Axios Pittsburgh covered Frontline Dignity’s 130-mile trek, spotlighting the unexpected community support and hospitality the walkers encountered along their route. “I had people coming up to me saying, ‘I’ll open my restaurant to you,’ ‘I have an Airbnb you guys can stay at,’ ‘I have a barn.’ I think it’s important to amplify that. Too often, people feel like no … Read More

Frontline Dignity was featured in the TribLIVE article, “Immigrant rights marchers continue through Westmoreland County on journey to ICE facility” From the article: A small caravan of backpack-clad immigrant rights advocates pushed through Westmoreland County Monday on their way to an ICE detention facility in Clearfield County. Jaime Martinez, executive director of Pittsburgh-based Frontline Dignity, is making the 8-day, roughly … Read More

Frontline Dignity was featured in the following Indiana Gazette article: “‘Pilgrimage’ to ICE detention center has three west-central PA stops” From the article: Protesters opposed to federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement activity at a center in eastern Clearfield County are planning an eight-day “public pilgrimage and fundraising campaign” from Pittsburgh to the Moshannon Valley Processing Center, via Apollo, Indiana and … Read More

WGAL reported on Pittsburgh immigrant rights activist Jaime Martinez walking more than 100 miles to protest conditions at the ICE detention center in Clearfield County. Pittsburgh immigrant rights activist Jaime Martinez walked more than 100 miles from Pittsburgh to the Moshannon Valley Processing Center in Clearfield County — the largest ICE detention facility in the Northeast — to protest conditions … Read More

Frontline Dignity was featured in the following Pittsburgh Post-Gazette article, “Activist challenges immigration crackdown: ‘Is this who you want to be?‘” From the article: On a day marking resurrection, some three dozen immigration activists gathered Easter Sunday to bury intolerance on a rainy South Side sidewalk where yellow flower petals had been scattered. Frontline Dignity, a new Pittsburgh-based immigration rights … Read More

WCCS Radio in Indiana County covered Frontline Dignity’s 8-day walk as it passed through Indiana, Pennsylvania on the way to the Moshannon Valley Processing Center. “This is a pilgrimage. A protest. A refusal to let this happen unseen. For 8 days, we are walking from the ICE office in Pittsburgh, PA to Moshannon Valley Processing Center in Philipsburg, PA — … Read More

The Pittsburgh Tribune Review reported on Frontline Dignity’s Jaime Martinez setting off on the first day of the 8-day march from Pittsburgh to the Moshannon Valley Processing Center. Jaime Martinez and Frontline Dignity set off from Pittsburgh’s ICE office on Easter Sunday, beginning an 8-day, 130-mile march to the Moshannon Valley Processing Center in Clearfield County to protest conditions at … Read More

The Pittsburgh Tribune Review detailed the planned stops on Frontline Dignity’s 8-day walk from Pittsburgh to the Moshannon Valley Processing Center in Clearfield County. “Think of it more as a pilgrimage,” Martinez said. The group called the event “Frontline on Foot: The Way to Moshannon.” Read the full article at Pittsburgh Tribune Review →

The Butler Eagle covered Frontline Dignity’s upcoming 8-day walk from Pittsburgh to the Moshannon Valley Processing Center, set to begin Easter Sunday morning. “What they do there is horrible and the conditions are deplorable and we have a way in which we can call attention to this,” said Jaime Martinez, executive director of Frontline Dignity. Read the full article at … Read More

Photo: Justin Guido/Post-Gazette Frontline Dignity was featured in the following Pittsburgh Post-Gazette article: “Pittsburgh activist’s 8-day trek aims to raise awareness about Central Pa. ICE facility” From the article: On Easter Sunday, Jaime Martinez plans to arrive at the Immigration and Customs Office on Pittsburgh’s South Side early in the morning and begin walking east on an eight-day trek toward … Read More