Mount Toby Friends Meetinghouse to host panel talk on supporting immigrants

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers gather for a briefing before an enforcement operation, Jan. 27, 2025, in Silver Spring, Md.

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers gather for a briefing before an enforcement operation, Jan. 27, 2025, in Silver Spring, Md. AP PHOTO/ALEX BRANDON

Published: 06-13-2025 9:21 AM

LEVERETT — As Immigration and Customs Enforcement actions take place across Massachusetts, with some happening in the region, a panel discussion is being held at the Mount Toby Friends Meetinghouse, 194 Long Plain Road (Route 63) Monday night.

“Supporting Our Immigrant Neighbors in a Time of Crisis” is the title of the 90-minute event, beginning at 7 p.m., sponsored by Leverett Together.

Featured will be representatives from local immigrant advocacy organizations talking about actions that individuals and communities can take to support immigrants who are living each day in fear and with threats of being detained.

The presenters will be:

Joan Epstein and Karen Levine, from the Jewish Activists for Immigrant Justice and the Western Massachusetts Immigration Legislative Advocacy Network.

Pixie Holbrook and Patti Williams from the Franklin County Continuing the Political Revolution.

Eliot Oberholtzer from the Western Massachusetts Asylum Support Network.

and Millie Thayer from the Pioneer Valley Workers’ Center and the LUCE immigrant hotline.

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Materials will be available from the organizations and speakers will also answer questions from attendees.

For more information, contact Tom Wolff at tom@tomwolff.com.

— SCOTT MERZBACH