Shining Lights for Liberty

By Sheilah Kast,

Published July 12, 2019 at 10:13 AM EDT

Tonight thousands of people across the country will join in vigils to push back against the way the U.S. government treats migrants--separating families, and holding them in jammed detention centers. It’s a national movement, called “Lights for Liberty.” We talk with local organizers Zainab Chaudry from the Council on American-Islamic Relations, Tracie Guy-Decker from Jews United for Justice, and Elizabeth Alex, from CASA-Baltimore.

Visit this link for more information on Lights for Liberty events happening in Maryland.

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Sheilah Kast

Sheilah Kast is the host of On The Record, Monday-Friday, 9:30-10:00 am.

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Melissa Gerr

Melissa Gerr is a Senior Producer for On the Record. She started in public media at Twin Cities Public Television in St. Paul, Minn., where she is from, and then worked as a field producer for Oregon Public Broadcasting in Portland. She made the jump to audio-lover in Baltimore as a digital media editor at Mid-Atlantic Media and Laureate Education, Inc. and as a field producer for "Out of the Blocks." Her beat is typically the off-beat with an emphasis on science, culture and things that make you say, 'Wait, what?'

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