You Cannot Detain Our Spirit
These women are helping their neighbors at an ICE detention center
When Kathleen founded the Red Wine & Blue Network group Team No Nonsense North Jersey, her goal was simple: bring women together to make a difference in their community. Since then, the group has grown into a network of hundreds of women who organize and take action together across North Jersey.
One way they accomplished this? By providing food and other essentials to families visiting their loved ones at Delaney Hall, an ICE detention center in Newark, New Jersey, or to anyone released from it.
Every other Thursday, group members make food, collect much-needed supplies such as toys, ride-share gift cards, and toiletries, and deliver them to the detention center. They consistently show up for their neighbors in any way they can, month after month.
Kathleen, the group leader, said “For me, I'm animated by my faith to do what I can. Hospitality is a core principle. Feeding people is showing love by providing a basic need.”
Kathleen and the women of Team No Nonsense North Jersey are a powerful reminder that when women come together, they can create real, lasting change in their communities while showing up for their neighbors when they need it most.
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