Yesterday, a Minneapolis mother, Renee Nicole Good, was shot and killed by ICE agents while legally observing the action being taken against her neighbors. We know now that Renee was a queer woman and her current partner witnessed her murder. While immigration issues are not normally within COLAGE’s scope of advocacy, it is beyond clear that the presence of ICE in our neighborhoods poses a danger to the well-being of children and their families. That well-being is firmly a part of our mission. On behalf of COLAGE, I join with so many COLAGErs in solidarity with immigrant communities and specifically those in Minneapolis during these difficult times.
In his Letter from Birmingham Jail, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. wrote, “Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere. We are caught in an inescapable network of mutuality, tied in a single garment of destiny.” These issues affect all of us and we must remain strong together.
I share my deepest condolences with the Good family, and especially Renee’s children.
In love and solidarity,
Jordan Wilson