There are 3 exciting calls/webinars happening in February to learn more about immigration policies in the U.S. and how communities can advocate for those who live in constant fear from prejudice and possible separation from family.
Join any and all in the coming two weeks!
February 2- Webinar for Immigration Advocacy: The Only Secure Community is the Beloved Community
February 6 – National Faith and Immigration Monthly Call and Optional Webinar
February 9 – Stop Deportations and Keep Families Together
For full descriptions and call in/registration instructions, click here.
Please join the Interfaith Immigration Coalition on January 9th for the National Faith and Immigration Webinar on Secure Communities.
The webinar will provide concrete tools to launch a community campaign to demand your city or state to stop turning people over to ICE and to halt unjust deportations.
Diego Luna, a Mexican film star, calls for action to stop the flow of weapons from the United States to Mexico. Sign a petition to President Obama calling on him to take action to the stop gun smuggling to Mexico.
Join us on Monday, December 5th at 4 pm EST for the Interfaith Immigration Coalition’s monthly National Faith and Immigration Call. The call will include updates on:
Alabama legislation
Potential Alabama copycats
Other state anti-immigrant legislation concerns for the new year
We will also hear from a few people that are working to stop anti-immigrant legislation in their states.
Lines will be limited so call in early. Be sure to bring your questions.
Sign an online petition President Obama to do all that he can to seek climate justice for all of God’s children and God’s Creation during the United Nations Climate Change Conference in Durban, South Africa in December 2011.
As people of faith, we are called to protect the most vulnerable among us as well as God’s great gift of Creation. The meeting in Durban is a critical moment in developing steps for a fair, ambitious and binding agreement that sets forth a truly moral response to climate change. Moving forward we must protect the most vulnerable through prevention and adaptation assistance.
Join the National Council of Churches Eco-Justice Programs for their Do iT in Durban campaign by signing the online postcard petition.
To request hard copy petition postcards for your congregation, please email mccwash@mcc.org.
The National Council of Churches will be holding a conference call/webinar on why the faith community cares about mountaintop removal coal mining, how God’s land and people are suffering, and what you can do to stop it.
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