From Sanctuary to Street, From Lament to Action—June 9, Philadelphia
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Tell the President to Grant Relief for All Seeking Sanctuary
The efforts of the Sanctuary Movement across organizations, faith communities and impacted immigrant leaders has had tremendous influence in the fight to stop deportations and keep families together over the last four years. Join Sanctuary Faith/ Lay Leader Sign On … Continued
Sign On to Send Message to New President to Support Sanctuary
From Church World Service (http://www.churchworldservice.org): It has been a difficult four years. The efforts of the Sanctuary Movement across organizations, faith communities and impacted immigrant leaders has had tremendous influence in the fight to stop deportations and keep families together. … Continued
Assembly Declares ELCA Sanctuary Church
In a key action, the 2019 ELCA Churchwide Assembly voted to approve a memorial that declares the ELCA a sanctuary church. The ELCA is the first North American denomination to declare itself a sanctuary church body. As a sanctuary church … Continued
Join the #SacredResistance Network and Help Protect Immigrants
From Church World Service (http://www.churchworldservice.org): As people of faith, we have a moral calling to stand with our undocumented siblings in times of fear and turmoil. As we have seen, this administration has been threatening the immigrant community in recent … Continued
Will Your Congregation Support Sanctuary for Immigrants?
From Church World Service (http://www.churchworldservice.org): There’s a movement stirring behind the headlines, and everyone who wants make our country a better place can be a part of it. The amount of immigrants in public sanctuary has almost tripled since last … Continued
Build Sanctuary from the Ground Up—August 25, Philadelphia
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From the New Sanctuary Movement of Philadelphia (http://sanctuaryphiladelphia.org/): Gather with us in two Prayer Vigils on August 25. Under the Trump administration, we are experiencing a public and explicit resurgence of white supremacy. For immigrant communities, white supremacy has meant … Continued
Churches Are Readying Homes and Underground Railroads to Hide Immigrants from Deportation Under Trump
BuzzFeed, posted on Feb. 25, 2017, at 10:30 a.m. Salvador Hernandez, Adolfo Flores BuzzFeed News Reporters Churches across the US are fighting back against the Trump administration’s mandate to ramp up deportations with new sanctuary practices of their own, using … Continued
Welcome Refugees, Churches Say in a Public Challenge to Trump
New York Times By Laurie Goodstein March 2, 2017 The fight against President Trump’s executive orders to turn away refugees, deport undocumented immigrants and build a wall along the Mexican border is about to escalate in many American churches. A broad … Continued