General Assembly 2012 Event 424

Program Description

Speakers: Gail Forsyth-Vail, Kat Liu, Jessica York, Pat Kahn

This workshop highlighted education, reflection and action immigration resources for all ages and explored how they might be adapted for your congregation. Included are stories and activities drawn from Tapestry of Faith programs as well as highlights from the Immigration Justice Resources project.

Immigration Resources for All Ages

• Beacon Press Titles on Immigration Rights, Reform, and Policy
  • Discussion guide for The Death of Josseline (PDF, 28 pages)
  • Discussion guide for Acts of Faith (PDF, 17 pages)
• Resource guide for the Immigration as a Moral Issue Congregational Study/Action Issue (CSAI)
• Cooking Together blog
  • Example of a multigenerational project held at a district conference
• Tapestry of Faith programs—a sampling of immigration related sessions and workshops:
  • Heeding the Call (Youth) Workshop 4: The Call for Empathy includes a few activities, Find Out More, and Taking It Home focused specifically on immigration
  • Sharing the Journey resource (Youth), Chapter 6: Youth Conference model, Same But Different based on the film The Visitor
  • Interfaith Leadership, Chorus of Faiths
  • Virtue Ethics (Youth) Workshop 3 Faith in Action: Countering Misinformation
  • What We Choose: Ethics for Unitarian Universalists (Adult) Faith in Action
  • Toolbox of Faith (4th/5th grade), Session 11 Faith in Action: Listening Project
  • Sing to the Power (4th/5th grade), Session 12 Story “Standing on the Side of Love” (to be published online August 2012)
• UU World “Families: Weave a Tapestry of Faith” pages
• UUA Immigration Justice includes:
  • Preparing Youth for GA
  • Children’s RE curriculum by Mandy Neff: With Justice and Compassion (PDF, 63 pages)
  • Sermons and theological reflection
  • Worship resources
• Doctrine of Discovery Responsive Resolution
• “The True Story” video
• Congregational study guide for the Doctrine of Discovery (PDF, 10 pages)
• Standing on the Side of Love for Immigrant Families
• The Restoring Trust Campaign, the major campaign on immigration encouraging congregations to work in interfaith groups at the local level in their communities to convince local officials not to cooperate with ICE
• July 25th Webinar: Breaking the Isolation of Immigration Detention: Starting a Visitation Program
  Join Standing on the Side of Love and Bob Libal of Grassroots Leadership to learn why and how to start a detention center visitation program in your area.