CASA, which receives state funding for its work with immigrants, had apologized for its statement even before the lawmakers’ threat.
  • muninn@dmv.socialEnglish
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    1 year ago

    Reading into this a bit, it looks like they are specifically objecting to a “From the river to the sea” post that CASA made and then deleted. Still incredibly cowardly to threaten to remove funding over support of Palestine.

    • cosmic_slate@dmv.socialMEnglish
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      1 year ago

      I found a second article in my feed that seems to go into a little more detail: https://www.marylandmatters.org/2023/11/10/casa-scrambles-to-save-political-financial-support/

      In addition to the post that’s since been removed, it sounds like there’s skepticism about CASA keeping their non-profit organization’s activities separate from their advocacy organization’s activities.

      Some officials have also said they see a blurring of the activities of CASA, a 501©3 nonprofit organization, and CASA In Action, the 501©4 educational entity that enables the group to advocate during policy debates and operates a political action committee that supports political candidates. They couldn’t help but notice that the tweets on the Middle East came from CASA’s account on X (formerly known as Twitter) rather than from the advocacy arm, and that the staffers in the accompanying pictures were wearing CASA T-shirts, rather than CASA In Action T-shirts.

      Torres said CASA’s leadership is careful to keep the activities of the two entities separate. There’s a memorandum of understanding between the two sides, “describing specific roles,” he said, and it’s reviewed and “refined” annually by lawyers and auditors.