Weekend of Prayer and Action for Arizona

July 23-25, 2010

Download the Immigration Toolkit

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As people of faith we have to ask ourselves, how are responding and how does our faith call us to action in the ongoing struggle for justice and immigrant rights? The passage of SB 1070 has brought national attention to the Arizona’s longstanding climate of racial profiling, law enforcement impunity, and criminalization of immigrants and workers. What happens in Arizona will have profound implications all over the country and that the next several months are critical to continuing to build resistance on the local, state, and federal levels.

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The Immigration Toolkit include sample worship materials, scriptural resources from holy texts, fact sheets, guides for taking action, and much more!

Worship Resources

Immigration in Sacred Texts

Faith Communiteis’ Statements on Immigration Reform

Debunking Immigration Myths

Open Letter on Arizona to Congress

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Please let us know if your faith community plans to participate in the Weekend of Prayer and Action for Arizona at portlandsanctuary@gmail.com 503.550.3510.

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UCC Statement

Emergency Resolution of Solidarity with Immigrants and the Southwest Conference of the United Church of ChristThe Central Pacific Conference of the United Church of Christ

May 10, 2010

Resolution Page One

Resolution Page Two

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US Conference of Catholic Bishops Statement on SB 1070

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Intermountain Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends Statement on SB 1070

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“The New Sanctuary Movement joins Arizona and the Nation in a National Day of Action against SB 1070 on July 29th“

 

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

 

July 23rd, 2010 - The National New Sanctuary Movement renews its commitment to take a moral and united public stand in support of compassionate, humane and just immigration reform.  Millions of Americans who are members of our religious communities seek answers from us, not only about our nation’s laws, but more importantly, God’s laws.

 

The passage of SB 1070 has brought national attention to the Arizona’s longstanding climate of racial profiling, law enforcement impunity, and criminalization of immigrants and workers. What happens in Arizona will have profound implications all over the country and the next several months are critical to continuing to build solidarity on the local, state, and federal levels.

 
It is for this reason that members of the New Sanctuary Movement, representing clergy and lay leaders from many faiths and denominations from across the country, condemn Arizona’s SB 1070 and make a call to all people who believe in humanity and justice to participate, by coming to Arizona and/or responding locally through:

-Vigils and solidarity actions

-Taking a public position against SB 1070, and standing in solidarity with Arizona and our local immigrant communities.

-Community education through forums and workshops.

-Seeking commitment from faith communities for non-compliance to SB 1070, including Police-ICE collaboration, Secure Communities and 287g programs, to guarantee a safe space for all people in our places of worship and our communities.

-Creating legislative campaigns in states with similar pending SB1070 legislation.

-Organize to get a city resolution against SB 1070 passed in your local community.

 

Resistance to this law is a form of solidarity with all God’s children, and the New Sanctuary Movement will be in public witness to reveal the suffering of families under SB 1070 and similar proposed legislation in other states.

We echo the sentiments of Juan Carlos Ruiz, Catholic leader and co-founder of the New Sanctuary Movement, who has promised resistance: “Anything that belittles or debases the human person is an offense and an insult against our God and must be resisted with all the resources of our faith traditions that call us to build a world of compassion, justice and peace.”

Called by the demands of our faith, we insist that our elected leaders pass an immigration reform bill that is humane and just, a bill that ensures family unity and mitigates harsh enforcement provisions, which has worker protections and a rational path to legalization status. And until we have such Immigration reform, we demand the repeal of SB 1070 and all collaboration between local law enforcement and ICE through Secure Communities and 287g programs, and the passage of the DREAM Act.

 

We are unanimous in our belief that all people, documented and undocumented must be treated humanely and justly. 

 

National New Sanctuary Movement

 

For more information:

 

www.sanctuarymovement.org

CommCte@sanctuarymovement.org

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Alto Arizona website: www.altoarizona.com

Boycott Arizona website: www.boycottarizona1070.com

 

Download Safe Communities Petition
You may be aware of the current ICE activity of being present in all of the area county jails. This process which has been going on for sometime is being challenged by the Safe Communities Project, a coalition of immigrant rights group, specifically for Multnomah County at this time.

We are asking individual allies to print out the petition and circulate it to friends and return it to: Portland Central America Solidarity Committee, 2249 E Burnside Portland, OR 97214.

Oregon New Sanctuary Movement - !Presente!

ONSM members joined over 200,000 immigrants and immigrant allies in a rally in Washington, DC on March 21, 2010 for comprehensive immigration reform.

ONSM Celebration Dinner guest speaker Rev. Dan Dale and Alice Linsmeir (Ventura County Sanctuary Movement) at the rally.

Sanctuary Presente!  Members of the Chicago, Oregon, Ventura County and Washington New Sanctuary Movements gather together.  Left to right: Sharon Hunter-Smith (Chicago New Sanctuary Coalition), Martha Pierce (former director of the Chicago Metropolitan Sanctuary Alliance), Jenny Dale (Chicago NSC Coordinator), Jen Barger (Wellington Ave UCC, Chicago), Marco Mejia (ONSM), Beth Poteet (ONSM), Stephanie Dernek (Chicago NSC), Alice Linsmeir (Ventura County NSM), and Dianne Aid (WA NSM).

 Interfaith Vigil & Posada
for Immigration Reform                                                                                                                                                                English Flyer

Volante en Espanol
Thursday, Dec. 10 10th, 2009 at 4:30, pm
beginning at
The Edith Green Federal Building
1220 SW 3rd Avenue, Portland, OR
ending at
First Christian Church
SW Columbia & Broadway

Join faith leaders from diverse traditions for an interfaith vigil in
support of just and humane immigration reform.

Organized by the Oregon New Sanctuary Movement, this
Portland vigil is a part of the national “Let the Light Shine from
Coast to Coast” Week of Action, which will culminate on Dec.
18th, International Day of the Migrant, in Washington, DC.

Please join us at 4:30 on the steps of the Federal Building for the
candlelit vigil and procession or a at 5:30 at First Christian Church for a
celebration with food and music music.

Co-sponsors include Interfaith Worker Justice, the
National New Sanctuary Movement, American Friends
Service Committee, CAUSA, Witness for Peace Northwest, and the
Committee for Solidarity and Mutual Support.

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The National New Sanctuary Movement and Interfaith Worker Justice calls diverse communities of faith to participate in the National Days of Interfaith Action, from Los Angeles to Washington D.C., between December 10^th and December 18^th .  Come together to shine a light on the urgent need for just and humane immigration reform! Participate in the national days of interfaith action:

1. Light a candle each night in your home/religious holy space as a symbol of hope and a prayer for just and humane immigration reform
2. Sign holiday postcards, printed by the Interfaith Immigration Coalition, addressed to your Senators and Representatives.
3. Use the symbol of white prayer flags - write prayers on the flags for people affected by the broken immigration system and form a prayer chain of hope across the county.
4. Organize an interfaith vigil or posada in your community commemorating diverse religious holy days as seasons of profound welcome for the stranger and shining light into dark
5. Send someone to Washington D.C. to participate in the final days of action on December 17-18 to deliver the prayer flags and the holiday postcards to our elected representatives.

 

When:  December 10^th - December 18^th, 2009

 

Why these dates? 

There are many important holy days that fall before, during, and after these dates, connecting communities of faith from around the United States and the world.

 

 First Sunday in Advent (Christian) – November 29^th Bodhi (Buddhist) – Dec 8^thInternational Human Rights Day – Dec 10^thTevet (Jewish) – Dec 10^thHanukkah (Jewish) – Dec 11^th to Dec 19^th  Our Lady of Guadalupe Day (Christian) – Dec 12^th International Migrant’s Day: Dec 18^thAl-hijira (Islamic New Year) – December 18^th Christmas (Christian) – Dec 25^th

 

 
 Where:

Cites and towns across the United States, including Los Angeles, Ventura County, Portland, Kansas City, Chicago, Milwaukee,  and Washington D.C.

  How:

If you would like to plan your own event or learn more about events happening in your area, please contact:

 Oregon New Sanctuary Movementportlandsanctuary@gmail.comOr go to www.newsanctuarymovmement.org