On our first episode, we talk with immigrant-rights activist Ravi Ragbir and his partner Amy Gottlieb, about not only their current organizing to stop Ravi’s deportation, but how they stay centered and support each other. Ravi is the Executive Director of the New Sanctuary Coalition, and Amy is an Associate Regional Director for the American Friends Service Committee. Ravi has been fighting his own deportation order since 2006, and was recently detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement following a regularly scheduled check-in. To find out more about what you can do to support Ravi and immigrant rights generally, please visit http://istandwithravi.org and http://newsanctuarynyc.org.

2018

Episode 1: Fighting ICE’s State Repression: Interview with Ravi Ragbir and Amy Gottlieb

On Episode 21 of "The Activist Files," Center for Constitutional Rights Senior Staff Attorney Darius Charney speaks with Anthonine Pierre of the Brooklyn Movement Center and Marielle Shavonne Smith of Black Love Resists in the Rust, two leaders of Black-led grassroots organizations doing critical racial justice work on opposite ends of New York State. They discuss the strong similarities in police abuses happening in New York City and in Buffalo, their work to divest from harmful institutions and instead invest funds into their communities, the need for further transparency about and accountability for police misconduct, and how action from New York’s legislators and Attorney General could address these issues.

Episode 21: Brooklyn to Buffalo - Resisting Discriminatory Policing in New York

The Activist Files is a podcast by the Center for Constitutional Rights where we feature the stories of people on the front lines fighting for social justice, including activists, lawyers, and storytellers.

Episode 21: Brooklyn to Buffalo - Resisting Discriminatory Policing in New York

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