For Planning Purposes: July 16, 2019
Contact: Erin Williams | ewilliams@faithinaction.org | 202-748-0699
Contact: Michelle Nealy | mnealy@faithinpubliclife.org|202-735-7123
Hundreds of Faith Leaders Hold Catholic Day of Action for Detained Immigrant Children
Leaders to mobilize for nonviolent civil disobedience action on Capitol Hill
WASHINGTON – On Thursday, July 18 at 10 a.m. on the Capitol Lawn, a coalition of more than 200 Catholic sisters, priests, brothers and lay Catholic advocates and immigrants will gather to pressure the Trump administration and Congress to end the immoral and inhumane practice of detaining immigrant children. The leaders will gather for a press conference and a prayerful assembly before processing into the Russell Senate Office Building Rotunda, where more than 60 Catholic leaders will engage in civil disobedience and risk arrest to draw attention to this moral crisis.
Several Catholic bishops have sent statements of support for this gathering and civil disobedience action. For full details, click here. To see the growing list of organizations endorsing the action click here.
Who: Catholic leaders and representatives from the Sisters of Mercy of the Americas; Leadership Conference of Women Religious; Faith in Action; Faith in Public Life; DC Catholic Coalition; Network Advocates; Franciscan Action Network; Pax Christi USA; Conference of Major Superiors of Men; Columban Center for Advocacy and Outreach; Maryknoll Office for Global Concerns; Ignatian Solidarity Network; Jesuit Conference Office of Justice and Ecology; Sisters of the Good Shepherd National Advocacy Center, Stuart Center: Society of the Sacred Heart, NETWORK Lobby for Catholic Social Justice and Congregation Action Network
What: Catholic Day of Action for Immigrant Children
When: Thursday, July 18, at 10 a.m.
Where: Capitol Lawn, outside of Russell Senate Office Building (Section 8)
This event will also be livestreamed on the Faith in Public Life and Faith in Action Facebook page.
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Faith in Action, formerly known as PICO National Network, is the largest grassroots, faith-based organizing network in the United States. The nonpartisan organization works with 1,000 religious congregations in more than 200 cities and towns through its 46 local and state federations. For more information, visit www.faithinaction.org. Faith in Action is a 501c(3). Faith in Action and its affiliates are non-partisan and are not aligned explicitly or implicitly with any candidate or party. We do not endorse or support candidates for office.
