About Strengthening Sanctuary Alliance

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Strengthening Sanctuary Alliance was founded in December 2016, shortly after Donald Trump was elected President for the first time. We organized to oppose Trump's immigration policies and their impacts on our immigrant neighbors, friends, co-workers and family members. We believe every member of our community has the right to feel safe and valued. We dedicated ourselves to learning the skills and doing the work to ensure that our community remains a welcoming, supportive place for everyone. We supported our City Council to declare Olympia a Sanctuary City. You can find the Sanctuary City declaration here.

Today, the need to organize and protect our immigrant community members is even more urgent than it was during Trump's first administration. Resisting this administration's cruel policies is huge--and necessary--work. It will take not just the efforts of small organizations like ours, but partnerships and collaborations across our communities: with churches, advocacy groups, nonprofits, schools, municipalities, local law enforcement and so many others. We celebrate our connection to the Washington Immigrant Solidarity Network, the state-wide network of immigrant-serving groups that keeps us all connected. We commit to sharing our experience and skills with everyone who seeks to make our communities safe spaces for all, regardless of where they were born, what language they speak, or what documents they carry.

We meet on the second Tuesday of every month, on-line. For more information, write to us at: olympia.sanctuary@gmail.com

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​We invite you to view a video of a 2018 fundraiser and talk by one of our  members, immigration attorney Steffani Powell. It still offers compelling testimony--why we are here and why our work is important. Find the link here.

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For more information, write to us at: olympia.sanctuary@gmail.com

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