Movimiento Cosecha
Grand Rapids Community Foundation y las organizaciones locales de liderazgo Latinx lanzan el Fondo La Lucha para familias indocumentadas y de estatus mixto afectadas por la pandemia de COVID-19
by (The Rapidian)
Submitted 04-24-2020 under NEWS
La organización Grand Rapids Community Foundation (GRCF) anunció hoy, 23 de abril, el lanzamiento de una nueva respuesta de emergencia a la pandemia de COVID-19, La Lucha Fund, que apoyará a familias indocumentadas y de estado mixto en el Condado de...
Cosecha GR at Sheriff's retirement party: Protesters believe Stelma leaves legacy of shame with ICE contract new Sheriff must repair
by (Movimiento Cose...)
Submitted 10-15-2018 under NONPROFITS
Last Friday, during a chilly October evening, 12 to 15 members of Movimiento Cosecha GR and GR Rapid Response to ICE gathered outside of Noto's Old World Italian Dining in Cascade on the public sidewalk. They held signs that said "Stelma...
Concerned community members speak at Kent County Commission Public Comment
by (Movimiento Cose...)
Submitted 10-12-2018 under NONPROFITS
After over three months of appeals to the Sheriff and the Kent County Commissioners, there has been no action by Kent County’s elected officials to end the unnecessary and violent contract with ICE. GR Rapid Response to ICE receives...
Pilgrimage: Undocumented immigrants, allies walk, dance, chant from Grand Rapids to Lansing to demand driver's licenses for all
by (Movimiento Cose...)
Submitted 10-12-2018 under NONPROFITS
Sylvia, who wishes to keep her last name off the record, has implants in her hips. And yet from October 5-9, she walked over 65 miles from her home in Grand Rapids to the steps of the State Capitol in Lansing with others from Movimiento Cosecha to...
Backlash to Cosecha disruption at ArtPrize showcases problem with typical 'West Michigan nice'
by (Movimiento Cose...)
Submitted 09-25-2018 under NONPROFITS
Complicity with ICE by Kent CountyIn the last three months, organizers from Movimiento Cosecha GR and Grand Rapid Rapid Response to ICE have worked in partnership on a campaign to #EndTheContract between Kent County and Immigration and Customs...
Immigrant tells the story of their journey with a poem
by (arcarpenter)
Submitted 04-24-2018 under VOICES
From Saturday, April 28 to Tuesday, May 1, 2018 Movimiento Cosecha GR will be calling for a four-day Puente, a strike and boycott to show the power of immigrants in the West Michigan economy. To highlight one of the stories from area immigrants,...
Movimiento Cosecha plans people's march and other actions to fight for immigrant justice
by (arcarpenter)
Submitted 04-24-2018 under NEWS
Many have heard of Movimiento Cosecha GR - translated to The Harvest Movement - an immigrant justice movement that is rising in West Michigan. In a short 14 months, this collection of local grassroots organizers has highlighted the lives and...