Stop the ICE Raids: An Interfaith Public Rally for Federal Immigration Reform
September 25, 2008
Media AlertWHEN: Wednesday, October 1, 2008 from 5:00 - 6:00 p.m.
WHERE: Boston City Hall Plaza (near the Government Center MBTA station)
WHO: Speakers will include:
- Reverend William G. Sinkford, President of the Unitarian Universalist Association (UUA) of Congregations.
- Dr. Charlie Clements, President and CEO of the Unitarian Universalist Service Committee.
- Reverend Kim Crawford-Harvie, Senior Minister of Arlington Street Church, Unitarian Universalist.
- Patty Montes, Director of Centro Presente.
- Shuya Ohno, Director of Communications at Massachusetts Immigrant and Refugee Agency (MIRA) Coalition.
- Bishop Filipe Texeira, OFSJC, Diocese of Saint Francis of Assisi.
WHAT: On Wednesday, October 1, 2008, at 5:00 p.m., religious and community leaders from the Boston area will hold a vigil for immigration reform at Boston City Hall Plaza. They will promote a petition calling for a moratorium on Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) raids and will call on elected officials to support a moratorium on the raids and to implement just immigration reform. Signed petitions will be sent to ICE headquarters and to Senators Edward Kennedy and John Kerry.
The rally is part of a nationwide “Tour of the Faithful” campaign, in which religious groups across the country will hold events calling for immigration reform.
CONTACT: Peter Lowber, Chair of the Arlington Street Church Sanctuario Task Force; 617-331-6916; plowber @ hotmail.com
The rally is sponsored by: Arlington Street Church; Unitarian Universalist Association (UUA); Unitarian Universalist Service Committee; First Parish Church in Malden (Universalist); Centro Presente; Greater Boston United for Justice with Peace; Cambridge United for Justice with Peace (C-UJP); The Task Force on Immigration of the UU Church of Medford; Proyecto Hondureño; MA Immigrant & Refugee Advocacy Coalition (MIRA); Jobs With Justice; Boston May Day Coalition; Dominican Development Center; Massachusetts Interfaith Committee for Worker Justice; LUMA; ACLU; the Brazilian Women’s Group; ONE Lowell; the Boston Bolivarian Circle; Irish Immigration Center; Bishop Felipe Texeira, OFSJC, Bishop of Saint Francis of Assisi Church; the Paulist Center, Cooperative Metropolitan Ministries (CMM); First Congregational Church of Somerville, UCC; La Comunidad Inc., Chelsea Collaborative; Chelsea-East Boston-Everett May Day Coalition.
Last updated on Thursday, September 25, 2008.
