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Media advisory

Business & Religious Leaders, Educators, Other Experts to Discuss How Mass Deportations Are Harming Yakima Families and Communities

June 26, 2025
Immigration

Magen Eissenstat, 202/609-9889

At 3 PM Monday, June 30 at Centro Chinampa in Yakima, MomsRising and OneAmerica will host a news conference and roundtable discussion that brings together educators, religious and business leaders, families, and others to urge the state’s elected officials to reject harmful anti-immigrant actions and instead invest in Washington State families. Speakers will discuss the climate of fear that anti-immigrant rhetoric and policies are causing; the harm to Washington State families, businesses and the state’s economy; and the imperative to prioritize access to education, health care, and economic opportunity in order to create a more just and inclusive Washington State.

 

The event will be: 

3 PM, Monday, June 30th

Centro Chinampa, 507 W. Chestnut Ave, Yakima

WITH

Emcee: Linda Stone, MomsRising

Soumyo Lahiri-Gupta, OneAmerica 

Cintia Bruno, MomsRising member and Yakima resident

Holly Cousens, faculty member at Yakima Valley College

David Hacker, Episcopal Pastor at St. Michael’s Episcopal Church

María Á. Sigüenza, Commission on Hispanic Affairs

Representatives from the offices of Senator Maria Cantwell and Senator Patty Murray

 

It is co-hosted by MomsRising and OneAmerica and open to media.

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OneAmerica advances the fundamental principles of democracy and justice at the local, state, and national levels by building power within immigrant communities in collaboration with key allies.

MomsRising.org is an on-the-ground and online grassroots organization of more than a million people who are working to increase family economic security, stop discrimination against women and moms, and build a nation where businesses and families can thrive.