Interesting. Thanks for the info, Andrés. Please keep us posted, should you hear any updates.
I've already reached out but have yet to receive a response. That said, I'm sure they're getting swamped with more important emails than mine (e.g., the families affected). On Wed, Jun 20, 2018 at 2:57 PM, Andrés Leopoldo Pacheco Sanfuentes < alps6...@gmail.com> wrote: > You can contact the following organization: > > RAICES > https://www.raicestexas.org/ > They were actually working on an “intake app” not sure how far they went, > with the permanent state of emergency we’re in in Texas regarding refugee > families.. > > Regards / Saludos / Grato > > Andrés Leopoldo Pacheco Sanfuentes > > On Jun 20, 2018, at 4:00 PM, Yosem Companys <ycompa...@gmail.com> wrote: > > That would be awesome! Thanks, Catherine. > > On Wed, Jun 20, 2018 at 1:58 PM, Catherine Forsman <cfors...@gmail.com> > wrote: > >> Thank you for doing this! Let me contact someone I worked with >> volunteering after Karina and who has a lot of knowledge about the >> difficulties of coordinating separated families. The coordination effort is >> quite difficult, but perhaps, even if one child finds their parent, it is >> worth everything. >> >> Crowdsourcing is a very good way to think about it, and also mapping. >> >> Again, let me see if there is any advice I can gather from organizations >> that do this in how it could get off the ground quickly, even if they can >> simply let us know best practices. >> >> warm regards, >> Catherine >> >> On Wed, Jun 20, 2018 at 3:10 PM, Yosem Companys <ycompa...@gmail.com> >> wrote: >> >>> Note that I'm doing this in a personal capacity and NOT representing or >>> speaking for Stanford in any way. >>> >>> This is just to kickoff a conversation... >>> >>> Suzanne has obtained a domain name to host a database to keep track of >>> all of the kids who have been forcibly removed from their parents. We need >>> to track down 10K+ children at 100 shelters in 14 states: >>> http://www.businessinsider.com/children-in-custody-t >>> rump-administration-immigration-zero-tolerance-policy-2018-5. >>> >>> As Suzanne suggests, we need to figure out how not to enable stalkers or >>> deporting authorities while simultaneously helping the children find their >>> parents, and vice versa. Suzanne suggests something along the lines >>> of anonymous lost child posting: If tip gets added, connect to legal >>> services to screen and verify. She also suggests connecting searching >>> parents with legal services and with people who have tips but not involving >>> law enforcement. >>> >>> Christina suggests finding some good coders to scrape names off news >>> articles. There are a lot of names already there. >>> >>> Organizations that could help: >>> >>> - *Southwest key*. Christina says that Southwest key has a database >>> of all of the kids but won't provide the info. Does anyone have a good >>> contact there? >>> - *IRAP*. Lina suggests contacting IRAP: https://refugeerights.org/. >>> Anybody have a contact there? >>> - *ACLU*. Catherine suggests talking to the ACLU. I know we had >>> several ACLU people on Liberationtech but from the tech angle. I don't >>> know >>> whether they're still on the list? >>> - *RAICES*. Candace suggests we talk to RAICES. Anybody have a >>> contact there? >>> >>> I reckon that a massive crowdsourcing effort will be needed. Some >>> crisis mapping might be useful. >>> >>> A question for everyone on Liberationtech and related lists: How does >>> this effort get off the ground quickly? >>> >>> Thanks, >>> Yosem >>> >> >> > -- > Liberationtech is public & archives are searchable on Google. Violations > of list guidelines will get you moderated: https://mailman.stanford.edu/ > mailman/listinfo/liberationtech. Unsubscribe, change to digest, or change > password by emailing the moderator at zakwh...@stanford.edu. > > > -- > Liberationtech is public & archives are searchable on Google. Violations > of list guidelines will get you moderated: https://mailman.stanford.edu/ > mailman/listinfo/liberationtech. Unsubscribe, change to digest, or change > password by emailing the moderator at zakwh...@stanford.edu. >
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