Marcelo Hernandez Castillo
@marcelohcastillo.bsky.social
Undocupoets co-founder author of📚Cenzontle (BOA Editions) 📚Children of the Land (Harper Collins) & Co-Editor 📚Here To Stay: Poetry and Prose from the Undocumented Diaspora (Harper Collins)
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With affordable childcare hard to find, Head Start helps parents work, pursue education, and build better futures for their families.
We're suing to stop President Trump's dismantling of this essential program.
We're suing to stop President Trump's dismantling of this essential program.
Can Head Start Survive the MAGA Era?
A sixty-year consensus on the War on Poverty program is at risk of finally coming undone.
www.newyorker.com
May 14, 2025 at 11:27 PM
With affordable childcare hard to find, Head Start helps parents work, pursue education, and build better futures for their families.
We're suing to stop President Trump's dismantling of this essential program.
We're suing to stop President Trump's dismantling of this essential program.
Now while he and his ilk are abroad would be a great time to arrest him and take him to The Hague.
May 15, 2025 at 12:40 AM
Now while he and his ilk are abroad would be a great time to arrest him and take him to The Hague.
I’d be lying if I said it wasn’t hard to wake up and be hopeful. But I woke up, and I still have the rest of the day to be hopeful.
April 10, 2025 at 2:36 PM
I’d be lying if I said it wasn’t hard to wake up and be hopeful. But I woke up, and I still have the rest of the day to be hopeful.
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I refuse to let the next 4 years ruin the time I have here.
I will have joy.
I will laugh.
I will rest.
I will dance.
I will sing.
I will spend time with folks I love.
I will find ways I can help my community.
I will find the beauty.
I will hold on to peace.
I will live.
I will have joy.
I will have joy.
I will laugh.
I will rest.
I will dance.
I will sing.
I will spend time with folks I love.
I will find ways I can help my community.
I will find the beauty.
I will hold on to peace.
I will live.
I will have joy.
January 31, 2025 at 4:08 PM
I refuse to let the next 4 years ruin the time I have here.
I will have joy.
I will laugh.
I will rest.
I will dance.
I will sing.
I will spend time with folks I love.
I will find ways I can help my community.
I will find the beauty.
I will hold on to peace.
I will live.
I will have joy.
I will have joy.
I will laugh.
I will rest.
I will dance.
I will sing.
I will spend time with folks I love.
I will find ways I can help my community.
I will find the beauty.
I will hold on to peace.
I will live.
I will have joy.
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It is simply not enough for universities to say, “Our grants & research offices are looking into how research will be affected by the latest directive.”
University leaders must actively and very publicly make the case for the kind of work many of us do. The silence on this front is deafening.
University leaders must actively and very publicly make the case for the kind of work many of us do. The silence on this front is deafening.
January 31, 2025 at 3:16 AM
It is simply not enough for universities to say, “Our grants & research offices are looking into how research will be affected by the latest directive.”
University leaders must actively and very publicly make the case for the kind of work many of us do. The silence on this front is deafening.
University leaders must actively and very publicly make the case for the kind of work many of us do. The silence on this front is deafening.
This is the longest January I can remember and it’s still not over.
January 31, 2025 at 7:37 PM
This is the longest January I can remember and it’s still not over.
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Sharing some resources compiled by @caasanfrancisco.bsky.social, a civil rights org based in San Francisco Chinatown that I work with. There's Know Your Rights info, numbers for Bay Area immigration hotlines, links to legal resources, & more in both English & Chinese.
了解您的权利：如果 ICE 来到您家或社区，您有什么权利？
了解您的权利：如果 ICE 来到您家或社区，您有什么权利？
Resources for Immigrant Communities in 2025
Latest Immigration Updates:
中文版本，请点这
Know Your Rights
Legal Resources
Immigration Court Quick Facts
Click or Scroll Down
...
caasf.org
January 31, 2025 at 5:32 PM
Sharing some resources compiled by @caasanfrancisco.bsky.social, a civil rights org based in San Francisco Chinatown that I work with. There's Know Your Rights info, numbers for Bay Area immigration hotlines, links to legal resources, & more in both English & Chinese.
了解您的权利：如果 ICE 来到您家或社区，您有什么权利？
了解您的权利：如果 ICE 来到您家或社区，您有什么权利？
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I've heard a number of people say, "I live in a safe blue district/state--there's no point in calling my reps since they're already on the right side." Yes, there is: You can call and insist that they be among the loudest voices on the issues you care about, since they can afford to be.
January 31, 2025 at 1:52 AM
I've heard a number of people say, "I live in a safe blue district/state--there's no point in calling my reps since they're already on the right side." Yes, there is: You can call and insist that they be among the loudest voices on the issues you care about, since they can afford to be.
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If you live in Wisconsin, you need to get involved with Susan Crawford's campaign now.
Far-right activists have been talking about this race since November.
If you live out of state, consider phone banking for crawford or throwing dough to her campaign or grassroots groups organizing for her.
Far-right activists have been talking about this race since November.
If you live out of state, consider phone banking for crawford or throwing dough to her campaign or grassroots groups organizing for her.
A reminder that there's a big state supreme court race in Wisconsin coming up April 1st.
It's between a progressive who has defended planned parenthood in court, and Wisconsin's former AG who supports archaic abortion laws.
Guess which one Musk is supporting?
www.jsonline.com/story/news/p...
It's between a progressive who has defended planned parenthood in court, and Wisconsin's former AG who supports archaic abortion laws.
Guess which one Musk is supporting?
www.jsonline.com/story/news/p...
January 29, 2025 at 5:19 PM
If you live in Wisconsin, you need to get involved with Susan Crawford's campaign now.
Far-right activists have been talking about this race since November.
If you live out of state, consider phone banking for crawford or throwing dough to her campaign or grassroots groups organizing for her.
Far-right activists have been talking about this race since November.
If you live out of state, consider phone banking for crawford or throwing dough to her campaign or grassroots groups organizing for her.
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January 28, 2025 at 11:36 PM
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if you don't know what to do right now, consider doing what Mr Cait did yesterday: calling your government officials and leaving 5 minute long voicemails calling them pathetic cowards
January 30, 2025 at 12:32 PM
if you don't know what to do right now, consider doing what Mr Cait did yesterday: calling your government officials and leaving 5 minute long voicemails calling them pathetic cowards
He doesn’t have the authority. full stop. doesn’t mean he won’t try everything or that irreparable damage won’t come of it even if it’s held up in courts or upended. they’re hoping we concede 1 defeat out of1000 hateful orders they vomit and that we’ll call that a victory, 99.99% No. Concede nothing
January 30, 2025 at 5:16 PM
He doesn’t have the authority. full stop. doesn’t mean he won’t try everything or that irreparable damage won’t come of it even if it’s held up in courts or upended. they’re hoping we concede 1 defeat out of1000 hateful orders they vomit and that we’ll call that a victory, 99.99% No. Concede nothing
Fight the chaos burnout: pick one thing, focus on that, support others who picked a different thing, then switch in due time. take a deep breath in between
January 30, 2025 at 5:08 PM
Fight the chaos burnout: pick one thing, focus on that, support others who picked a different thing, then switch in due time. take a deep breath in between
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Join us today at 8 PM EST for our Know Your Rights training to learn how you can protect immigrant communities facing the threat of mass deportation.
1/30 Know Your Rights Training: Mass Deportation
Take action with ACLU People Power!
act.aclu.org
January 30, 2025 at 3:54 PM
Join us today at 8 PM EST for our Know Your Rights training to learn how you can protect immigrant communities facing the threat of mass deportation.
If you work for a school, email admin to demand they protect their vulnerable students AND demand they write to their superiors. Then write to those higher ups AND demand that they too write to their superiors, and so on and so on. It will get to the top.
January 30, 2025 at 4:42 PM
If you work for a school, email admin to demand they protect their vulnerable students AND demand they write to their superiors. Then write to those higher ups AND demand that they too write to their superiors, and so on and so on. It will get to the top.
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i watched literally TWENTY CALLS change an issue from 2-5 to 5-2 at city council one day.
I recently reposted a former congressional staffer who said that when an issue got 20-30 calls it would get representatives freaked out and ready to do something. It takes less than you’d think, because so few people actually take that kind of action
January 30, 2025 at 3:11 AM
i watched literally TWENTY CALLS change an issue from 2-5 to 5-2 at city council one day.
Make their lives INCREDIBLY difficult. flood their phones, inboxes, mail rooms. slow their gears
i watched literally TWENTY CALLS change an issue from 2-5 to 5-2 at city council one day.
I recently reposted a former congressional staffer who said that when an issue got 20-30 calls it would get representatives freaked out and ready to do something. It takes less than you’d think, because so few people actually take that kind of action
January 30, 2025 at 4:40 PM
Make their lives INCREDIBLY difficult. flood their phones, inboxes, mail rooms. slow their gears
Keep pushing back.
Worth remembering that it was a coup attempt--an attempt to steal Congress's powers and turn the presidency into a dictatorship--and that pushing back mattered. Thanks to everyone who raised a ruckus....
January 30, 2025 at 4:32 PM
Keep pushing back.
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Do you know why a president would do all the most evil and heinous shit via Executive Order? Because his party can't easily make it law. And if they can't make it law, they can't make it last.
Don't let anyone make you feel like this is The End. Do not let them demoralize you. Live to see them die.
Don't let anyone make you feel like this is The End. Do not let them demoralize you. Live to see them die.
January 29, 2025 at 12:01 AM
Do you know why a president would do all the most evil and heinous shit via Executive Order? Because his party can't easily make it law. And if they can't make it law, they can't make it last.
Don't let anyone make you feel like this is The End. Do not let them demoralize you. Live to see them die.
Don't let anyone make you feel like this is The End. Do not let them demoralize you. Live to see them die.
@oliverbaezbendorf.bsky.social So happy for you!
We're excited to announce the shortlist for the 2024 NBCC Award for Poetry! Congratulations to all of the finalists.
January 23, 2025 at 6:52 PM
@oliverbaezbendorf.bsky.social So happy for you!
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Great read. I’ve been blown away by the incredible organizing in Chicago over the years to fight deportations and detention expansion. Lots to learn from their efforts and how they are preparing now.
As Trump threatens Chicago, organizers are bracing for raids but also hopeful that a vast suite of local protections and community trainings can limit the scale of deportations.
NEW in Bolts: boltsmag.org/chicago...
NEW in Bolts: boltsmag.org/chicago...
How Chicago’s Immigrant Rights Groups Plan to Hold the Line on Sanctuary Policies
As Trump threatens Chicago, organizers are bracing for raids but also hopeful that a vast suite of local protections and community trainings can limit the scale of deportations.
boltsmag.org
January 23, 2025 at 4:49 PM
Great read. I’ve been blown away by the incredible organizing in Chicago over the years to fight deportations and detention expansion. Lots to learn from their efforts and how they are preparing now.
Judge John Coughenour has blocked that fascist from implementing the executive order to end birthright citizenship.
January 23, 2025 at 6:39 PM
Judge John Coughenour has blocked that fascist from implementing the executive order to end birthright citizenship.
If you’re in DC tomorrow come see Janine Joseph in conversación with Kyle Dargan at the Hill Center. www.hillcenterdc.org/event/the-li...
The Life of a Poet Featuring Celebrated Poet and Librettist Janine Joseph in Conversation with Poet/Editor Kyle Dargan
Established in 2013, The Life of a Poet is a quarterly series of in-depth literary conversations. The series offers a rare opportunity to consider a writer’s entire career and explore the major events...
www.hillcenterdc.org
January 23, 2025 at 2:09 AM
If you’re in DC tomorrow come see Janine Joseph in conversación with Kyle Dargan at the Hill Center. www.hillcenterdc.org/event/the-li...
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This is a great piece.
"As deportations ramp up again, we have a choice: We can watch as our neighbors disappear or we can build on these proven strategies to protect the diverse communities we've built together."
"As deportations ramp up again, we have a choice: We can watch as our neighbors disappear or we can build on these proven strategies to protect the diverse communities we've built together."
How to Keep Tabs on ICE Agents Who May Be Surveilling Your Neighborhood
Here’s a step-by-step guide.
www.teenvogue.com
January 22, 2025 at 8:29 PM
This is a great piece.
"As deportations ramp up again, we have a choice: We can watch as our neighbors disappear or we can build on these proven strategies to protect the diverse communities we've built together."
"As deportations ramp up again, we have a choice: We can watch as our neighbors disappear or we can build on these proven strategies to protect the diverse communities we've built together."