Minnesotans carrying the Stolen Neighbors Quilt in the MN State Capitol 💔 💛
each square represents a person ICE took
Stolen Neighbors Quilt honors Minnesotans detained by federal immigration enforcement
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@inquiline Thanks for posting this. I downloaded the video & added subtitles. Saint Paul, MN – Dozens gathered at the Minnesota State Capitol on Tuesday, September 22 to unveil the MN Stolen Neighbors Quilt. More than 150 people labored over six months to sew together 12,500 quilt squares – each square representing a Minnesota immigrant taken by ICE from the start of the second Trump term to the end of Operation Metro Surge. Since March, ICE has abducted more than 900 Minnesotans and counting.”
@inquiline I wrote a thread about it because I was surprised how silent US media were about the event. Or silenced?
And Google is hiding even the links of WCCO Radio and MSN! https://mastodon.online/@NatureMC/117332603418945893
Again thanks for the link!
thank you for sharing this info--but how appalling that Google is suppressing where you are
@inquiline It is heartbreaking but #CraftivistSolidarity at its best!
@inquiline OMF this is huge! We in the EU read about this and feel for the American people, between those horrors and the tax inequality it is really time for a revolution.
@inquiline I sent myself the link to watch tomorrow when I can play the sound; hope I have the strength get through the video without crying
it hit me *really* hard too. i'm glad people have this medium or lexicon to communicate with--but it is devastating
@inquiline @blogdiva Shocking. And this is not even a year count!
Here's a hyperlocal writeup from one of the organizers of the MN Stolen Neighbors Quilt Project. The YouTube link I shared above was a clip posted by Minnesota Public Radio, btw. (I'm always mindful of provenance when I share *and* hearing that Google is suppressing links about this quilt project) (see recent boosts)
https://fightbacknews.org/articles/giant-community-made-mn-stolen-neighbors-quilt-unveiled-at-the-state-capitol
#MNastodon #uspol #ICEprotests #StolenNeighborsQuilt