Know Your Rights Flyering Drive on Boston Marathon weekend was a Big Success!

This month, on Saturday the 19th and Sunday the 20th, the NLG Resistance Committee organized a “Know Your Rights (KYR) Flyering Drive.”  Twelve members of the Committee printed hundreds of NLG and MIRA fliers with immigration-related KYR and ICE detention information, and distributed them to local businesses in the Greater Boston area and Western Massachusetts.  These flyers provide easily accessible information to immigrant communities regarding how to leverage their constitutional rights and access legal support during potential interactions with ICE.  The flyers were printed in multiple languages, including English, Arabic, Haitian Creole, Madarin Chinese, Portuguese, and Spanish.  Reactions from businessowners were largely very positive;  everyone was happy to support immigrant communities in their areas. 

Neighborhoods and towns we covered included the Boston University/ Commonwealth Avenue area, Allston, Brookline, Fenway, Mission Hill, Jamaica Plain, and Mattapan Square.  In the coming days, we will also complete flyering in Somerville, Cambridge, Brighton, New Bedford, Hudson, Marlboro, Springfield, Easthampton, and Belmont. 

A big “Thank you!” to everyone who helped with this project and with all other NLG activities focused on keeping our Massachusetts immigrant communities safe!