CMSA News
Vigil at Detention Center
VIGIL AT BROADVIEW DETENTION CENTER
DATE: Every Friday
TIME: 7:15 AM
LOCATION: 1930 Beach St., Broadview, IL 60153
Join the Sisters of Mercy, Brothers and Sisters of Immigrants, Chicago New Sanctuary Coalition and other members of the religious community every Friday Morning in a prayer vigil at Broadview Immigration Processing Center to support those who are in Immigration Detention, the families of those in detention and be a public witness to the injustices of our immigration system.
Click here for more information about the vigil
Wellington Ave. United Church of Christ New Sanctuary Task Force attends the first Friday of every month, carpooling is available. Please contact Jenny Dale at 773-293-3680 or e-mail her at jdale@chicagosanctuary.org if you are interested in joining us.
Click here to check out the new website! http://www.crln.org/Chicago-New-Sanctuary
Religious Ministry at Immigration Processing Center
Access to Religious Ministry at Immigration Processing Center
Join the Friday Morning Vigils
A Reflection by Rev. Denise Griebler, Pastor of St. Michael’s United Church of Christ
Reflections from the Borderlands
A Reflection by Tracy Hughes, Volunteer Partner with United Church of Christ Volunteer Ministries at BorderLinks in Tucscon, AZ (June 26, 2009)
This morning at 6am I left South Side Presbyterian church for my first Samaritan Patrol. These patrols are held by a group with that exact name with the mission of giving direct care to migrants in the Sonora Desert of Arizona. We have packs of food, bottles of water, Gatorade or other forms of electrolytes, socks, shoes, hats and basic medical supplies.
Today we covered quite a large area. We took a loop out of Tucson and ended up on Arivaca Highway and Interstate 19. Well, those are not all of the roads we took. We did get back to Tucson at 1pm.
Immigration Court Watch Meeting
Immigration Court Watch Meeting
Wednesday March 4th
Dinner 6:00pm; Program 6:30-8:30pm
Notre Dame De Chicago (1334 W. Flournoy St.)
Mary Meg McCarthy, Executive Director of the National Immigrant Justice Center, will speak on how the Immigration Detention Court System works and why our presence and observations in the courtroom are so important.
El Pueblo Canta: A Concert Celebrating the Struggle for Immigrant Justice
SAVE THE DATE! Saturday, March 28th
El Pueblo Canta: A Concert Celebrating the Struggle for Immigrant Justice
Saturday, March 28th
Wellington Ave UCC (615 W. Wellington )
Doors open at 6:30pm and concert starts at 7pm.
Cost of ticket: $10-$25 – general admission
For Advance Tickets visit www.waucc.org or contact Jenny Dale at jdale@chicagosanctuary.org or 773-293-3680
Featured Musicians include:
* Jon Fromer and Francisco Herrerra, Californians who are active in immigration justice work and efforts to close the School of the Americas.
* Jose Flores and Voices, Chicago-based music groups
All proceeds withh go to support the immigrant Justice Work of Centro Romero, Chicago New Sanctuary Coalition, and Wellington Avenue UCC
Spread the word and Buy tickets TODAY!
Colombia Blog
I just made a blogspot so I can share my adventures in
Colombia with you. I will be heading to Colombia with Christian
Peacemaker Teams on Monday, February 9 and will be there until March 20. I hope
to be able to keep fairly regular posts on my time there and about the
work we will do accompanying threatened communities.
Visit: http://paulincolombia.blogspot.com/
Peace,
CMSA Seeks to Hire a New Executive Director
CMSA is now hiring! CMSA seeks to hire a new executive director with a preferred start date of May 15th, 2009. More information about the skills and qualifications needed, the job description and compensation is below. Interested and qualified candidates please apply!
Access to Religious Ministry Act Passes in Illinois House and Senate Unanimously!!
A delegation of 8 Chicago New Sanctuary Coalition leaders joined other community advocacy groups from around the state of Illinois in Springfield Illinois on November 19th to lobby our IL Senators and Representatives to pass HB4613, the Access to Reliiogus Ministry Act. We rushed from office to office expressing the urgency of the bill and the importance of religoius workers to get into the immigration detention center.
If you are a clergy person or lay leader who is interested in volunteering to offer pastoral care to immigrants in detention, please contact Jenny Dale at jdale@chicagosanctuary.org.
Thank you to to everyone who helped make phone calls and write letters to your IL Senators and Representatives, it made all the difference!
January 2009 Journey to Guatemala
Please join us for a special journey of
Solidarity and Hope
