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The Clarion February 2010
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Calling all United Methodist Women to Love in Action.. Show your support for immigrant rights! In 1978 United Methodist Women processed from the Assembly Hall in Louisville, Ky., and moved into the streets to sign the Charter for Racial Justice. Today we are faced with another critical racial justice challenge -- that of the marginalization, demonization and criminalization of immigrants in our midst. I want to alert you to two important opportunities for us to lift up our voices for immigrant rights on May 1.
Assembly 2010, St. Louis: Following a time of worship, remembering and looking forward, Assembly participants will be invited to participate in one of two parallel Actions for Immigrant Rights. We will follow national leaders in processing out of the hall. Some will go to the Experience Hall for a time of prayer and witness for immigrant rights. Others will process out of the America’s Center and into the streets where they will be joined by St. Louis community groups. They will march six blocks to Kiener Plaza near the Arch and participate in a public faith-based vigil for immigrant rights. Bishop Minerva Carcaño of the Desert Southwest Area, chair of the United Methodist Task Force on Immigration and author of our 2008 mission study “I Believe in Jesus,” will lead us in that public witness. Both the event in the America’s Center and the event in downtown St. Louis will involve the presence of United Methodist leaders, bishops and musicians.
Public witness in your communities: We are inviting United Methodist Women to plan parallel actions across the country. We know that some of our members who would want to participate cannot be in St. Louis for Assembly -- but they can participate in action by organizing public witness events in their own communities. These might include a silent vigil at your church; a rally at an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detention center in your area; a vigil at city hall; hosting an educational event or film screening open to the public, or other ideas that units and circles may generate. We want United Methodist Women to share local plans with us so we know how many actions are happening that day. Please contact Cindy Johnson, Yim Intern (cjohnson@gbgm-umc.org; 956-459-4006) and Carol Barton (cbarton@gbgm-umc.org; 212-682-3633) regarding your plans.
There’s more information available on the Clarion website under the new Women’s Division Tab. Click on Actions for Immigrant Rights tab for full details!
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