We Belong Together: The Women for Common Sense Immigration Reform has decided to act as unit and initiate a cross-country action where they will fast (abstain from food) for a month, in order to encourage pro-reform movement that will lead to the formation a comprehensive immigration law and cease the towering number of deportations.

The nationwide fasting is a call to arms for all who want the House Republicans and the Obama administration to cease the back-and-forth, and focus on the main objective -- which is reform law and halt deportations. The mass deportations are hostile, and leave the 11 million undocumented immigrants in a precarious place, fearful that they will be targeted and transported by authorities.

50+ organizations and hundreds of women in more than 20 states and Mexico have pledge to take part in the fasting. The women who will be going without replenishment plan to represent the millions of women who are in support of immigration reform that's lead to a pathway to citizenship; which is 70 percent of women nationwide, according to We Belong Together.

The Act.Fast month began on March 8, International Women Day, and will continue until April 5, the National Day of Action against Deportation. There will also be a 48-hour fast of 100 women in Washington, D.C. April 7-9.

The national group We Belong Together is comprised mostly of female immigrants and their supporters. The effort is the byproduct of two individual groups, National Domestic Workers Alliance and the National Asian Pacific American Womens Forum, which focuses on families, children, women, and immigrant rights. The group was formed on Mothers' Day 2010 when a cohort of women traveled to Arizona during the initial passage of the anti-immigrant law SB1070, to explore how the law would affect women, children and families in that state. 

We Belong Together month-long fasting campaign is the latest of a series of actions organized by the valiant group of women. The group has held several actions including a hosting a sit-in last November at the Bellevue offices of the state Republican Party, where 33 women were arrested. They previously presented an online conversation with Gloria Steinem at the National Press Club on Nov. 19. She discussed the evolution of the women's movement and why feminists must be involved in the struggle for immigration reform. Also, they led an effort entitled "Fedoras for Fairness," which used fedoras as a metaphor for the many hats that women wear in order to create a better life for themselves, their children and their families. They created the #fairdora hashtag, which went viral.

If you would like to support Act. Fast: Women's Fast For Families, feel free explore the links below: