Their struggle is our struggle.

Please join me and Tracie this Saturday at the 2nd annual FIEL Community Celebration at Bering Memorial United Church of Christ in Montrose (Saturday, November 1, 3-9pm).

Tracie and I plan to be there around 4:30. Event details below. Disclosure: I’ve been working with FIEL as a media consultant since early this year.

If any of you have turned on the local news lately, you know that FIEL and its leader Cesar Espinosa are a constant presence in the morning and evening headlines. That’s because FIEL is a robust advocate for the immigrants — documented and undocumented — who are being disappeared every day from the streets of our city.

The most recent story in the headlines is so tragic that I can’t share it here without shedding tears over my keyboard. Here’s a link to read about this terrifying episode and FIEL’s efforts to mitigate the child’s horrific treatment (he was ultimately forced to self-deport, adding insult to literal injury).

This is just one of the many families that FIEL is helping through advocacy, legal resources, and fundraising.

Please consider donating to FIEL (click here). If you can’t donate, please come out and join us Saturday, or at the very least, please share this post.

FIEL’s work is more vital than ever. And they are facing increasingly daunting challenges posed by the establishment (all I can say here is that there is a new, insidious push to shut FIEL down led by an aggressive political actor in our state).

Please consider giving, please consider volunteering, please consider just being a body at a community celebration. Every gesture of solidarity is meaningful. Thank you.

Let me just say it one more time: please consider giving. Thank you. Their struggle is our struggle.

2nd Annual
FIEL Community Celebration
Saturday, November 1
3-9pm
Bering Memorial United Church of Christ
1440 Harold St. HTX 77006
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Created in 2023, the FIEL Community Fundraiser is an opportunity to bring community together to honor our roots while supporting local BIPOC artists, artisans and small-business owners.

Our mission is to empower these communities who contribute to the beautiful diversity of Houston by providing a safe space to share their talent.

Click here to read more.