Miami Valley Immigration Coalition

06/05/2026

Reminder about these wonderful happenings in Yellow Springs, that we shared about on May 20!

05/29/2026

Saturday afternoon!!!! Please come if you can!!! Conditions for our community members are become more dire every day, both in detention and outside of detention! A permit was requested and received for this vigil. It will be in public space outside the Butler County jail.

See you on Saturday @ 3pm!

05/23/2026

Need English to get a better job? Thanks to a generous grant from Elevar, we're seeking students and teachers. Email us at [email protected]

05/21/2026

[All $15,000 has been raised!!! Amazing!!!]. Lots of people unjustly in immigration detention do not get a bond set. When someone does get a bond set, we can actually free them from ICE jail by working together to raise the bond. Ahmed has two young kids and a wife waiting for him here in Ohio. Let's all pitch in and free him!

https://bit.ly/freeohiodad or directly to https://ohioimmigrant.app.neoncrm.com/campaigns/freeahmed

Thank you Ohio Immigrant Alliance Public Page for organizing the fundraiser!

05/21/2026

Please help if you can! Thank you Heart Mercantile!

Hello!

We have had a few organizations reach out to us to asking for the following donations. We know times are INCREDIBLY tough for everyone right now, but if you can at all donate any of the following items, we would be forever grateful. You can drop them off at the bin located inside our doorway and we'll be collecting until the end of May.

Thank you!

05/20/2026

Look at the amazing activities in Yellow Spring, June 1 to 6!!! More details in the list at mazuets.com.. Note the incredible event Friday night: a conversation between Pulitzer prize winner immigration activist Jose Antonio Varga and University of Michigan scholar and author William Lopez (Raiding the Heartland: An American Story of Deportation and Resistance, a follow-up to his award-winning first book, Separated: Family and Community in the Aftermath of an Immigration Raid) Register at https://antiochcollege.edu/event/ys-speaker-series-defining-american-in-the-heartland-a-conversation-between-jose-antonio-vargas-and-william-lopez-at-the-foundry-theater/

05/20/2026

Please join us on May 30 from 3:00 to 5:00 pm for this interfaith prayer vigil outside the Butler County Jail. The abuses and the outrages by immigration agencies continue to escalate! We will gather together and say no!

On May 30, 2026, 3-5pm, please join Butler County Immigrant Justice, the Task Force on United Methodist Immigration Ministries of Ohio, The Interfaith Center at Miami University, Ignite Peace, the Amos Project’s Black Women’s Health Initiative, the Coalition for Concerned Citizens, and the Miami Valley Immigration Coalition for a peaceful, interfaith prayer vigil on the sidewalk and public space outside the Butler County Jail (705 Hanover St., Hamilton, OH 45011).

We stand in solidarity with people held in ICE detention in the Butler County Jail and throughout the United States, and we call for:
- In-person/contact visitation for clergy seeking to care for ICE detainees in the Butler County Jail
- An end to ICE detention
- Transparency on detention facility funding
- An end to INA § 287(g) agreements

Learn more and sign up here: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSepshkcVdY9G1RBl37_k6EK3Eiue7sn9jVEz8ej-3--kqHqfg/viewform.

05/19/2026

Keep the pressure up! City Commissioners are listening! Attend if you can; your presence is impactful whether you speak or not. Wear black if you can. Wed. May 20, 6 pm, 101 W. Third St., Dayton. City Commission Meeting. Come well before 6 pm if you wish to speak.

05/19/2026

From the Ohio Immigrant Alliance, there is an online press conference Tuesday at 10 am with the team suing Butler County Jail on behalf of immigrants detained there. Info about the lawsuit and registration for the Zoom at : https://ohioimmigrant.org/blog/2026/5/11/new-lawsuit-butler-county-jail-assault

05/14/2026

May 30, 2026, 3-5pm ET on the sidewalk and public space located outside the Butler County Jail (705 Hanover St., Hamilton, OH 45011)

Peaceful interfaith prayer vigil, which may include prayer, brief speaking programs, and peaceful reflection with signs and candles. Participants are encouraged to bring lawn chairs/blankets, battery-operated candles, handheld signs without sticks or poles, water bottles, and umbrellas (if it rains). The prayer vigil will take place rain or shine. Carpooling is encouraged.

Part of Ohio Immigrant Alliance's statewide week of action to call for:
• In-person/contact visitation for clergy seeking to care for ICE detainees in the Butler County Jail
• An end to ICE detention
• Transparency on detention facility funding
• An end to INA § 287(g) agreements

More about the statewide week of action at https://www.ohioishome.org/events/may-30-prayer-vigils

On May 30, 2026, 3-5pm, please join Butler County Immigrant Justice and the Task Force on United Methodist Immigration Ministries of Ohio for a peaceful, interfaith prayer vigil on the sidewalk and public space outside the Butler County Jail (705 Hanover St., Hamilton, OH 45011).

We stand in solidarity with people held in ICE detention in the Butler County Jail and throughout the United States, and we call for:
- In-person/contact visitation for clergy seeking to care for ICE detainees in the Butler County Jail
- An end to ICE detention
- Transparency on detention facility funding
- An end to INA § 287(g) agreements

Learn more and sign up here: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSepshkcVdY9G1RBl37_k6EK3Eiue7sn9jVEz8ej-3--kqHqfg/viewform.