Rosa Belongs Here
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January 25, 2021 RBH
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National Sanctuary Collective delivers petition to Biden campaign
November 15, 2020 RBH
The National Sanctuary Collective (Colectivo Santuario) held a press conference Wednesday, October 28, to ask former Vice President Joe Biden to commit to free community leaders living in sanctuary churches if he is elected. The Sanctuary leaders will deliver to the Biden campaign a petition and letters of support from organizations and elected officials around the country. The National Sanctuary Collective is made up of immigrants living in Sanctuary churches, organizers, attorneys, and allies in faith communities across the country.
Watch the recorded press conference here: https://www.facebook.com/events/355972418835462
Sanctuary leaders ask Biden for commitment
https://rosabelongshere.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/Final-Biden-letter-videos-sm.mp4
Shelter in place? She’s been doing that inside a Colorado church for more than three years
September 3, 2020 RBH
Rosa Sabido has spent more than three years in the Mancos United Methodist Church in Colorado to avoid deportation back to Mexico. (David Kelly / For The Times)
By David Kelly, Special Correspondent
MANCOS, Colo. — Facing deportation to Mexico, Rosa Sabido took sanctuary on June 2, 2017, inside the Mancos United Methodist Church in this deeply conservative corner of Colorado.
Supporters held vigils after her first 100 days, then the first 600 days, then the first 1,000.
Still, she remains. Marooned.
In the more than three years Sabido has spent in the church, her mother has died, along with five elderly dogs she left with a stepfather. Two food trucks she once operated sit idle behind her empty mobile home in nearby Cortez.
She spends her days writing poetry, working on her case and walking the dark halls and green lawn of the church, careful never to step onto the sidewalk.
“I think we are all surprised that she’s been here over three years,” said the church pastor, Craig Paschal. “Hopefully, it won’t all be for naught.”
About 45 people across the country sought refuge in churches shortly after President Trump took office and lowered the bar for who would be targeted for deportation.
The Obama administration focused on deporting those with criminal records, but Trump made it clear that any immigrant in the country illegally was vulnerable, even those with strong community ties and no criminal past, such as Sabido.
Some who sought sanctuary had overstayed visas or lost asylum cases. A few had run-ins with the law, such as driving without a license, using false documents or, in one case, being charged and later acquitted of assault after a shoving match at work.
Most who went into sanctuary remain there, including a Peruvian immigrant who gave birth in a church recreation room in Boulder, Colo., last year. A few have walked away, some have won temporary stays of deportation, and others have returned to their countries.
Sabido, who grew up in Mexico City, was 23 when she entered the U.S. in 1987 on a visitor visa to see her mother, Blanca, and stepfather Roberto, legal residents living in Cortez, about 17 miles west of Mancos.
Her mother filed a petition for Sabido to become a permanent resident, a process that takes years. In the meantime, Sabido traveled between the U.S. and Mexico on a visitor visa.
In 1998, during questioning by immigration officers at the Phoenix airport, she admitted to working as a babysitter in the U.S. and was sent back to Mexico.
A month later, she crept through a narrow tunnel into Nogales, Ariz., and made her way to Cortez, where she sold food, prepared taxes and worked as a secretary at St. Margaret Mary Church.
She was eventually arrested by Immigration and Customs Enforcement and repeatedly applied for stays of removal — which she was granted six years in a row. Her seventh request was denied, and in 2017 she was ordered to leave the country.
The small adobe church offered sanctuary. It was no guarantee against deportation, but the federal government rarely raided houses of worship.
Sabido, single with no children, scrambled to pack. She bid a tearful farewell to her dogs. Her distraught mother told her she’d be better off in Mexico than a prisoner in a church.
But Mexico wasn’t home anymore. She’d spent more than three decades in the U.S. She spoke English fluently. And she had faith in the system.
When she entered the church, it was national news. Mancos, a rural town of about 1,400 in a county that heavily favored Trump in the 2016 election, seemed an unlikely sanctuary, making the story even more compelling.
“In the beginning people came every day — hour after hour — wanting to get to know me, to hear my story,” she recalled. “So I had to tell my story so many times for months and months. The media was here all the time. They wanted to watch everything I did. One asked me to crack open the bathroom door so he could film me brushing my teeth.”
The church installed a shower for her and converted the nursery into a bedroom.
Sabido was soon inundated by supporters who included her in yoga, drum circles, singing, cooking sessions and crafting.
“You are surrounded by strangers, but you must build relationships because you depend on everyone for everything — food, clothing,” she said. “You don’t feel like you have any power at all.”
The first year, Sabido’s mother visited every day. Then Blanca was diagnosed with breast cancer and returned to Mexico for treatment to be closer to her extended family.
She was 72 when she died July 23, 2018.
“I missed being with her on the last day of her life. That stays with me all the time,” Sabido said. “I wanted to take care of her and I couldn’t.”
Through it all, a small army of supporters has pressed her case. They asked local Congressman Scott Tipton, a Republican who represents the district, to sponsor a private bill to legalize Sabido’s status.
Private bills, often used when other remedies are exhausted, must still pass the House, Senate and be signed by the president. Tipton visited Sabido but refused to introduce a bill. He recently lost a primary to a candidate who claimed he was insufficiently pro-Trump.
Tipton’s office did not respond to requests for comment.
Colorado’s Democratic senator, Michael Bennet, also visited Sabido. But all he could offer was hope that Trump would lose in November and a new administration would take up her case.
Sabido still has strong support in Mancos and Cortez. When a local police officer walked into the church one day, parishioners feared the worst. He approached Sabido, handed her his card and said to call if she needed anything.
“Even people who are anti-immigrant say she should be allowed to stay,” said Katie Wall, owner of Zuma Natural Foods in Mancos.
The COVID-19 pandemic has increased Sabido’s isolation but also given her time to reflect. She’s stopped all activities and most face-to-face interactions.
“I was never patient but have learned patience. I have learned to be with myself,” she said. “I can see all the colors, forms and textures of my life that you don’t see unless you are forced to.”
She has become an outspoken champion of immigration reform. Her story has spread nationally on social media and the website rosabelongshere.org.
Each week she takes part in a Zoom meeting with some of the roughly 40 others in sanctuary.
On a recent call, six joined from churches around the country.
“For me it’s like prison, the only difference is we are not with other people,” said Juana Ortega, 48, of Guatemala, in sanctuary in North Carolina after being denied asylum.
“One of the biggest changes for me was developing diabetes and high blood pressure in sanctuary,” said Alirio Gamez, 44, of El Salvador, who took refuge in a Texas church when his asylum request was rejected. “The doctor said it could have been from the stress and worry of this situation.”
“I don’t know if I can go on much longer,” said Alex Garcia, 39, of Honduras, who has been in sanctuary for three years in Missouri to avoid deportation for being in the country illegally. “If Trump wins I don’t think we have any hope.”
Sabido spends much of her time on the church’s back lawn, where a bamboo screen offers her privacy from the street.
“I worry about wearing out my welcome,” she said quietly.
Paschal said he can’t imagine asking her to leave. He works just down the hall from where she sleeps. Their bathrooms are inches apart. She shares the cramped kitchen with the whole church.
“Everyone has had to make sacrifices,” the pastor said. “The biggest thing is really learning to share the space. Learning to work together. We have a really active church and we kind of bump into each other.”
If Trump wins reelection, Sabido, who is now 56, knows this much: “I won’t spend another four years in sanctuary.”
She can walk out of the church and disappear into the shadows or return to Mexico with nothing.
If she could freely leave today, she said, she’d go into the woods, sit by the river and listen to the wind.
“Then I would have to face the painful truth of how things have changed,” she said. “What I have lost.”
Tears welled up.
“Everything is gone.”
Lessons for self-isolation, from someone who has done it for 34 months (Durango Herald, 4/12)
April 13, 2020 RBH
Rosa Sabido sits inside the United Methodist Church in Mancos, where she has lived in sanctuary since June 2017. Photo credit: Jerry McBride / Durango Herald
A Q&A with Mexican national seeking refuge at Mancos United Methodist Church
Erika Alvero
Durango Herald Staff Reporter
Social distancing and stay-at-home orders may be new to most of us, but for Rosa Sabido, who has lived in church sanctuary for more than 1,000 days, it is all too familiar.
Sabido, a Mexican national, has been living at the Mancos United Methodist Church since June 2017, after her application for a one-year stay of removal was denied by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
During her nearly three years on church grounds, Sabido has had much time to reflect on her situation, and on the challenges and value of isolation. While sometimes she feels restless and trapped, the experience has also offered her a chance to practice patience and “releasing control,” she said.
On Friday, Sabido spoke with The Journal about her self-imposed isolation and offered some advice for those now forced to stay home because of the coronavirus pandemic. She also shared some thoughts about what the present state of the world can teach us.
Thinking back to when you first started living in sanctuary at the Mancos United Methodist Church in June 2017, what were those first few days and weeks like being confined on church grounds, unable to leave?
The beginning was a shocking experience because I didn’t know I was going to be in this situation, and it was a matter of days for me to make the transition and do it. I was feeling afraid, and there were a lot of tears those first days, that first night. Especially when I was opening my eyes in the morning and seeing that I was in this place. I was living a totally different reality than what it was before.
Did you feel restless or trapped?
Yes. And it has happened to me many times, and there are days where I wish I could just go and walk. There were times where even I was physically feeling like – I can describe this like when people get those shirts or ropes to hold their hands when they suffer some mental illnesses and they cannot move. I was kind of feeling that way, that no matter how I felt, I was not able to move and change the situation.
When you first took sanctuary, what kinds of activities occupied your days in those first few weeks?
Well I was surrounded with a lot of people. A lot of people from the community came to visit.
My activities were pretty much talking with these people, and answering phone calls and replying to emails and trying to cope with the fact that I was here. At the beginning, there was frustration. And then slowly I had to surrender because I couldn’t fight against the situation.
Then I started doing some activities, different activities with different people from the community, like arts and crafts and jewelry-making, and tried to stay as normal as possible. Doing the normal things like cooking and trying to see this time as a great moment of transformation and learning process.
Releasing that control – that things that used to be our way, or tried to do it our way. Now it’s not in our hands. It was not in my hands. And it still is not.
What have you learned in this time?
I’ve learned how to surrender to the circumstances and trust. Just go with the rhythm of how they’re happening. At the same time, I know I have to be watchful and careful to feel safe. But also not forgetting that I have a goal.
To know that there’s something I’m working for, an objective. And that helps me to remain faithful in knowing there’s going to be a moment, that this will end. Then I will be free, and then I will enjoy the things that I wanted to.
What forms of communication do you like to use, if not face-to-face?
Now I’ve been having video conferences with different people. Even doing some presentations with some organizations, and email, text, social media. Pretty much all the same as before.
I’m still getting email, people still bring me food and things that I need. I don’t really see people, they just leave it in front of the door. I try to be careful and clean everything, wash everything. I still have the contact, like people keep asking me and texting me how I am doing, and how I am feeling.
Has a sense of normalcy returned for you, living in sanctuary? How long did that take?
I don’t think this has become normal in any way, and I don’t want it to be. Because this shouldn’t be normal for anybody. Because this is not how we’re created to be, to be isolated or to be secluded. I think I had to be OK with the situation because I know that’s better for my mental health. But that doesn’t mean that I don’t want to go back to live a free life, or to do the things that I wanted to do.
Do you think the current coronavirus situation will help people understand better what you’ve been dealing with for so long?
I hope it does. I know a lot of people said that they can never be in my situation, and they can never feel the way I’m feeling, but I’m certainly sure right now that they’re starting to understand a little better.
But I hope they really understand that this is not what life is supposed to look like. And also realize that this is very unfair. Even though their situation is very similar, there is still a lot of privilege in (other people’s) life.
From the fact that they can still go to the store, or they can just go for a walk in this beautiful area where we live. We are blessed that there is a lot of country and forest and lakes and mountains. They can go for a walk and they don’t necessarily need to see other people. And I still have to be in this place. Sooner or later they’re going to all be free again, this is all going to be over for them, and for me it’s not.
So maybe it’ll help them to realize what I’m asking for, their support and help, and advocating for the immigrant community, and people in sanctuary. We cannot live life forever like this.
Some of your supporters recently petitioned U.S. Rep. Scott Tipton to sponsor a bill that would provide a legal path to citizenship for you. Any updates on that?
No, they went to deliver the petition, and a week later is when all this happened. We went from one reality to a completely surreal moment that we are living in. Of course, I understand people are concerned with how to take care of themselves, this confusion and panic.
I don’t think that was the moment to push anything. Maybe now people are at home and they have a little more time to help me to push it through a little better. But it’s a new reality. We’re going to start working on it, I know it’s not going to be as we thought it was going to be – the deadline of March 27.
Do you have advice for self-isolating and staying sane?
Yes. It’s really hard to stop in life when we are fully active and working and in and out and just focusing on working, never have time to rest, really rest mentally and spiritually, rest and take a break. We don’t like to stop. Even if we are saying we’re watching TV, our mind goes crazy.
I’d like to tell people to really sit, reflect and really let go of the frustration. Because that (frustration) is not going to change anything. That is not going to change the situation. And they are missing a great opportunity to take an understanding of themselves and their loved ones in this forced time of quality time.
Take the opportunity for learning, but there is also this chance to decompress and sit. There are always things we wish to change or modify or improve or get rid of in our lives. Not only in our surroundings, our environment, but in ourselves. Things that no longer serve us in life. And I think this is a great opportunity, you know.
Atrapada y Sin Salida (Univision, 1/19/2020)
Una hispana lleva casi tres años refugiada en una iglesia, pendiente de una orden de deportación y el racismo de sus vecinos
Rosa Sabido creyó tenerlo todo, padres ciudadanos y un permiso de trabajo que parecían allanar el camino para regularizar su estatus migratorio, pero el trámite se dilató y cuando por fin parecía que iba a alcanzar su estatus de residente, su destino se torció.
Posted by Aquí y Ahora on Sunday, January 19, 2020
La muerte de su madre acabó con los sueños de una hispana de convertirse en residente de EEUU
Rosa Sabido dice que luego de llevar 31 meses recluida en un santuario siente que vive en una realidad fuera de todo contexto y que lo que más extraña, es ver a su familia.
Some Churches Offer Refuge From Deportation With ‘Sacred Resisting’ (Wall Street Journal, 8/4)
A Guatemalan migrant father tied his daughter’s shoe in a church serving as a shelter for migrants seeking asylum on May 16 in Las Cruces, N.M. PHOTO: MARIO TAMA/GETTY IMAGES
By Talal Ansari
The decision to open their church to immigrants wasn’t one Pastor Patrick Shebeck and his 700-member congregation in St. Paul, Minn., took lightly.
“We wanted to be smart about it, so we researched for eight or nine months, sought legal advice and studied the history of sanctuary movements” after the 2016 election, said Pastor Shebeck, of St. Paul-Reformation Lutheran Church.
The church eventually took in four people who had applied for asylum in the U.S. and began providing material support for another person who was in the country illegally.
While many white evangelicals remain core supporters of President Trump and his policies, some churches around the U.S. are taking a different path. As the Trump administration increases immigration enforcement, some congregations are joining synagogues and other religious institutions in opening their doors to provide sanctuary to asylum seekers and illegal immigrants.
In Minnesota alone, around 60 congregations provide sanctuary or supporting services to immigrants living in the U.S. illegally. Nationally, that number is estimated to be around 1,000, according to Church World Service, a faith-based aid organization. More than 70 synagogues around the country have committed to helping immigrants and asylum seekers, according to T’ruah, a Jewish human-rights organization.
“We’re calling it sacred resisting,” said Rev. Noel Andersen, the grass-roots coordinator for Church World Service.
With the number of families crossing the U.S.-Mexico border surging to new records, Mr. Trump is trying new policies to restrict migration.
Mr. Trump signed an executive order in early 2017 allowing the government to fine undocumented immigrants who remain in the U.S. and the people who assist them.
Other new policies include barring asylum claims from people who have crossed through at least one other country on their way to the U.S. and expanding “expedited removal,” or deportation, policy.
Rosa Sabido came to the U.S. from Mexico in 1987 and first sought refuge at Mancos United Methodist Church, in Colorado, in June 2017. She wanted to avoid being deported after her stay-of-removal request was denied. For more than 750 days since then, Ms. Sabido said, she hasn’t set one foot over the church’s property line. She hasn’t had a medical checkup at a doctor’s office, shopped in a store or even taken a stroll around the block.
Rosa Sabido, a Mexican national, has been sheltered at Mancos United Methodist Church in Colorado, for more than two years. PHOTO: JERRY MCBRIDE/THE DURANGO HERALD/ASSOCIATED PRESS
“I have never left this place. Even to think about leaving in an emergency or extreme circumstances, it really gets me nervous and fills me with fear and panic,” Ms. Sabido said.
Immigration and Customs Enforcement deported 256,085 undocumented immigrants in fiscal 2018, a 13% increase from the previous year and comparable to the number of deportations during former President Obama’s last year in office.
In mid-July, as fears of ICE raids spread, there was an uptick in the number of families seeking sanctuary, said Minister JaNaé Bates, communications director for Isaiah, a coalition of faith groups in Minnesota. “It almost always coincides with the executive orders and threats of harm to immigrant families,” she said, referring to enforcement raidsand the administration’s family-separation policy, among other things.
A spokesman for ICE said the agency continues to focus its limited resources on those who pose the greatest threat to public safety. “ICE only conducts targeted enforcement,” he said.
Many cities and counties around the U.S., however, no longer detain low-risk illegal immigrants just because the ICE asks. The sanctuary-city movement is challenging the crackdown on illegal immigration and putting local governments at odds with the administration. President Trump has threatened to withhold federal money from sanctuary cities and floated the idea of relocating detained immigrants to those cities.
Churches have long served as places of refuge, from sheltering escaped slaves as part of the Underground Railroad to providing safe haven for Central Americans fleeing conflict. Often, they have done so with little interference from the government.
In 2011, ICE designated religious institutions as “sensitive locations,” with protections from immigration enforcement. Still, not every church has embraced the sanctuary approach for undocumented immigrants.
“There are, of course, going to be folks who are going to say this is plain wrong, and others who see this as decidedly too political and radical,” said Ruth M. Melkonian-Hoover, a professor of political science at Gordon College, in Wenham, Mass., who co-wrote a book on the divisions within evangelicalism over immigration politics.
White evangelical Protestants, in particular, remain a strong core of Mr. Trump’s base. Almost three-quarters of white evangelicals support a wall expansion along the U.S.-Mexico border, according to a January 2019 survey by Pew Research Center.
Church leaders, even if they agree with providing sanctuary for the undocumented in principle, may believe their own congregation’s time is better spent aiding immigrants in other ways, such as providing legal assistance, Dr. Melkonian-Hoover said.
Now, many seeking refuge in churches face the possibility of fines.
Citing the Immigration and Nationality Act, ICE since last December has been issuing civil fines of up to $500 a day to people who have been ordered to leave the country or who have been granted voluntary departure but failed to leave, an agency spokesperson said.
“To me, it’s a war against the poor,” said Jim Rigby, pastor of St. Andrew’s Presbyterian Church in Austin, Texas. An undocumented Guatemalan immigrant and her son, who have been taking shelter in his church for the past two years, received a notification that they were fined $303,620 by ICE in July.
“The fines that they’ve sent out, the only purpose of that is fear,” Pastor Rigby said.
The ICE spokesman said, “Unlawfully present foreign nationals are subject to arrest and removal regardless of how long they remain within a designated sensitive location.”
For congregations that have decided to offer sanctuary, the choice isn’t necessarily informed by politics, but by faith. “Jesus himself was a refugee, Mary and Joseph were refugees,” said Pastor Shebeck, of St. Paul-Reformation Lutheran Church.
Write to Talal Ansari at Talal.Ansari@wsj.com
What is the Sanctuary Stories Project?
July 30, 2019 RBH
Learn more about this project:
https://aldianews.com/articles/culture/immigration-stories/sanctuary-stories-sheds-new-light-immigrants-journeys/55975
Democracy Now interview, July 15, 2019
Living in exile: In February, Rosa Sabido will complete 600 days in sanctuary
March 2, 2019 RBH
Rosa Sabido, who has been living in sanctuary in the Mancos United Methodist Church since 2017, shows where she kisses the hands of a statue of the Virgen Guadalupe that belonged to her mother. Photo by Janneli F. Miller
Four Corners Free Press, January 2019
By Janelli Miller
In mid-February, Rosa Sabido will mark her 600th day of living in sanctuary in the Mancos United Methodist Church.
What does it mean to live in sanctuary? And why would someone make a choice to do such a thing?
The church accepted Sabido on Friday, June 2, 2017. She is there because she does not want to be deported, something which is happening to people who check in for routine appointments with ICE (Immigration and Customs Enforcement).
Sabido, who speaks perfect English, was born in Mexico, but has spent most of her life in the United States, arriving in 1987 at age 23 for the first time, to visit her parents. She obtained a visitor visa.
Her mother, Blanca, who had divorced Sabido’s biological father when Sabido was ten, came to the United States in the early 1980s, and married Roberto Obispo, an agricultural worker living in the U.S. as a lawful permanent resident in Cortez. Obispo became a U.S. citizen in 1999, and filed papers that allowed Blanca to become a citizen in 2001. However, at that time, immigration law did not allow Sabido to be included as a family member.
When people hear about Mexicans living in the U.S. or seeking sanctuary to avoid deportation, many ask, “Why don’t they follow the laws and become a legal citizen?” But the pathway is often arduous, even impossible.
Sabido, now 53, wants people to know she is not a criminal. She has been trying to follow the complex immigration laws and become a legal U.S. citizen for more than 20 years. During that time the laws and regulations have changed, with each change bringing a new set of procedures to comply with.
Thank you for a special day
June 5, 2018 RBH
Deseo agradecer a todas las personas que asistieron a la Verbena y contribuyeron a hacer de este evento un momento hermoso, compartiendo con amigos y la comunidad. Este dia especial estuvo lleno de luz que salia del brillo de sus almas, con un atmosfera increible, vibrante y llena de color.
Gracias por todo el amor que recibi.
I would like to thank all the people who attended the Verbena and helped me to make of the event a beautiful time, sharing with friends and community. This special day was filled with light coming from the sparkle of your souls, it was an amazing atmosphere, vibrant and colorful.
Thanks for all the love
KOB4 New Mexico: Woman marks one year of sanctuary in Colorado church
May 23, 2018 RBH
Meg Hilling
MANCOS, Colo. – Fear of deportation has forced one woman to go church.
For almost a year, the Mancos United Methodist Church has provided Rosa Sabido sanctuary and a home.
“I just came blindly but looking with the conviction that I will fight until the end,” she said. “In that moment it was not easy. I didn’t know if I was to pack for one week or if I had to pack up for a year.”
The People’s Resolution: Creating a Path Forward on Immigration
In the summer of 2017, more people had claimed Sanctuary in Colorado than any other state. That fall, four of us, Araceli, Ingrid, Rosa and Sandra, began to support one another across the miles. As we gathered our communities together, we identified a hunger to name the concrete steps elected officials can take now to Create a path to Status. The Sanctuary Four began consulting with lawyers, immigrant and faith communities to pull together simple, direct steps at the federal and state level to keep Colorado whole and strong. The People’s Resolution is the result of five months of work and study.
We know a majority of fellow Coloradans, regardless of political party, support creating a path and revamping our immigration system to be just, efficient and transparent. We invite Coloradans to walk with us to Create a Path. Endorse the Resolution and commit to action. Learn more and join us in engaging your local elected officials, businesses and faith communities.
The Resolution calls on the Colorado delegation, the Colorado legislature and the Governor to take steps now. Our families and communities will not wait.
The Washington Post tells Rosa’s story
Photo by Melina Mara/The Washington Post
By Stephanie McCrummen
Inside a tiny Colorado church, a woman who had been taking refuge for nearly nine months was sitting by a window, watching the snow drift down. She watched for an hour, then another, reminding herself for the 257th day in a row why she had chosen to be here, when there was a knock at the door.“Rosa?” called a voice from the hallway, and then she remembered. Today was the day of the surprise.
Read the whole story
Southwest Discovered Q&A with Rosa Sabido in sanctuary
March 24, 2018 RBH
When we photographed her, it was nine months to the day she found sanctuary in a small Southwestern church to avoid deportation. The community she has been a part of for thirty years has rallied in support, and people speak of her with words like kind, a nurturer, strong in her faith, a great sense of humor, and humble. They have started a website called Rosa Belongs Here where they have vowed to stand by her.
Read the full interview
Mancos church honors Sabido, Vizguerra during Las Posadas
December 27, 2017 RBH
One of Time magazine’s 100 most influential people visits Mancos
The United Methodist Church on December 23, 2017, hosted Las Posadas, a Mexican Christmas tradition that re-enacts Mary and Joseph’s search for shelter before the birth of Jesus.
Jeanette Vizguerra, an immigration activist from the Denver area who spent 86 days in sanctuary earlier this year, spoke during the event.
After Las Posadas and a meet-and-greet with Rosa Sabido and Vizguerra, guests were invited to stay for a community Christmas dinner.
Las Posadas is a celebration traditionally held in Mexico during the Advent season. Two people dressed like Mary and Joseph go to different houses in a town each night and sing a song asking for shelter. The resident of each house sings another song denying the request, until the couple reaches the house belonging to the designated stable owner, who finally invites them in.
The ceremony in Mancos was an abridged version.
The crowd split into two groups, one going around to each door asking for a place to stay, the other singing from inside and rejecting them, until the last door.
After Las Posadas, everyone gathered in the yard to watch children tear down a piñata.
“How can I feel not loved with this many people,” Sabido said. “It brings some good into the sadness. Seeing their smiling faces happy and coming to be with me is wonderful.”
Sabido also highlighted that much like the event earlier this year that marked her first 100 days in sanctuary, this was a celebration of the community, not her.
“It is a celebration, not my celebration, a celebration of the community,” Sabido said.
According to a news release from the church, Dec. 19 was be the 200th day since Sabido, a Cortez resident, claimed sanctuary to avoid deportation. But the posada event was scheduled to coincide with Vizguerra’s visit. She visited Mancos as part of a tour through several Colorado sanctuary churches around the Christmas season.
Vizguerra is the founder of MUJERR, an advocacy group for migrant women. In April, she was named one of Time magazine’s 100 most influential people in the world for 2017.
The two women have been talking for months, sharing words of encouragement.
“In the past, I have one promise for Rosa, to come and support her case,” Vizguerra said in an interview with The Journal. “In the state of Colorado, there are five people in sanctuary, and one is Rosa. Rosa is part of the sanctuary movement, and it is very important to me to support Rosa’s case.”
Vizguerra said that with the current administration, her advocacy has become more difficult.
“In this moment, it is very important for people living in sanctuary and for resistance to cases,” Vizguerra. “Your house is here, your family is here, and your community is here.”
When asked what is next in her advocacy campaign, Vizguerra promised to continue fighting for immigrant rights, even harder in the new year.
Rosa Sabido – a video of her 100 days in sanctuary
September 25, 2017 RBH
Rosa Sabido marks 100 days at Mancos sanctuary
Mancos residents gathered at the town’s United Methodist Church on Sunday to honor Cortez resident Rosa Sabido’s 100th day in sanctuary there.
Sabido, a Mexican national, was told in May that her application for a one-year stay of removal was denied by Immigration and Customs Enforcement. She was ordered to leave the country or face deportation. She has lived at the United Methodist Church in Mancos since June 2 and hopes to buy herself enough time to apply for another stay of removal and continue to seek permanent residency. She has spent the past 100 days seeking legal options to avoid deportation.
As dusk fell on the small town, about 50 area residents, local religious leaders and friends of Sabido gathered outside the church around a wood-burning stove during a candlelight vigil in support of the woman and the congregation. Several people read poems, sang songs or delivered messages of encouragement. Some wrote down prayers on cards that the church provided and threw them into the stove to symbolize sending them to God. Others put symbolic items or personal notes on an altar.
Sabido said that, in some ways, the past few months have felt like “100 years.” Fearing deportation, she hasn’t left the church fellowship hall, but she said regular visits and gifts from her neighbors have been a continual source of encouragement.
“People have carried me through … these 100 days,” she said. “They haven’t let me feel the burden of solitude.”
Ever since Sabido arrived at the church, several members have worked to raise money and awareness of her plight through social media and events such as Mancos’ Grand Summer Nights arts and community gathering. Proceeds from the sale of T-shirts and greeting cards with the slogan “Rosa Belongs Here” have help to pay her mortgage and legal bills, church staff said, and several people have donated food and other necessities to make her time at the church more comfortable. A legal committee is gathering signatures for a petition asking U.S. Rep. Scott Tipton, R-Cortez, to sponsor a bill that would grant Sabido legal residency.
At Sunday’s vigil, Sabido and her supporters acknowledged her journey is far from over. Sabido said she doesn’t expect the bill to pass before the end of the year, even if Tipton agrees to support it. United Methodist’s pastor, the Rev. Craig Paschal, and his congregation reaffirmed their commitment to shelter Sabido for as long as necessary. Paschal said he also wanted to use the vigil as a way to show support for immigrants across the United States.
“We would also like to extend, not only healing and restoration for (Sabido), but for all immigrants, as well as all of us,” he said. “We are standing here in love for our neighbor, and our neighbor is the entire world.”
Paschal asked attendees to offer prayers for themselves, their communities and the nation.
Several speakers mentioned their concern over tightened U.S. immigration policy, particularly since President Donald Trump’s administration announced on Sept. 5 that he plans to phase out the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program. DACA was instituted by President Barack Obama’s administration in 2012 as a way to allow people who were brought to the U.S. illegally as children to apply for work permits and Social Security numbers. It is available only to people who came to the U.S. before their 16th birthday, have continually resided in the country since June 15, 2007, and have no criminal record, among other requirements. According to the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, DACA is no longer accepting new applicants.
But while attendees brought up a few other political issues, Sabido’s plight was the focus. Several of her friends and neighbors spoke about their ongoing prayers for her and promised to sign the petition on her behalf. Local singers, including busker Donna Joerg and Julie Hartline, who directs a women’s singing circle in which Sabido participates, led attendees in songs as varied as “Amazing Grace” and Bob Dylan’s “Blowin’ in the Wind.”
Joerg said she has tried to spread the word about Sabido as she sings on the street and in other public places.
“You’re already out of here,” she told her. “You’re in so many places.”
Sabido came to the U.S. from Mexico in 1987 as a visitor to live with her stepfather, Manuel Sabido, who is a legal resident. She took a job as a housekeeper at the Days Inn hotel in Cortez, and later worked for several years each at the Ute Mountain Casino and H&R Block. According to a timeline provided in June by her immigration attorney, Jennifer Kain-Rios, Sabido made several trips to Mexico in the 1990s on a travel visa, and one of those trips lasted longer than 90 days. That broke the 10-year streak of continuous residency required by U.S. immigration law, disrupting one avenue she could have used to acquire permanent legal status. She applied for permanent residency in 2001, but her petition is still pending. In the meantime, she has dodged several deportation orders and been granted six one-year stays of removal. Her application this year for a seventh one-year stay of removal was declined for unknown reasons.
Rosa Sabido claiming sanctuary at a Mancos church is the next chapter in Colorado’s sanctuary movement
August 12, 2017 RBH
Photo By Joe Amon/The Denver Post
Rosa Sabido 53, pauses while telling of her experiences trying to remain in the United States at the Mancos United Methodist Church on July 12, 2017. From being denied using her visitor visa to crossing the border, legal maneuverings, granted many application’s for stay of removal and now living in sanctuary, it’s a very crooked path she’s been walking, just trying to find a way home. Photo by Joe Amon – The Denver Post
Denver Post article written by Jenn Fields. Read the full story here.
From church sanctuary, Colorado woman defies ICE
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Photography by Lucy Nicholson. Reporting by Ben Gruber
For nearly two months since taking sanctuary at the United Methodist Church in Mancos, a small town in the mountains of southwest Colorado, Sabido, 53, has lived in a cramped room with a makeshift shower. She sleeps beneath a mural of Noah’s Ark in what used to be the church nursery.
Sabido leaves her room to use the toilet, or stretch her legs in the garden, or attend worship services, but if she steps off church property she risks arrest by Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents.
Read the full story and view a photo slideshow here.
Rosa Sabido: Immigration reform must address cases like hers
July 8, 2017 RBH
Durango Herald editorial, July 8, 2017.
Rosa Sabido, now receiving sanctuary in a Mancos church since her last application to stay in the country was denied, is not an example of problems caused by uncontrolled immigration. For the past 30 years, she has been gainfully employed, has paid taxes and has been an upstanding member of the community.
She is, though, the face of one large and often-undiscussed group of immigrants: those who have contributed to their community and the economy and who have tried to follow the rules that would allow them to remain in this country legally, but who, for a variety of reasons – some logical and some arcane – have come up short. These are the intended beneficiaries of immigration reform, which has languished on the national agenda for years. Unfortunately, a nuanced view of the complex issue, necessary for true and lasting progress, does not fit well into campaign speeches.
Read the full editorial here.
“A Pastor and an Immigrant Seeking Sanctuary Tell Their Stories”
From an interviewed posted July 4, 2017, at ksjd.org.
Few immigration cases in the United States are simple. That includes the case of Mexican immigrant Rosa Sabido, who is taking sanctuary at the Mancos United Methodist Church as she sorts out her immigration status. She can’t become a citizen because a large backlog in citizenship applications has made the wait to receive citizenship longer than the time she can legally remain in the U.S. After a long and complicated process of applying to various visas and work permits that allowed her to live and work in the U.S. legally for over 20 years, until she was arrested after an immigration court denied a request to review her case. She has since been allowed to stay in the U.S. after receiving six Stays of Removal, which have delayed her deportation by one year each. But in April, ICE denied her most recent stay of removal and instead issued an Order of Deportation, which brought her to the church to stay while she and her lawyer consider other options. When KSJD’s Austin Cope went to the church to talk with Sabido and the church’s pastor, Craig Paschal, they didn’t talk about Rosa’s immigration status– at least not at first.
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Los Angeles Times: "In a small-town Colorado church, an immigrant facing deportation finds sanctuary and friendship"
From a July 4, 2017, article that appeared in the Los Angeles Times:
A small piece of paper hangs above a bed in the pastor’s office at the Mancos United Methodist Church. It’s a sign-up sheet with the names of local residents committed to watching over Rosa Sabido, a Mexican national who has found sanctuary from deportation in the Colorado church. The residents sleep in the church office, while Sabido rests in a separate room normally used as a children’s nursery.
“We are here in case someone should show up at night or just to comfort her,” Joanie Trussel, a local resident whose name was on the list of volunteers, said recently. “We don’t want her to be alone.”
For the last 30 years, Sabido has lived in the U.S. on visitor visas or by receiving stays of deportation, but she was denied a stay in May and became eligible for immediate deportation.
High Country News: Small towns are the place to challenge immigration policyFrom a June 30, 2017, opinion piece that appeared on High Country News
June 30, 2017 RBH
By Maddy Butcher
Rosa Sabido finds sanctuary from immigrant detention in a politically divided town.
This month, Rosa Sabido, a 53-year old woman of “impeccable character,” became the 11th person nationwide currently in sanctuary in a church. The other churches providing sanctuary sit in metropolitan areas such as Albuquerque, Chicago and Phoenix. The next smallest congregation is in Las Cruces, New Mexico, a city of 98,000.
By comparison, the Mancos United Methodist Church, which sits on a quiet road off Highway 160 in Mancos, Colorado, and has 55 members, seems tiny and vulnerable.
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Nicola Sturgeon rejects warning of 'hard border' between independent Scotland and UK
By Simon Johnson, Scottish Political Editor 16 August 2016 • 3:13pm
Credit: PA/Nicola Sturgeon plays in the sand pit with P1 pupils during a visit to Burnfoot Community School, Hawick
Nicola Sturgeon has dismissed warnings from one of her former ministers that an independent Scotland would face a “hard border” with England despite previously predicting that the UK will impose immigration restrictions from the EU.
The First Minister rejected arguments by Alex Neil that keeping an open border between a separate Scotland in the EU and the remainder of the UK would be “very difficult to achieve.”
She said there is no reason for anyone to suggest border posts are "inevitable" after Theresa May indicated she wants to maintain an open border between Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland.
But Professor Michael Keating, chair in Scottish politics at the University of Aberdeen, warned the English would be extremely concerned at an independent Scotland becoming a “back door” for EU immigration.
He said Ms Sturgeon cannot rule out the possibility of border controls until the terms of the Brexit agreement are known and it could be “extremely difficult” to avoid them.
Last month, the First Minister delivered a keynote speech warning that the UK is heading for a “hard” Brexit, which she defined as being outside the EU single market with restrictions on “free movement” from the member states.
Despite also saying a second independence referendum is highly likely, she is yet to specify how a separate Scotland could have open borders with both the European Union and the UK if that is the type of Brexit deal that is reached.
Former Scottish Health Minister Alex Neil has warned against staging a second independence referendum on the back of Brexit Credit: Stuart Nicol Photography
Ms Sturgeon was challenged about Mr Neil’s views as she visited Hawick, 15 miles from the English border, to announce extra education spending in deprived areas.
She said: "I don't want to see a hard border between Scotland and England any more than people in Ireland want to see a hard border between the north and south. We've heard the Prime Minister say she is not prepared to have a hard border with Ireland.
"If it can be avoided there then, regardless of what might or might not happen with Scotland's future, there's absolutely no reason for anybody to be suggesting that that is inevitable here either."
She admitted that she did not yet know what the UK Government’s goals will be in the Brexit negotiations and said her administration was trying to keep Scotland in the EU.
But Prof Keating, who is also director of the Economic and Social Research Council’s Centre on Constitutional Change, said the English-Scottish border would be a more difficult situation to resolve than Ireland.
He warned that it would be “extremely difficult to add up” Scotland having an open border with England but the UK imposing restrictions on EU immigration. The academic said the UK has a “very hard attitude” to borders.
Mr Neil, who served in the Scottish Cabinet under Ms Sturgeon and Alex Salmond, warned last week that the nationalists will struggle to win a second independence referendum if there is the prospect of a hard border with England.
Contrary to Ms Sturgeon’s claims that independence could mean Scotland avoiding leaving the EU, he warned there was “little chance” of this happening because negotiations on Scottish entry could only start after Brexit had been completed.
He expressed scepticism that Scotland would be swept to independence on an “emotional tidal wave” following the Brexit vote, warning that a rerun of the 2014 vote risked a devastating defeat that would put the nationalist cause “on the back burner for generations.”
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The Safeguard, A Creative Commons Comic Book Script
Posted on 24th July 2008 by Ryan Somma in Creative Commons Works
Posting this on the off-chance that there is an aspiring comic artist out there who might be interested in collaborating with an aspiring writer. I had found a fantastic cartoonist to work with me on this project, but, unfortunately, real life was making too many demands on his time, but this is our start.
The Safeguard is a mostly-comedic comic that will have a few, very dramatic issues after characters are established. It follows Nisha, Ziggy, and Arnis, three average people trying to play superheroes in the real world and dealing with issues of morality and seriousness of vigilantism, no matter how good the intentions. They battle Caleb, a teen who hasn’t figured out where he fits in, and decides to become the Safeguard’s arch-nemesis. Eventually, an amateur superhero fad takes place in the city.
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I’m giving this an open CC license. Take it, rewrite it, make money off it, anything you like. Please keep my name in the credits, and if you are serious, I’ll be happy to write additional issues or outline where this story is going.
Script for Issue 1 of The Safeguard in Microsoft Word Format: this version has pics of Ziggy’s yoga poses.
Script for Issue 1 of The Safeguard in Text Format
Here’s some character sketches from Robert Ricobaldi. Click on any for larger images. As much as I love these for capturing the way I envisioned the characters perfectly, artists are free to interpret the characters in their own ways:
The Safeguard – Most Detailed Concept Art
The Safeguard – Less Cartoony Headshots
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Neat. The concept reminds me of The Venture Bros., a bit, except with kids.
BTW, if anyone gave up on The Venture Bros. during season 2, know that the first 4 episodes have all been less funny than every episode after them. S2E05 is where it feels like S1 again.
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Maaan… if only I could draw!? Hey, I hear xkcd.com uses mostly stick figures…
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There are three boxes of Streit’s Passover 100% Whole Wheat Matzos on my kitchen counter. I don’t eat bread during Passover. I don’t eat any chametz (wheat, barley, spelt, oats or rye) for the eight days of the holiday. I’m not particularly observant, but eating matzo and creating a queer/feminist seder help me feel connected to my heritage and to other people who are struggling to be free.
The rule to “eat matzoh but nothing else made from flour” makes sense to me. My parents explained that we made matzo because we (the ancient Jews) were fleeing persecution and didn’t have the luxury of letting the bread dough rise and baking it in an oven. Once Moses set foot in the Red Sea there was no turning back. I understood it symbolically, but I wished that matzo tasted like a pancake instead of a burnt cracker.
Up until this year, I also didn’t eat kitniyot during Passover. Kitniyot are a subgroup of foods that include rice, corn, beans, lentils, and peas. For 800 years, Ashkenazi Jews (from France, Germany, and Eastern Europe) were expected to follow this additional prohibition. Sephardic Jews (from the Iberian Peninsula, North Africa, and the Middle East ) never adopted the restriction on kitniyot.
The ban on kitniyot never made sense to me. It meant that during Passover my mother hid the peanut butter and all the candy made with corn syrup. All because the rabbi said not to eat it.
The Reform Judaism movement lifted the ban on kitniyot when it was founded (in 1810). The Israeli Conservative movement lifted the ban in 1988, and the US Conservative movement only at the end of 2015. Lifting a ban is not the same as commanding one to eat it; it is an individual decision whether to abstain or to continue with an inscrutable tradition. The Orthodox follow the tradition.
This is the first year I’ve purposefully eaten corn, rice, or beans during Passover. Still, when I was pulling together the dinner menu for our first night seder, I cooked without them. Over the weekend I had puffed rice for breakfast. It felt vaguely criminal, as if I was breaking all the rules, or cheating on an exam.
The first time you break the rule is the hardest. If you are lucky, you break it enough and it starts to feel right. Then you forget there was, or is, a rule prohibiting it.
On Saturday, while still slightly hung over from the four cups of wine at seder, I went shopping at Paragon Sports for a new pair of swim trunks. Last summer was the first summer I let myself wear board shorts and a rash guard to the beach. While I had some self-conscious moments, it was an amazing improvement compared to wearing a women’s racerback Speedo. I had no dysphoria. I gave away my women’s swimsuits. There is no turning back. I decided to treat myself to a splashier pair of trunks.
I could have shopped online. The advantage of shopping at Paragon Sports is that they have a big selection, all of the men’s and women’s suits are displayed in the same showroom, and there is an all gender dressing room. The disadvantage is that the sales help work on commission and can be pushy. I collected five nice pairs of blue patterned trunks before a saleswoman came up to me and asked “Are these for you?” I responded that they were and that I was ready to try them on. She wanted to know what I was planning to wear them with (hoping she could sell me a two piece women’s suit to go with it). I firmly told her that I was just shopping for trunks to go with last year’s navy blue rash guard. She unlocked a dressing room for me.
All of the trunks fit, although they didn’t all look good on me. The best, and least expensive, was a pair of eponymous Trunks with a hibiscus pattern. The saleswoman put her commission sticker on it and tried to sell me a tankini top to go with it. I declined and told her I didn’t need any tops. There is no turning back.
Last year the beach. This year the beach, a hot springs, a lake, and a swimming pool.
Notes: Even though I don’t like matzo, Streit’s is my favorite brand. Until recently it was manufactured on the Lower East Side of Manhattan in a decrepit tenement. Streit’s moved to Orangeburg, New York; about an hour north of the city. This article from the New York Times describes their decision to relocate. Donna and I went to see a documentary about Streit’s – you can watch the trailer on YouTube here.
This entry was posted in Authenticity and tagged butch, chametz, genderqueer, lesbian, Matzo, non-binary, passover, queer, Streit's, Swimsuit, transgender on April 26, 2016 by Jamie Ray.
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8 thoughts on “There Is No Turning Back”
PlainT April 27, 2016 at 12:26 am
We grew up eating kitniot in my house. Nowadays we only even eat loosely kosher at the seder, but we’ll have bread with ham and cheese for breakfast the next morning.
But I remember the first time I ever broke kashrut: I was at Whole Foods with my parents and brother, and there were free samples of teddy grahams. I grabbed one and put it in my mouth, forgetting to wonder why it tasted so good. My brother saw and gasped: “What are you doing?!” It took me a second to realize I was eating something non-kosher, and a wave of dread washed over me. He smiled and in typical “cool older brother” form, said: “I’m just teasing, eat whatever you want.” I still kept kosher for several years, but that first break from the rules was when I started to question why we did it.
Jamie Ray Post author April 27, 2016 at 8:57 pm
My grandmother (born in Poland) was raised keeping Kosher 24/7 but eventually she started to keep “kosher style”. My mother cooked the way her mother did – and our Passover observance was also “kosher style” we didn’t use separate Passover dishes and us kids drank milk at every meal (no pork or shellfish though – except in restaurants).
The inconsistencies were obvious even as a child – but I continued to eat according to the Conservative rulings through the holidays that way – it didn’t really bother me until about day 5 when I got really tired of Matzo and would make snide comments about how it only took 20 minutes to cook rice in the desert. I was very happy this year when I realized I could go to a Mexican restaurant and hit the kitniyot trifecta -corn tortillas, rice, and beans!
mostcurious April 28, 2016 at 10:10 am
There is no turning back. That hits home for me right now. I bought two binders and kept two bras for three weeks, and then the bras went in the trash (they were totally worn to tatters; I’ve always hated buying bras.) While I’m still on the fence about the trauma of surgery and the time off work, deep down I know I’m going to go through with it. There is no turning back.
You will know when you are ready. I was on the fence until I had a consultation with a surgeon and then I knew absolutely for sure it was what I wanted. I’d already had knee surgery, fibroid surgery, and a hysto – so I knew what I was getting myself into for surgery – that did make it less scary.
If you like how you look in a binder, and can find a binder that is comfortable enough to wear, then there is absolutely no rush forward, but also no turning back.
Fredrication April 29, 2016 at 3:44 pm
The things we do out of habit… It’s strange how much we are affected by traditions -wether it’s clothes or foods.
There aren’t a lot of Jews where I live, so I just have vaguely knowledge of Jewish traditions. Thank you for enlighten me and expand my horizons beyond the sixth grade book in religion!
New York is diverse, with probably every religion and ethnicity represented somewhere in the city. I forget that many places are much more homogeneous. I didn’t learn about other religions in school – the public schools in NYC were “non-secular” but the default for everything was generic Protestant (Christmas, Easter, etc.). I was lucky to have friends from different backgrounds and I learned about holidays at their house (Greek Orthodox, Hindi, Muslim, and Orthodox Jewish),
Fredrication May 1, 2016 at 4:06 am
The only religion I met as a child other than Swedish state church Protestantism was Catholicism. But we learn about the five big world-religions, nature religions and a few sub-groups in school. But textbook learning is not the same as meeting, talking and socializing with people of other believes and traditions than your own.
Thankfully we live in a much more diverse society now and I’m happy to know that my daughter will have friends of different faiths and traditions!
Liam May 3, 2016 at 12:41 pm
I really, really don’t like matzos, so I hide them in all sorts of fancy (or not-so-fancy) dishes. We always have matzo lasagna on the first night of passover. I made it twice this year, and all of it got eaten, as always.


Symphony Welcomes David Archuleta
Concerts: Oct 22 & 23 (7PM each night) Tickets Available Now
At just 16 yrs old, David Archuleta became a star. In 2008, more than 30 million television viewers fell in love with his angelic voice, making him runner-up in Season 7 of AMERICAN IDOL. His first single Crush, debuted at #2 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, eventually going double platinum after selling more than 2 million digital copies worldwide. After a few more albums, appearing as a guest star on The Mormon Tabernacle Choir’s holiday album, and starring in a mini-series in the Philippines, Archuleta (a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints) put his singing career on hiatus so he could serve a two-year stint as a missionary outside of Santiago, Chile. Since his return to music in 2014, David successfully began releasing music under his own indie label, Archie Music. Regularly selling out two domestic tours a year and with a total of nine studio albums under his belt, Archuleta now resides in Nashville where he’s able to collaborate with other songwriters and musicians. His most recent album “Therapy Sessions,” which Billboard magazine dubbed as his “most vulnerable music yet,” narrates Archuleta’s lifelong struggle with mental health.
*Face masks are required while attending this event in accordance with local guidelines. Currently in the state of California, proof of COVID vaccine or a current COVID test is required for those over age 12 for indoor gatherings of over 1,000 people. Ticket-holders will be kept updated on concert requirements.
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Angie Motshekga: ANCWL's claims petty
Former ANCWL president Angie Motshekga has hit back at her successor Bathabile Dlamini, saying allegations that she's trying to lead from the grave are inappropriate and illogical.
Minister of Basic Education Angie Motshekga (left) at the ANC national policy conference at Nasrec on 30 June 2017. Picture: Thomas Holder/EWN.
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JOHANNESBURG - Former African National Congress Women’s League (ANCWL) president Angie Motshekga has hit back at her successor Bathabile Dlamini, saying allegations that she's trying to lead from the grave are inappropriate and illogical.
The league released a statement at the weekend in which it claimed that Motshekga was hosting events under its banner.
But Motshekga has denied the accusations, calling the ANCWL petty.
Responding to the ANCWL, Motshekga says the league's allegations are silly.
Motshekga's spokesperson Troy Martens says that the league didn’t make an effort to verify the allegations.
“What makes this statement even more absurd is that the ANCWL has made no effort to verify the allegations. They sent out a media statement, levelling all sorts of allegations against her. This isn’t the case at all.”
Motshekga says that she discovered through the media that the league has described her as ill-disciplined.
She says she is not aware of any issues between her and the league.
“As an individual, intellectual and politician, I have the right to freedom of speech. I don’t know what this is about. This problem has not been raised with me.”
It is not clear what event the league is referring to, but Motshekga was scheduled to speak at a Women's Day lecture in Free State.
This was contained on a Facebook page setup in support of ANC deputy president Cyril Ramaphosa's presidential campaign.
The ANCWL has called for a woman to lead the ANC.
(Edited by Shimoney Regter)


Bipartisan Letter Urges Biden to Support Internet Freedom in Iran
Supporting the right of Iranians to communicate freely online, unimpeded by Iranian government censorship or U.S. sanctions, is one of NIAC’s top human rights priorities. That is why we are pleased to share the latest step in the campaign to remove U.S. sanctions that have made it easier for the Iranian government to censor and repress its population online.
Late last week, 21 Members of Congress sent a letter calling on the Biden administration to eliminate sanctions that help block Iranians from accessing a free Internet. The full text of the letter can be found here and also below.
NIAC chapters across the country urged their Representatives to sign on to the letter, which was backed by both Republicans and Democratic legislators, including House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Gregory Meeks (D-NY), and Reps. Gerry Connolly (D-VA), Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA), Ilhan Omar (D-MN), and Tom Malinowski (D-NJ).
As detailed in NIAC’s recent report, “The Impact of U.S. Sanctions on Internet Access in Iran,” and expert panel discussion (which can also be viewed below), U.S. sanctions force tech companies including Apple, Google, and Amazon to block Iranians from accessing their tools and services. This has punished Iranian entrepreneurs, cut off tools for Iranians to circumvent government repression, and made it easier for the Iranian government to create a “national internet” to cut off Iranians’ access to the global internet at its discretion.
The Congressional letter notes these negative trends and encourages the Biden administration to take necessary steps to “ensure that certain information and communication technologies and Internet connectivity services are available to the Iranian people.” This important bipartisan backing from Congress brings us one major step closer to removing these harmful measures.
When the Iranian-American community comes together, we can do enormous work to protect our rights here at home and champion our values abroad.
That’s why we need you to write to President Biden in support of internet freedom. Your voice is integral in pushing the Biden administration to adopt the Connolly-Fitzpatrick letter’s critical recommendations. Take action here >
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One of the most unusual characters in Packer history is John McNally, whose football alias became his moniker, “Johnny Blood.”
One of the most dangerous pass receivers in the pre-Hutson era, he played on four Packer championship teams in seven seasons.
Playing semi pro football in the Minneapolis area while attending St. John College, he took the name “Blood” from the movie marquee of a popular Rudolf Valentino picture of the era, “Blood and Sand.”
Turning pro in 1925, he earned the nickname “The Vagabond Halfback.” He was a Milwaukee Badger in 1925 and part of ‘26, finished the 1926 and ‘27 seasons as a Duluth Eskimo and was a Pottsville (Pa.) Maroon in 1928.
In 1929, “Blood” signed on with the Green Bay Packers. In addition to scoring 224 points as a Packer, he also became known for his antics:
• Jumped across a narrow ledge six stories from the ground to gain access to a Los Angeles hotel room.
• Fled a towel fight with Lavvie Dilweg by climbing on top of a fast-moving train and crawling across car tops until he reached the engine.
• Played almost an entire game with a collapsed kidney.
• Pushed rookie Don Hutson to the limit in a 100-yard dash at age 33.
• Was rescued by teammates while he was hanging on a ship’s stern flagpole on a Packer trip to Hawaii.
• Blew the top off a testing machine in a test for lung capacity.
• Danced, cart-wheeled and delighted a New York night club audience for over an hour.
• Once ran 50 yards for a touchdown on a lateral and when QB Red Dunn called the same play later in the game, “Blood” simply smiled and lateraled the ball back to Dunn.
From 1937-’39, he was player-coach of the Pittsburgh Pirates. He served in the Army Air Corps in World War II and earned his college degree after the war. Johnny “Blood” McNally was elected as a charter member of the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1963.


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Will The Next Jet Airliner You Fly Be Obsolete, And Ready for Early Retirement?
Posted on October 15, 2014 by bigpictureone
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Multimedia eLearning program authored by: David Anthony Johanson © – All written & graphic content on this site (unless noted) was produced by the author. Add: 2.0 For an alternative graphic format presentation, please visit: https://sciencetechtablet.wordpress.com/tag/commercial-jet-airliner-obsolescence/
This multimedia essay includes an eLearning program for secondary/post secondary education and community learning. Assessment tool: A quiz and answer key is located at the end of the program. Learning content covered: aerospace/airliner— aerospace engineering, avionics, economics & business, environmental footprint, financing, manufacturing, marketing, obsolescence management, technology. Learning concepts used: Applied Learning, Adult Learning, Competency-based Learning, Critical Thinking, Integrative Learning.Key: Words or phrases italicized are used to focus on essential concepts or terms for enhanced learning and retention.
[ Disclaimer: David Johanson is a former Boeing scientific photographer and currently has no stock holdings or a financial interest in: Boeing, Airbus or any other companies referenced in this program. Research in this article has been cross referenced using at least three sources, however, all perspectives and opinions represent only the viewpoints of the author.]
Like seeing a mirage in the distance, shimmering sunlight reflects off rows of metal fuselages densely packed in the summer light. A surreal scene of Boeing jet airliners dominates the view, while forming a metallic wall around sections of a regional airport.
Billions of dollars worth of jet airliners are now double parked around Paine Field, Snohomish County Airport, in Everett, Washington. “This development indicates the current success, Boeing is having at landing airliner orders and the result you’re seeing represents a record amount of aircraft production,”said Terrance Scott, a spokesman for Boeing Commercial Airplanes.
He said the Company is leasing this space from Paine Field so that planes can have the remaining work completed and be ready for delivery to their customers — also, this isn’t unique to Everett, but is happening at Boeing manufacturing facilities at Renton Field and at Boeing Field in Seattle.
“Boeing has always been a good neighbor and a fine customer for the airport, they are currently leasing areas to park their aircraft and the revenue generated is appreciated.” said Dave Waggoner, Airport Director at Snohomish County Airport — Paine Field.
￼The global economy’s steady growth has increased passenger traffic, which puts pressure on the airlines to purchase new aircraft for satisfying demand. Continued drops in jet fuel prices benefits air travel industry profits, giving further incentives for fleet investments. Additionally, with historically low-interest rates, lending institutions find new opportunities in aviation financing, enabling expansion of corporate sales. However, financing for used planes is another matter. Cash is drying up for previously owned jetliners — which puts pressure to part-out, then scrap relatively newer-used aircraft.
Could The New Normal Be Shorter Aircraft Service-Life For Airliner Fleets?
Recently, published reports noted a shift towards an assumed obsolescence and accelerated scraping of newer airliners — well before structural integrity or air worthiness becomes a problem, middle-aged aircraft are experiencing vulnerability to an early end-of-life. Clearly, accelerated scraping of newer aircraft is not due to any structural concerns, but rather, cyclical conditions of the industry. To appreciate these concerns a review of an airliner’s operational lifespan may help clarify some of the issues.
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Aircraft manufactures use pressurization cycles to determine an airliner’s operational lifespan. A pressurizing cycle includes three distinct aircraft flight activities — takeoff, climbing until it reaches a cruise altitude and then landing. During this process, air is pumped into the fuselage to pressurize the cabin for passenger comfort. This repeated pressurization flexes or expands the fuselage — consequently stress is put on various connecting components, including fasteners and rivets — which helps to hold the structural integrity of the plane together. After a certain number of landing pressurization cycles, stress or metal fatigue can begin to develop, eventually causing small cracks around the fasteners. Pressurization/landing cycles mainly concern the life of an aircraft’s fuselage, wings and landing gear.
The interior of fuselage section, showing perpendicular rings, which are called frames.
Maintenance schedules and lifespan of jet engines are measured in the number of flight hours. Aircraft engines, followed by landing gear and then avionics are the most valuable components for part-out and dismantling specialist operations. Ultimately, engine condition is the major factor in an owner’s decision to part-out an aircraft.
￼For short flights, single or smaller double aisle craft are used to carry passengers, which may go through many landing or pressurization cycles for everyday operations. The more takeoffs and landings, means a shorter operational lifespan for the plane. On long overseas flights, wide body or jumbo jets such as 747s experience fewer landing cycles. These larger airliners, especially ones use for cargo operations can have longer lifespans of upwards of 20 or 30 years. In the U.S., the FAA requires an initial inspection on Boeing 737s, which have 30,000 takeoffs and landings using electromagnetic testing. Mandatory inspections are required for finding cracks in the fuselage or metal fasteners.
Boeing has a history of ‘over-engineering’ components of its aircraft, which is actually a good thing for ensuring passenger safety and for an extended service-life of the aircraft. Historical evidence of this conservative engineering practice is documented in WWII archival film footage of blown-apart B-17s returning from a mission and safely landing. There are more recent examples of Boeing commercial aircraft surviving dramatic inflight catastrophic failures, with most of the passengers and crew landing safely.
Photo-illustration of an aircraft end-of-life center (aircraft boneyard.)
Compound Forces Working Against Long-Life-Cycle Aircraft
What are the current forces, which hasten the end-of-life of a commercial jet airliner? Recurring cycles or patterns of economic and technological events influences the commercial aircraft industry on a daily basis. Various ripple-effects of these cycles can quickly alter new and used aircraft asset valuation. Airline leasing companies have a major influence, in providing their customers with the aircraft assets they need. Unless the buying customer has solid credit, it’s doubtful they can secure financing for previously-owned airliners. Also, tax incentives exist for Airline companies to use depreciation right-offs by decommissioning all but the most advance aircraft assets.
Maintenance requirements are a long-term, yet fluid, financial concern for a company’s airline fleet. The newer designed aircraft are manufactured with significantly fewer parts than previous models. Consequently, reduction in parts has an impact on reducing maintenance expenditures — including smaller service crews, hours spent on inspection and a reduction of overall repairs. Also, spare parts inventories for maintaining the aircraft’s optimum performance can substantially be reduced compared to an older aircraft. The cost savings benefits are compelling incentives for eliminating older, higher maintenance, aircraft assets.
As mentioned previously, the considerable reduction of parts used in manufacturing newer aircraft provides an immediate benefit of up to 20 percent weight reduction. Without compromising strength or aircraft structural integrity, the cost savings from less weight begins the day an airliner is put into service. Traditionally, fuel-efficiency is the “holy grail” used for selecting an aircraft — the amount of fuel-burn affects the daily operational cost of an airline company. After a decade of service an older airliner reaches mid-life, it may require upgraded and modification conversions to the aircraft’s wings (winglets) or need new fuel-efficient jet engines. However, these conversions reach a threshold of diminishing returns from such investments. As a result, keeping an older aircraft competitive with newer models may not pay off at a certain point. That’s when permanent retirement and parting-out the airliner begins to make economic sense and the aircraft’s end-of-life management begins.
Inevitable Problems Facing Aircraft Electronic Systems (Avionics) Obsolescence
The most perplexing problem facing all commercial aircraft is how to ensure its critical avionics systems continue to evolve and stay up-to-date. Avionics provides the central nervous system or a central processing unit (CPU) framework for a commercial aircraft. It’s a marvelous matrix of advanced electronic systems technology, which constantly communicates with itself, the pilots and the outside world. More so than any other components making up an aircraft’s technological system, its management and functionality duties are beyond comparison. Each year avionics components physically contract in size, yet they expand immensely in functionality and system management. ￼
Here’s an example to help clarify this dichotomy of physical contraction and expansion of technical functionality. Your smartphone can be used as a basic representational model for avionics obsolescence. The phone you’re holding in your hand has a superior mobile graphics processor and sheer number-crunching power advantage over IBM’s Deep Blue supercomputer of the late 1990s. Yet, you can hold your phone in hand, compared to Deep Blue, which was the size of a large refrigerator. However, advanced your smartphone is today, a year from now it’ll be obsolete and two years from now… a quaint antique. If you grabbed your smartphone and considered the example, you just experienced Moore’s law of observation — ‘over the history of computing hardware, the number of transistors in a dense integrated circuit doubles approximately every two years.
Now, imagine trying to update a complex system such as an airliner’s avionics bay, in five-years, 10-years or 15-years. The installation and the majority of electronic systems are not made by the Aircraft’s original equipment manufacturer (OEM) such as Boeing or Airbus. Moreover, the vendors or suppliers 10 or 15-years from now who were the OEM, may be out of business. In the meantime, new replacement components may have to substitute the obsolete equipment. However, the aircraft industry is highly regulated by government agencies, which require strict certification of equipment modifications. As a result of these constraints, aircraft manufacturers such as Boeing, developed obsolescence management strategies to help mitigate these ongoing concerns. But there are always unforeseen obstacles and many moving parts to coordinate before the necessary electronic components are available when needed. Clear, transparent communication is necessary between internal engineering and purchasing departments. Successful collaboration at all levels can present major challenges, especially if the objectives and timetables are not each group’s priority.
So aircraft avionics are the vulnerable underbelly of airliner obsolescence — with financial consequences associated with accelerated, technology — necessitating complex and expensive electronic upgrades.
Airspace Navigation Service Providers (ANSP), which includes the FAA and the European counterpart EASA — have established new mandate requirements for avionic component upgrades. The purpose of this technology is for enhanced data link digital communication, which interacts instantly with aircraft Flight Management Systems (FMS). These requirements include, Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast (ADS-B), Controller-Pilot Data Link (CPDLC) and the Future Air Navigation System (FANS) enables text messaging and global position through satellite communications. The new civil aviation mandates are part of the next generation air traffic computer technology called NextGen, which represents air traffic infrastructure’s future for the next 10 to 15 years.
Used Aircraft Components, Harvested For Premium Returns, Is The Retired Airliners Last Call In Service Before Its Final Destination.
Perhaps aircraft boneyards are flying under the radar as virtual gold mines, as refurbished parts are easily sold at market value. The savings of buying used, over new aircraft parts is incentive for expanding the market. Engines, landing gear and avionics are the most expensive components of an aircraft. These prized components are a highly valued commodity and are quickly snapped up. Specialized systems are not manufactured by companies such as Boeing or Airbus, but by outside OEM. Parts sold brand new by the manufacturer are considerably more expensive than buying used.
Next Generation aircraft such as the Boeing 737-600 and even a 737-800, which was reported to have had a hard-landing, reached their end-of-life as scrap. Also, Airbus has had similar, newer single-aisle aircraft models reached their final destination in the aviation boneyard. Aircraft Fleet receivable Association (AFRA) estimates 600 commercial jet airliners are scrapped yearly. By 2023 it’s estimated the number of commercial airliners scrapped will reach 1000 per-year.
Efforts Of The Aviation Industry To Leave A Smaller Environmental Footprint.
In 2008, the Boeing Company reached out to Airbus in collaboration, with the goal to vastly improve aircraft recycling technology. Airbus estimates they are recycling 85 percent of the entire aircraft, the remaining cabin interior amounted to 15 percent and was the only materials added to landfills.
The best takeaway from the issues surrounding accelerated airliner service-life is that less fuel is consumed by the newer fleets. As older, less efficient aircraft are replaced — a 20 percent reduction in fuel emissions will not enter the atmosphere from the next generation aircraft replacements. If the world’s commercial airline manufactures continue to devote more effort towards efficient recycling of past generation aircraft, we can look forward to clearer skies ahead. ~
Special thanks to The Future of Flight Museum, for allowing photos to be taken from their excellent observation deck.
http://www.futureofflight.org
Aerial view of Paine Field Airport looking north.
Airliner Obsolescence Quiz (Read the entire question before answering.)
1. ) What three economic incentives are currently influencing airlines to purchase new aircraft for satisfying travel demand? ______________________________________ _________________________________ & _________________________________
2. ) (True or False) Structural integrity or air worthiness of current generation airliners is the main issue why these aircraft are being retired early. _______ If you answered false, give at least one other reason why this is occurring. ____________________________ _____________________________________________________________________
3. ) Aircraft manufactures use, what type of ___________ cycles to determine an airliner’s operational lifespan?
4. ) Name the three distinct aircraft flight activities used to determine an airliner’s operation lifespan? _________________________ __________________________ ____________________________________________
5. ) Maintenance schedules and lifespan of jet engines are measured in the ________________ hours.
6. ) Aircraft _________ followed by ____________ and then ___________ are the most valuable components for the part-out and dismantling specialist operations. Fill in the blanks above by selecting the proper order of component value, using the following list: (bulk heads) (wire bundles) (avionics) (engines) (landing gear)
7. ) Selecting from the choices listed below, which aircraft will typically experience more pressurization cycles and why? A or B ____________ A. Jumbo jet (larger, multi isle aircraft) which is used for longer, overseas flights. B. Smaller, single isle jet airliners, which are used more for shorter, domestic flights. Now explain why? ______________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________ 8. ) Multi-isle airliners or jumbo jets, used for longer international flights or for cargo operations can have life cycles of upwards of ____ – ____ years. Select the best match from these sets: 5 − 15, 10 − 15, 20 − 30, 30 − 40 years.
9. ) Explain why a larger commercial jet airliner, which flies longer over-sea routes, would have a longer operational life than a smaller aircraft, which is used on much shorter routes? __________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________
10. ) What procedure is required by the FAA for a Boeing 737 airliner, which completes 30,000 takeoffs and landings? _______________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________
11. ) The newer designed aircraft are manufactured with significantly fewer parts than previous models, list at least two reasons why this is an advantage and would make older aircraft obsolete? _______________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________
12. ) What aircraft component traditionally has been considered the “holy grail” used by the airline industry for selecting an aircraft? _____________________________________
13. ) When permanent retirement and parting-out the of an airliner begins to make economic sense, what form of management begins for that aircraft? ____________________ Select one of the following: end-of-days, end-of-life, retirement cycle, recycle phase.
14. ) What critical system of an airliner is considered its “central nervous system” or CPU for overall control of the aircraft? ________________________________ Give at least two reasons why this system contributes to a jet becoming obsolete? ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________
15. ) Approximately how many aircraft are permanently retired or scrapped in a year? __________________ By 2023, how many aircraft are expected to be scrapped? _____________________
16. ) Regarding commercial aircraft recycling technology, what percentage does Airbus estimate it is recycling of the entire airliner ___ 40 %, 65 %, 75 % or 85 % What percent of the aircraft is not recyclable ___ 60 %, 50 %, 25 %, or 15 % What part of the airliner is not recyclable ____________________ and where does it end up? _______________
Answer key is located at the very bottom, after program sources & related links
Sources & Related Subject Matter Links
This link shows live air traffic anywhere in the world. View how congested the sky’s are over the world’s busiest airports.
http://www.flightradar24.com/47.79,-122.31/7
Aircraft Bluebook – Used for aviation asset valuation
http://www.boeing.com/assets/pdf/commercial/aircraft_economic_life_whitepaper.pdf
http://marketline.squarespace.com
http://www.boeing.com/boeing/companyoffices/aboutus/brief/commercial.page
http://www.airbus.com/innovation/eco-efficiency/aircraft-end-of-life/
http://www.airspacemag.com/need-to-know/what-determines-an-airplanes-lifespan-29533465/?no-ist
http://www.faa.gov/aircraft/air_cert/design_approvals/air_software/media/ObsolescenceFinalReport.pdf
http://aviationweek.com/awin/nextgen-obsolescence-driving-avionics-refurbs
http://www.theguardian.com/business/2013/jun/11/boeing-commercial-planes-double-asia-pacific
http://www.airliners.net/aviation-forums/general_aviation/read.main/5740876/
http://avolon.aero/wp/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/Aircraft_Retirement_Trends_Outlook_Sep_2012.pdf
Article & photos on U.S. aircraft boneyards
http://www.johnweeks.com/boneyard/
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2336804/The-great-aviation-graveyard-New-aerial-images-hundreds-planes-left-die-American-deserts.html
Article, photos & interactive map of U.S. aircraft boneyards
http://www.airplaneboneyards.com/commercial-aviation-airplane-boneyards-storage.htm
Excellent aerial video of Airplane Graveyard (Mojave Airport, California)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6RjaoR7Zk2s
Airliner Obsolescence Quiz Answer Key
1. ) Satisfying increased travel demand Fuel cost savings & Historically, low-interest rates for financing new aircraft
2. ) True Newer aircraft are replacing airworthy, older aircraft due to much less operating cost, including fuel savings and maintenance issues.
3. ) Pressurization or Landing cycles
4. ) Takeoff Climbing to cruise altitude Landing
5. ) Number of flight hours
6. ) Engines landing gear avionics
7. ) B Shorter service routes typically involve more landing and takeoffs as the airliner satisfies domestic travel demand
8. ) 20 − 30
9. ) An airliner flying overseas route would most likely have fewer takeoffs and landings, due to the longer flight time required to reach its destination
10.) Electromagnetic testing for finding cracks in the fuselage or related components
11.) Fewer parts can result in an airliner weighing up to 20 percent less than older models, which can correlate to the same percentage of fuel savings. The maintenance cost is substantially lower allowing for more savings over older aircraft with more component parts.
12.) Fuel-efficiency
13.) End-of-life
14.) Avionics electronic components used for avionics may not be available or upgradeable due to obsolescence upgrading obsolete avionics may require expensive redesign
15. ) Up to 600 1000
16. ) 85 % 15 % Cabin interiors Landfills
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