, KY)
>   Secretary Libertarian Party of Madison Co, Indiana
>   LP Social Media Process Review Committee
>   Vice-Chair Libertarian Pragmatist Caucus
>   [3]http://www.lpcaucus.org/
> 
> References
> 
>   1. https://www.familiesbelongtogether.org/
>   2. https://act.moveon.org/event/families-belong-together/19840/signup/?source=&s=
>   3. http://www.lpcaucus.org/