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8:00pm CDT

Neighbors Get Ready: Forging New Solidarities and Defeating ICE

Saturday September 5, 2026 8:00pm - 9:30pm CDT

When ICE goose-stepped into our cities to raid and terrorize, regular people from all walks of life forged new solidarities to throw them out. Join activists from the front lines of the struggle to defend our neighbors for a plenary on getting organized and ready for what’s coming.

Moderators

John Washington

John Washington is a journalist covering the border, climate change, democracy, and more. He has written for The Atlantic, The Washington Post, The Nation, The Intercept, and other outlets. He is the author of The Case for Open Borders and The Dispossessed: A Story of Asylum... Read More →

Speakers

Silky Shah

Silky Shah has been working as an organizer on issues related to racial and migrant justice for over two decades. Originally from Texas, she began fighting the expansion of immigrant jails on the US-Mexico border in the aftermath of 9/11. In 2009, she joined the staff of Detention Watch Network... Read More →

Chris Newman

Chris Newman is the Legal Director & General Counsel for the National Day Laborer Organizing Network (NDLON) based in its Los Angeles office. He has worked with day laborers since 2002, and was hired as NDLON’s first attorney in 2004. Since then, he has helped develop and coordinate... Read More →

Tania Wolf

Tania serves as the Southeast Advocacy Manager at the National Immigration Project and as a Steering Committee member of the Southeast Dignity Not Detention Coalition. Born in Queens, New York to parents who immigrated from Colombia and Ecuador, Tania has worked as an immigrant justice... Read More →

Cat Salonek Schladt

Cat Salonek Schladt (she/her) is a South Minneapolis based organizer for people power.
At work, Cat serves as Executive Director of Tending the Soil, an alignment of five power-building non-profits and labor organizations led by working class, BIPOC community leaders with a long history of effective and equitable organizing. Prior to her current role, Cat made good
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Saturday September 5, 2026 8:00pm - 9:30pm CDT
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Migrant Justice