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CMSA and CRLN Join Together as One Organization

For immediate release

September 1, 2009

 
Longtime partners, the Chicago Religious Leadership Network on Latin America (CRLN) and the Chicago Metropolitan Sanctuary Alliance (CMSA) have agreed to formally come together into one organization, under the CRLN name and banner. This comes after two decades of partnership – including sharing office space and staff.   With this deeper collaboration, the formerly separate organizations will be strengthened and enhanced. 
 
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Also, click here to check out the new website: http://www.crln.org/Chicago-New-Sanctuary 

 

Court Watch Refelction by Brother Bede Baldry, FSC

Aug. 12, 2009

This was interesting today.  I got to talk to some attorney's before and then went it.  They did not use the tv but actually bought people in.  I was there in the afternoon.  One attorney said Judge Katsivalis tries hard.  This day there where about 18 from Mexico, 2 from Korea, 1 from Columbia, Nigeria and other places. 

They needed a translator for the two from Korea.  The woman was there by herself.  The man had a lawyer.  How do you get a lawyer in jail was my question. 

"Radical Welcome: People of Faith Working for Immigrant Rights"

"Radical Welcome: People of Faith Working for Immigrant Rights"

 Oct 1st 2009, 6-8pm

 St Gertrude’s Catholic Church (1420 W. Granville, Chicago)

6:00 - Food and Fellowship Time
6:30 – Program, Discussion, and Plans for Action! 
 
Join the

Chicago New Sanctuary Coalition:

 
 Hear testimonies from our immigrant sisters and brothers directly affected by our broken immigration policies
 

Hear from Leslie Combs, District Director for Rep. Jan Schakowsky, about immigration legislation and how we can work to get it passed

 

Hear what local faith communities are doing as part of CNSC and learn how you can get involved in the struggle for immigrant rights

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.

We did 3 hikes in the desert to check out if the migrant trials in this area were being used a lot right now. The Arivaca Wash is highly used. There were many footprints from the last few days, some trash and clothes. We came upon what I thought was a backpack from a distance hanging in a tree. However, upon closer inspection it was a girl's jacket hanging nicely in a tree...   
 

 

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!

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