Courtesy of Karen Wires, passing it along from the Rev. Anne Derse — two events supporting Haitians against mass deportation. Please consider supporting if you are in either of these areas, and see below my signature for more information:
There are two events this week in support of US Haitians communities who are dealing with ICE/Immigration issues. Website and video options are included, since we are out of the areas. Please forward this information to your friends.
-Monday, August 23 7:00 PM EDT from Springfield, Ohio, Faith in Action
-Wednesday, August 26 , 12:30 PM in Salisbury, MD, sponsored by Repairers of the Breech, from Goldsboro, NC
Yours,
Serena Evans Beeks
Canon Serena Evans Beeks, D.Min.
US Coordinator, Haiti Episcopal School Partnerships
National Association of Episcopal Schools
Dear Faith Leaders, Clergy, and Friends:
Faith and community leaders in Springfield, Ohio, are asking us to stand with them during this urgent moment. ICE enforcement has intensified across Springfield’s Haitian community. Families are afraid to go to work, send their children to school, or attend church. Pastor Viles Dorsainvil has reported seeing ICE agents outside churches, and on Thursday, Haitian pastor Gilbert Joubert Adrien was detained by ICE.
In response, faith partners from across the country are coming together for an emergency Faithful Witness Call. We will hear directly from leaders in Springfield and discuss how faith communities and movement partners can respond.
The situation is moving quickly.
Please register, share this invitation with your networks, and join us on Monday.
Best,
Claudette David
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REPAIRERS OF THE BREACH
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SOS
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STANDING WITH OUR HAITIAN SIBLINGS
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Friend,
Somebody is hurting our siblings. We will not be silent.
This Wednesday, August 26, Repairers of the Breach goes to Salisbury, Maryland, to stand with our Haitian neighbors against the lies, the attacks, and the arrests aimed at them.
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STOP THE LIES.
STOP THE ATTACKS.
STOP THE ARRESTS.
PRAYER • PRESS • MARCH
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If you can get to the Mid-Atlantic, be there:
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Wed., Aug 26 | Salisbury, MD
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12:30 PM — Gather & Register
Rebirth Inc. | Radio Oasis, 255 N. Division St.
1:00 PM — March & Delivery of Letters
1:30 PM — Prayer & Press
Wicomico County Government Office, 125 N. Division St.
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Clergy: wear the vestments of your faith tradition. Let the county see conscience walking down the street.
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If you can’t get to Salisbury, you still have a job:
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Share this with three people in the Delmarva region — Delaware, Maryland, and Virginia — who can go.
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Hold our Haitian siblings in prayer at 1:30 PM ET, when we gather at the county office.
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Post it. Silence protects the people doing the harming.
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We are calling on churches, synagogues, campus groups, lodge halls, street corners — everyone — to mobilize, educate, and march. No one is exempt from this. Some of us march. The rest of us make sure the marchers aren’t alone.
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Serving Justly,
Dr. Hanna R. Broome
National Director of Religious Affairs, Repairers of the Breach
Bishop William J. Barber II
President, Repairers of the Breach; Director and Professor in the Practice, Center for Public Theology and Public Policy, Yale Divinity School
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SOMEBODY IS HURTING OUR SIBLINGS. WE WILL NOT BE SILENT.
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Thank you for your generous contribution and continued support. With your gift, Repairers of the Breach can continue to fund our efforts to mobilize impacted people, faith leaders, and activists to call out policy violence and demand a country that lives up to its moral and constitutional obligations. Click here to make a secure donation on the Repairers of the Breach website. |
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Forward together, not one step back!
Repairers of the Breach Team
Repairers of the Breach
P.O. Box 1638
Goldsboro, NC 27533
United States
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