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Dear friend,
As more Americans are coming to see and know this death-dealing system for what it is, the window is opening for real, systemic change.
Many of our leaders are in the street bearing witness to the hurt, despair, and death that is all too common in this moment. We see a society of plenty and security reflected in their actions.
In this letter:
* Call To Action: Paper Doll Campaign to Free Families, NYS Nurses Strike
* In The News: Why Young Organizers, SNAP Work Requirements, Birmingham ICE Vigil, & Faith Leaders Demanding ICE OUT!
In hope and solidarity,
The Kairos Team
** Paper Doll Campaign to Free Families
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Across the country, ICE is ripping children away from their communities and detaining them alongside their parents. In March of 2025, the administration reopened the South Texas Family Residential Center (also known as “Dilley”) in rural Dilley, TX. This is the center where 5-year-old Liam Ramos is currently being detained after ICE agents took him and his father from their home in Minnesota, 1,200 miles away.
Conditions in Dilley are horrific. Families lack access to clean drinking water, nutritious food, and basic medical care, all posing serious health risks. Children’s chronic medical conditions, acute illnesses, and injuries are being overlooked or ignored. Studies have consistently shown that placing children in detention, under any conditions, is traumatic and creates long-lasting harm, such as developmental delays, anxiety, depression, post-traumatic stress disorder, and suicidal thoughts.
Here’s how you can help:
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** Support NYSNA Strikes
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Rev. Dr. Letiah Fraser offers a prayer at a NYSNA strike.
On Monday, Jan. 12th, nearly 15,000 NYC private sector nurses went on strike to protect patient and nurse safety! For months, nurses have been bargaining for fair contracts, but management has refused to settle fair contracts that include enforceable safe staffing ratios, guaranteed healthcare benefits for frontline nurses, and protections from workplace violence.
You can support nurses in their fight for the fair contracts that New York’s nurses and patients deserve.
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Portside: Can the Young Wrest This Nation from the Clutches of Full-Throated Authoritarianism?
Rev. Dr. Liz Theoharis and Sam Theoharis argue for the concerted cultivation of Gen Z/Gen Alpha movement leaders. “Despite a seemingly endless barrage of think pieces bemoaning the fickleness and apathy of the young, teenagers and young adults have been at the forefront of every significant struggle of this moment.”
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USA Today: New SNAP Work Requirements Are Coming On Feb. 1. What To Know.
A new article highlighting the expected effects of the SNAP work requirements features the words of Shailly Gupta Barns, Kairos’s director of policy and research.
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WBHM: Birmingham faith leaders lead community in vigil in response to ICE actions in Minnesota.
Last week several Kairos staff joined a powerful demonstration commemorating the lives of those killed by ICE in Birmingham, AL.
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The Presbyterian Outlook: Faith leaders gather in Washington, D.C. To Urge Senate Vote Against DHS Funding.
Min. Ciara Taylor and Rev. Dr. Theoharis joined hundreds of faith leaders in DC last week to demand no funding for ICE.
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