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STRENGTH IN NUMBERS: GET YOUR FELLOW CHURCH MEMBERS INVOLVED

AdvocacyBy Joan PlotnickAugust 21, 2023

“He who accepts evil without protesting against it is really cooperating with it.” ~ Martin Luther King, Jr. Anti-integration forces were deeply entrenched in mid-century Montgomery, Alabama, government when Rosa…

TELL THE DOJ TO DEFEND HUMAN DIGNITY AT THE TEXAS BORDER

AdvocacyBy Joan PlotnickAugust 6, 2023

The Department of Justice is suing Texas and Gov. Greg Abbott after he refused to remove the floating barrier and razor wire erected earlier this month on the Rio Grande…

TELL GOVERNOR GREG ABBOTT: THE CRUELTY OF OPERATION LONE STAR MUST END

AdvocacyBy Joan PlotnickJuly 24, 2023

A woman holds a child on her back as migrants walk near concertina wire in the water along the Rio Grande border with Mexico in Eagle Pass, Texas, on Sunday.…

THANK YOU FOR CALLING!

AdvocacyBy Joan PlotnickJune 12, 2023

The Texas legislature’s regular session ended May 29th. And you let us know you made 597 calls to legislators opposing anti-immigration bills! Thank you for taking action. (Click here to read…

MAKE ONE LAST CALL TO YOUR TEXAS STATE SENATOR TODAY: VOTE NO ON HB 7!

AdvocacyBy Joan PlotnickMay 24, 2023

Thanks to all of you who responded to our action alerts by making phone calls to Texas state elected officials opposing anti-immigrant legislation. You let us know that you made…

THANK YOU FOR TAKING ACTION! YOUR EFFORTS HAVE KEPT THESE ANTI-IMMIGRATION BILLS PENDING (not yet approved).

AdvocacyBy Joan PlotnickMay 1, 2023

In our last newsletter, we asked you to call members of the Texas House State Affairs Committee regarding anti-immigrant legislation, and you stepped up! We logged an unprecedented 187 phone calls to legislators…

Have you commented yet on the proposed asylum ban?

AdvocacyBy Joan PlotnickMarch 27, 2023

photo cc. by jasleen_kaur In our last newsletter, we asked you to comment on the Biden administration’s proposed plan that would ban many refugees from asylum protection in the United States based…

Help Block Anti-Immigrant Bills Recently Introduced in the Texas 88th Legislature

AdvocacyBy Joan PlotnickMarch 27, 2023

Anti-immigrant sentiment remains a powerful political tool, providing a convenient scapegoat for societal ills and spurring action through fearmongering and xenophobia. And nowhere is this more apparent than in this year’s…

IN HONOR OF ST. PATRICK’S DAY….TAKE ACTION!

AdvocacyBy Joan PlotnickMarch 15, 2023

photo cc. by Kevin Burkett, The Irish Memorial, Philidelphia PA “In honor of St. Patrick’s Day, we are calling on all Texans (and beyond) who claim Irish origins to stand in solidarity with…

TELL THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION: NO ASYLUM BAN!

AdvocacyBy Joan PlotnickMarch 6, 2023

Nicolae Vermont, “The Refugees,” 1923, sketch, public domain The Biden administration has proposed a plan that would ban many refugees from asylum protection in the United States based on their…

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