Name: Rick Hoover, RV park owner: #Radiostory by @LizWason by WorkingNow
Duration: 5 min 6 s
Description: Rick is well aware that sometimes a detour works its way into the itinerary. Via twists and turns over the years, he has played baseball in the minor league, worked with a Fortune 500 company as a plant manager, and now owns an RV campground in New Mexico. Here's part of his story (produced by <a href="https://lizwason.wordpress.com" target=blank">Liz Wason</a>).

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

Activists Share Their Self-Care Tips at Netroots Nation 2018

On Thursday, October 25, 2018, the New Sanctuary Coalition and NYU Immigrant Rights Clinic held a teach-in about the First Amendment rights of immigrants who speak out against the injustices and inhumanity of our immigration system. Hosted at a Brooklyn church founded as a “temple of abolition” against slavery, the teach-in was held in anticipation of an upcoming First Amendment case, Ragbir v. Homan, that was heard in the Circuit Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit on Monday, October 29. The plaintiffs of Ragbir v. Homan seek, among other things, a court order restraining the government from deporting and otherwise targeting immigrant activists based on their protected political speech. Thursday’s teach-in unpacked immigrants’ constitutional right to free speech, even as the government lashes out against immigrant rights leaders and activists. Ragbir v. Homan was filed by nationally recognized immigrant rights activist Ravi Ragbir, along with immigrant rights organizations New Sanctuary Coalition, CASA, Detention Watch Network, National Immigration Project of the National Lawyers Guild, and the New York Immigration Coalition (the “plaintiffs”).

Rev. Kaji Douša at First Amendment Teach In

Ramya Krishnan is Staff Attorney at The Knight First Amendment Institute at Columbia University. On Thursday, October 25, 2018, the New Sanctuary Coalition and NYU Immigrant Rights Clinic held a teach-in about the First Amendment rights of immigrants who speak out against the injustices and inhumanity of our immigration system. Hosted at a Brooklyn church founded as a “temple of abolition” against slavery, the teach-in was held in anticipation of an upcoming First Amendment case, Ragbir v. Homan, that was heard in the Circuit Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit on Monday, October 29. The plaintiffs of Ragbir v. Homan seek, among other things, a court order restraining the government from deporting and otherwise targeting immigrant activists based on their protected political speech. Thursday’s teach-in unpacked immigrants’ constitutional right to free speech, even as the government lashes out against immigrant rights leaders and activists. Ragbir v. Homan was filed by nationally recognized immigrant rights activist Ravi Ragbir, along with immigrant rights organizations New Sanctuary Coalition, CASA, Detention Watch Network, National Immigration Project of the National Lawyers Guild, and the New York Immigration Coalition (the “plaintiffs”).

Ramya Krishnan at First Amendment Teach In

Clip from Dec. 22, 2018 episode "The Art of the Gift" https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/w3cswp71

BBC Cultural Frontline segment "New Amsterdam Musical Association"

Rick is well aware that sometimes a detour works its way into the itinerary. Via twists and turns over the years, he has played baseball in the minor league, worked with a Fortune 500 company as a plant manager, and now owns an RV campground in New Mexico. Here's part of his story (produced by <a href="https://lizwason.wordpress.com" target=blank">Liz Wason</a>). 

Rick Hoover, RV park owner: #Radiostory by @LizWason

Today, thanks to the internet, we’re not so alone during our lives in lockdown. Numerous international art projects are harnessing the crowdsourcing power of the internet to curate art about life in quarantine.

PRI's The World: Quarantine projects curate pandemic-inspired art

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