Building a Rapid Response App To Demand Reform At Delaney Hall

Hundreds of immigration detainees at the Delaney Hall ICE detention center in Newark, New Jersey, have been on a hunger strike since mid-May, triggering protests outside the privately run facility over detention conditions and immigration enforcement.

The action began with roughly 300 people refusing food or work assignments in protest against conditions they described as poor food quality, delayed medical care, sanitation concerns, and prolonged detention without timely case resolution. — MSN

The situation at Delaney Hall in Newark has escalated into a direct assault on the right to report … the NJ State Police have enforced a media blackout. — Eyes On Ice

How do you build a rapid response app to inform people about the situation? What are the demands? Who they should call? Make it easy for them to call their elected rep? What are the talking points to use? How to contact Citizens Bank and Vanguard for their financial support for GEO Group, the private prison operator for ICE.

Reform Delaney Hall

Designing a rapid response app

• I created this app with the free MakeItFast app by entering details on the links, numbers to call and videos into a spreadsheet.
• This creates a Progressive Web App (PWA) that can be shared with a URL or QR Code
• What’s special about a PWA? It’s an app that you can use on your phone or laptop without having to instal any software.
• The creator of the app can change the data in the spreadsheet at any time and all the app users will immediately have the latest data.
• The app also includes a free teleprompter and script using the BigStage Teleprompter and sample talking points from Jessica Craven.
• Users can also obtain real time alerts even when they are not using the app by opting in for alerts with the SUBSCRIBE button at the top.

Take Away: Organize better with rapid response apps using Make It Fast.

Deepak DemLabs

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