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When advocacy work fails to protect the people you know personally

I have been advocating for immigrant rights for fifteen years and last month ICE detained my neighbor and I could not help him.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Professional competence in social justice work does not guarantee power to help individuals, revealing the limits of expertise.

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