What to Do If ICE Agents Come to Your Door
Posted at https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2019/7/14/1871786/-Trump-s-Waffle-SS-fail-their-immigration-raids This information is from the ACLU. Don’t open the door. Opening the door does not give the agents permission to come inside, but it is safer to speak to ICE through the door. Ask the agents what they … Continued
Call to Protect/Expand Services Families Need—July 22
From the Coalition on Human Needs (http://www.chn.org): National Call-in Day Monday, July 22nd Once again, the Administration and Congress are headed towards the brink. In September, services we need may come to a screeching halt unless new funding levels and … Continued
Sign Petition: Stop Tax Breaks for Private Prison Companies
From Americans for Tax Fairness (https://americansfortaxfairness.org/): Right now, private prison corporations―including those running despicable detention centers on our southern border―are abusing more than the children and families being detained by the administration. They’re also abusing a loophole in our tax … Continued
Call Your Representative: Support the Payday Rule to Stop The Debt Trap!
From Americans for Financial Reform (https://ourfinancialsecurity.org/): Tell Your Representative to Sign On to Letter Urging CFPB to Rescind Harmful Payday Rule Proposal that Harms Consumers Earlier this year, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau announced it would rescind the ability-to-repay standard … Continued
Tell Congress to Stop the Asylum Ban and Protect Asylum Seekers
From Church World Service (http://www.churchworldservice.org): On July 15th, this administration announced its plans to ban asylum seekers and those who seek safety at the U.S. southern border if they travel through another country en route to the United States. This … Continued
Urge Pennsylvania to Grow Monarch-Friendly Plants on Public Lands
From Environment America (https://environmentamerica.org/): Editor’s Note: I plant for pollinators, including milkweed for monarchs. Last year I had a number who laid eggs and hatched out. I’ve seen none this year. Monarch butterflies are in crisis. Toward the end of … Continued
A Closer Look at How Religious Restrictions Have Risen Around the World
Tenth annual report dives deeper into the ways government restrictions on religion and social hostilities involving religion have changed, from 2007 to 2017 WASHINGTON, D.C. (July 15, 2019) – Over the decade from 2007 to 2017, government restrictions on religion … Continued
Congregations and Individuals: Sign the Paris Pledge
From Interfaith Power and Light (http://interfaithpowerandlight.org): Interfaith Power & Light is encouraging congregations to join the effort to care for Creation and move our country to clean, renewable energy by signing the Paris Pledge, committing to reduce their carbon emissions … Continued
Become a Grassroots Co-Signer of the Protecting the Right to Organize (PRO) Act
From the Economic Policy Institute (http://www.epi.org/): Since virtually the first day of his administration, Donald Trump and his cabinet have been systematically working to undermine labor protections that have taken a century to build. But together we’re fighting back to … Continued