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Recycling Director Daniel Maher has been freed – Welcome back!

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Recycling Director Daniel Maher has been freed - Welcome back!
After months of being unjustly detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), Daniel Maher, Ecology Center’s Recycling Director, has been returned where he belongs – at home among family and friends, and at work in service to our community. Daniel was freed on Friday, August 14th, to much celebration and relief, after over two months… Read more »

Immigrants Are #NotDisposable – Rally 8/12/15 to Demand Release of Daniel Maher, Ecology Center Recycling Director

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Immigrants Are #NotDisposable - Rally 8/12/15 to Demand Release of Daniel Maher, Ecology Center Recycling Director
The Ecology Center will be joining immigrant and environmental rights organizations to stage a rally in front of the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) offices in San Francisco, to demand the release of Daniel Maher, a Bay Area resident who arrived in the U.S. from Macau at the age of 2. After serving a sentence… Read more »

Ecology Center’s Recycling Director, Daniel Maher, Faces Unjust Deportation

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Ecology Center's Recycling Director, Daniel Maher, Faces Unjust Deportation
The US Immigrations and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has seized the Ecology Center’s Recycling Director, Daniel Maher, and is detaining him indefinitely under the threat of immediate deportation to China. Daniel has been an integral part of the Ecology Center for almost a decade, leading Berkeley’s curbside recycling program. Daniel immigrated from Macau when he was… Read more »

Know Your Rights Workshop This Thursday, 6/13/13

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Know Your Rights Workshop This Thursday, 6/13/13
Farm Fresh Choice invites young people, youth advocates, and East Bay community members to learn about criminal law directly from lawyers who work to promote social welfare through the defense of human and civil rights. Emily Abraham and Gautam Jagannath, staff attorneys at Social Justice Collaborative, will give a talk about street law topics such… Read more »