Nick, I'm not sure what you mean by a "wider community." Do you mean those who just blah blah and sit on their asses and not take action to respond to what's happening? The Council chambers were packed last night--standing room only, and hundreds of people standing for hours outside the Council watching on t.v. what was going on inside. The wider activist community were all there.
On Thu, Feb 23, 2017 at 9:23 PM, Nick Thompson <nickthomp...@earthlink.net> wrote: > Merle, > > > > Hence my suggestion that the City may need support from a wider community > sometime in the near future. > > > > Nick > > > > Nicholas S. Thompson > > Emeritus Professor of Psychology and Biology > > Clark University > > http://home.earthlink.net/~nickthompson/naturaldesigns/ > > > > *From:* Friam [mailto:friam-boun...@redfish.com] *On Behalf Of *Merle > Lefkoff > *Sent:* Thursday, February 23, 2017 9:19 PM > *To:* The Friday Morning Applied Complexity Coffee Group < > friam@redfish.com> > *Subject:* Re: [FRIAM] Wow! He did Good! > > > > Yep. He's a comer. Check all the boxes: young, handsome, Hispanic, gay, > ambitious. I was at the City Council meeting last night about the > Sanctuary City resolutions. "Sanctuary City" doesn't protect anyone--it's > just a bandaid to make people feel better and less helpless. ICE can move > in as soon as they have a name. But what DOES help protect immigrants is > directly connected to the policing issue. As soon as an undocumented > immigrant is arrested and booked-- there is no way to stop ICE from picking > them up--their names go immediately to the data base. America is known for > arresting people of color at the drop of a hat, so the fact that Javier has > linked protection to how our local law enforcement behaves is really > important...it goes to the systemic level of intervention. The city, like > all cities in the U.S. is broke, so it's both brave and foolish to face the > risk of losing federal dollars. > > > > On Thu, Feb 23, 2017 at 12:43 PM, Nick Thompson < > nickthomp...@earthlink.net> wrote: > > To the local congregation: > > > > Your Mayor, being firm with NPR’s Robert Siegel. > > > > http://www.npr.org/2017/01/25/511655818/despite-trump- > actions-santa-fe-mayor-vows-to-remain-a-sanctuary-city > > > > To the Diaspora, > > > > If this gets ugly, Santa Fe might need your help. > > > > Nick > > > > > > > > Nicholas S. Thompson > > Emeritus Professor of Psychology and Biology > > Clark University > > http://home.earthlink.net/~nickthompson/naturaldesigns/ > > > > > ============================================================ > FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv > Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College > to unsubscribe http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com > FRIAM-COMIC http://friam-comic.blogspot.com/ by Dr. Strangelove > > > > > > -- > > Merle Lefkoff, Ph.D. > President, Center for Emergent Diplomacy > Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA > merlelef...@gmail.com > mobile: (303) 859-5609 > skype: merle.lelfkoff2 > > ============================================================ > FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv > Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College > to unsubscribe http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com > FRIAM-COMIC http://friam-comic.blogspot.com/ by Dr. Strangelove > -- Merle Lefkoff, Ph.D. President, Center for Emergent Diplomacy Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA merlelef...@gmail.com mobile: (303) 859-5609 skype: merle.lelfkoff2
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