July 31, 2018 Immigrant Justice Minnesota
ICE Snatches 25-Year Minnesota Resident From His Family in Harrowing Video
Carlos knew it was dangerous for him to go to the courthouse on July 26. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents have dramatically stepped up their hunt for undocumented people, friends …
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Legislators call to help end homelessness
Hosted by Vermont Interfaith Action in Washington County, membership includes churches in the area, Good Samaritan Haven homeless shelter, Capstone Community Action, Washington County Mental Health, Downstreet Housing and Development, …
Continue readingDecember 10, 2018
Shelter is increasingly scarce for migrants released in San Diego County by ICE
The volunteers brought blankets in case the new families needed to stay the night. It’s not the first time this week volunteers haven’t known where they were going to put …
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San Diego Migrant Shelter Facing Capacity Issues
Volunteers working at the already full shelter found out late Saturday that immigration officials would be releasing two more busloads of families to their facility. The first bus, which carried …
Continue readingDecember 10, 2018
Voting Rights/Demoracy Alabama
How Churches Are Addressing Voter Suppression
Double work in Alabama is par for the course for Faith in Alabama and its leader Daniel Schwarz. He said, “the most pernicious form of voter suppression is mass incarceration.” …
Continue readingDecember 8, 2018
Criminal Justice, Gun Violence Alabama
Faith in Action AL holds Lament and Hope Walk for victims of gun violence
The Lament and Hope Walk was held for families at First United Methodist. “I can feel the grief, I can feel the pain from those families,” Candricka Sutton. “It’s overwhelming …
Continue readingDecember 7, 2018
Historical Marker Unveiled For Levi Harrington, Lynched April 3, 1882
Following a ceremony, Reconciliation through Remembrance, which included music, the reading of a proclamation issued by Kansas City, MO., Mayor Sly James declaring Dec. 1, 2018, Levi Harrington Day, a …
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