WYOMING – ACLU of Wyoming has partnered with #WyoSayNo campaign to host series of summer events in an effort to stop the proposed Uinta County immigration prison.
As one the country’s largest for-profit private prison companies plans to build an immigration prison in Uinta County, a grassroots coalition is fighting back.
Organizing under the banner of #WyoSayNo, the coalition, led by the American Civil Liberties of Wyoming and Juntos, is launching a series of summer events designed to build community support across the state and around the region to stop the prison’s construction in Uinta County.
The Fiestas de Familias events, the first of which will be held in Casper on Sunday, June 24, will bring together community members to share information about how to fight back against the proposed immigration prison.
“The past few months we have seen a dramatic increase in family separations, detentions, and a growing array of human rights perpetrated by ICE across the country and in Wyoming,” says Sabrina King, policy director for the ACLU of Wyoming. “We have an opportunity here to be part of the movement saying no to family separations and the inhumane private immigration detention system.”
The following community events are scheduled throughout the state:
- June 24, 4 to 6pm
Wyoming Food for Thought Project
900 Saint John St., Casper
- July 1, Noon to 2pm
St Joseph’s Catholic Church
603 House Ave., Cheyenne
- July 11, 5 to 7pm
Gestalt Coffee Shop and Art Gallery
440 W. Park St., Powell
- July 28, 5 to 7pm
Lincoln Community Center
365 W. Grand Ave., Laramie
- 12, 4 to 7pm
Dalbey Park
900 Edwards St., Gillette
- 18, 5 to 7pm
Hamblin Park, Shelter 3
176 Bear River Drive, Evanston
Events are also planned for Cody, Jackson, Salt Lake City and Rock Springs.
