We Are Sanctuary Poster

Last Spring I began a collaborative poster to spread awareness about immigrant rights with designer Jules Cowan and Micah Bizant in collaboration with the East Bay Sanctuary Covenant.

About the organization:

Founded in 1982 in response to civil wars and genocide in Central America, East Bay Sanctuary Covenant (EBSC) provides legal and social services, community organizing, and education to over 12,000 refugees and asylum seekers yearly, helping them achieve legal status, citizenship, and well-being as they overcome extraordinary obstacles. EBSC staff and volunteers offer trauma-informed, culturally competent services, including legal assistance, case management, a multilingual hotline, community forums, radio programs, English classes, citizenship preparation classes, cash assistance, arts-based workshops, organizing for policy change, and educational exhibits featuring stories of asylum seekers. All of these programs work synergistically so that immigrant participants can heal from trauma and gain skills and support to build new lives in the U.S.

About the art: This poster project began in the winter of 2025, was completed in late spring, and has been distributed since then. EBSC has been using the phrase “We Are Sanctuary” and I wanted to illustrate a multi generational, and multiethnic immigrant family based in the Fruitvale of Oakland. Check out some of the process for my piece on the poster. I illustrated the main front image, Micah illustrated the back with know your rights art, and Jules designed the whole thing.

Get the Poster: If you’d like to download a copy of the poster you can do so here. If you’d like to get physical copies in English or Spanish please email me for local Bay Area delivery.