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Welcome to IC4BL! Black Lives Matter! Immigrant Lives Matter!

Welcome to IC4BL! Black Lives Matter! Immigrant Lives Matter!

Welcome to IC4BL! Black Lives Matter! Immigrant Lives Matter!

Welcome to IC4BL! Black Lives Matter! Immigrant Lives Matter!

Welcome to IC4BL! Black Lives Matter! Immigrant Lives Matter!

Welcome to IC4BL! Black Lives Matter! Immigrant Lives Matter!

THIS TUESDAY!!

Tues., July 15, 2025: 1 to 3 p.m.

Baltimore City Hall, 4th Floor City Council Chamber, 100 Holliday St, Baltimore, MD 21202 

Jews United for Justice is asking us to Pack the Room!

Click here for more information and to RSVP!

Hearing Info./JUfJ

JOIN US FOR OUR NEXT RALLY!

Sunday, July 20 at 1:30 pm.

Our next rally will be at the southeast entrance to Patterson Park, at the Intersection of Eastern Avenue and Linwood Avenue in Baltimore City.   Black Lives Matter!  Immigrant Lives Matter!



Related Action for July: the Esperanza Center

 Since 1963, the Esperanza Center, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit, has provided education, health care and immigration legal services, and general community support to thousands of immigrants every year.  In the current political climate, legal assistance with immigration matters is especially critical.  Please consider bringing a check made out to the Esperanza Center, or click on the link below to make an online donation.  Thank you for your support!!


 Legal Services

Attention: Immigration Legal Services (ILS) at Esperanza ILS has resumed consultations for new clients, by appointment only. We are continuing to serve all clients with open cases, and to recruit and train pro bono attorneys. For questions regarding immigration legal services, please call 667-600-2922. 

Immigration Legal Services was founded in 1994 to provide low-cost legal counseling and representation in humanitarian and family-based immigration matters. ILS recruits attorneys, law students, paralegals, and others to volunteer in our office, during business hours, under the supervision of our staff.
ilsinfo@cc-md.org



Los Servicios Legales de Inmigración

Atención: ILS ha reanudado las consultas para nuevos clientes, solo con cita previa. Continuamos atendiendo a todos los clientes con casos abiertos y reclutando y capacitando abogados pro bono. Si tiene preguntas sobre los servicios legales de inmigración, llame al 667-600-2922.

Los Servicios Legales de Inmigración se fundaron en 1994 para brindar asesoría legal y representación a bajo costo en asuntos de inmigración humanitaria y familiar. Como uno de los proveedores de servicios legales de inmigración sin fines de lucro más grandes del estado, atendemos a personas de más de 150 países diferentes que residen en Maryland o tienen casos de inmigración en Maryland. Asistimos a los clientes y sus familiares que buscan obtener, extender o retener el estatus migratorio legal o la ciudadanía en los Estados Unidos.

IlSinfo@cc0md.org


Donate Online to the Esperanza Center

Members of the Catonsville Emergency Assistance  (CEA), IC4BL members, and the Rev. Joslin L. Kearse, (far right) Immanuel United Church of Christ in Catonsville, pose for a picture after collecting the donations to CEA from rally attenders. 

June 2025 Rally

Despite the rain, the fact that it was Father's Day, and the fact that most people were still tired from attending NO KINGS DAY protests the day before, we had a great rally on June 15th in Catonsville.  We were joined by BLM protestors that gather every Sunday at Noon on Frederick Road at that location.  Thank you for staying to rally with us!!

Need a Flyer for the July Rally?

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Why We Rally

The administration's signature legislation, signed on July 4th, provides for 45 billion dollars for immigration detention facilities and 30 billion dollars to hire more ICE agents. (https://www.npr.org/2025/07/03/g-s1-75609/big-beautiful-bill-ice-funding-immigration)

This unprecedented increase in funding makes ICE the single largest federal law enforcement agency in US history.

(https://www.democracynow.org/2025/7/2/trump_budget_bill_ice_immigration_enforcement)

The bill cut one trillion dollars in spending on Medicaid for low income families and gives one trillion in tax giveaways to the richest one percent of Americans.  

(https://www.americanprogress.org/article/1-trillion-in-medicaid-cuts-1-trillion-in-tax-giveaways-for-the-richest-1-percent-the-one-big-beautiful-bills-budget-math/)


Earlier in 2025, the federal government froze or cut almost one billion dollars in federal funding to food banks.  In March 2025, the administration terminated the funding for the Local Food Purchase Assistance (LFPA) Cooperative Agreements program which provided states with money to purchase food from local farmers to distribute to hungry families through charitable organizations. 

(https://www.americanprogress.org/article/the-one-big-beautiful-bills-snap-cuts-would-strain-food-banks-amid-rising-food-insecurity/)

The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) has always been fully funded by the federal government but will now start shifting the costs to States.  Also, able-bodied people aged 18-54 must work to receive SNAP benefits but under the signed bill, the age has been expanded to 64.  

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/whats-in-trump-big-beautiful-bill-senate-version/

About IC4BL

Stay Tuned: School Supply Drive

In August, we will not be holding a Rally but we WILL BE COLLECTING new school supplies for youth centers on the east and west side of Baltimore and a public school in south Baltimore.  If you'd prefer to bring a check or cash to the July Rally, we'd be happy to shop the Back-to-School supply sales for you.

From July 21 to August 29 you can also drop off donations at Stony Run Friends Meeting -- more details coming soon!

Our families in Baltimore City are facing rising costs and school supplies are also becoming more expensive.  We appreciate your support!

Olivia Lomax and Turner Station

Many of us know Olivia Lomax as the guiding force at Our Community Serving Others, a food pantry in historic Turner Station run by St. Matthew UMC.  Turner Station in Baltimore County was the home of the largest African-American community when redlining prevented Black families from living in Dundalk.  But, did you know that Ms. Lomax and her granddaughter are also involved in addressing climate change in their community?   Watch this wonderful movie produced by the Nature Conservancy highlighting what Ms. Lomax is doing to improve the resiliency of her community for generations to come!

Video

Check out this great video of our partner, Olivia Lomax from Turner Station!!

All Lives Can't Matter Until Black Lives Matter!

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