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hese are trying times for the
millions of voters who did not
choose Donald Trump and
Mike Pence to lead the country.
With emotions running high, about
150 individuals brought their ques-
tions and concerns to a Detroit Jews for
Justice (DJJ)-sponsored program, "100
Days: Preparing for the Presidency."
Kary Moss, executive
director of the American
Civil Liberties Union
(ACLU) of Michigan, was
the featured speaker Dec. 1
at Temple Emanu-El in Oak
Park.
According to the DJJ invi-
tation: "The new administra-
tion has put forward a plan
for major policy changes
slated for the first 100 days of the term.
It is essential that those of us com-
mitted to racial and economic justice
understand, as much as possible, what
to expect."
Attendee Alice Audie-Figeroa of
Huntington Woods said, "The major-
ity of people do not share the Donald's
values."
Following 30
minutes of network-
ing over nibbles, DJJ
director Rabbi Alana
Alpert said, "We held
this [event] tonight
to contradict the
isolation" that many
opposed to Trump
have felt since the
election.
"The only way to get through this is
by knowing more people who share our
values and expand our relationships —
we have to find each other," Alpert said.
She then asked everyone to discuss
the handout, the Trump campaign's
"100-day action plan to Make America
Great Again," with people they didn't
know before.
Reading the president-elect's pro-
posed policies and actions stirred up
fresh outbreaks of fear, hostility, anger
and amazement among the largely
Jewish crowd of Democrat and indepen-
dent voters.
Royal Oak resident Fran Shor of
the Huntington Woods Peace Group
focused on an item of particular con-
cern to him: Trump's call to "cancel
all federal funding to Sanctuary
Cities." According to MotherJones.
com, these are the 39 cities that
limit their cooperation with fed-
eral immigration authorities with
regard to undocumented immi-
grants in the United States.
"There will be resistance to this
and other Trump actions," Shor
predicted.
Moss said, "We don't know
what's coming, but he [Trump] is here,
and we would be foolish not to take his
priorities seriously."
ACLU of Michigan has been "over-
whelmed by calls about hate crimes"
since the election, she said, so fighting
hate will be a major focus of organiza-
tional efforts during the Trump years,
along with opposing voter suppression,
abortion infringement and the harass-
ment of undocumented immigrants.
"People are held for years in deporta-
tion cases without seeing a judge," Moss
noted.
With a fresh infusion of funds from
the "4,000 who joined the ACLU from
Michigan" in just one recent week, Moss
said her organization is not only filing
lawsuits but also using its lobbyists, policy
experts and social media to oppose what
it considers to be the most egregious of
the Trump/Republican proposals.
"The Constitution is our sword and
our shield," she said. "We're going to be
testing the parameters of what an execu-
tive order provides."
Concerned Americans and "all of our
institutions need to be taking a strong
stand right now to come out of this in
four years."
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Rabbi Alana
Alpert
20 December 15 • 2016
Esther Allweiss Ingber | Contributing Writer
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Dozens of people came to hear Kary Moss speak.
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