Join faith communities throughout the country for a Month of Action for Immigration Reform.  Your faith community can choose to host a prayer vigil, plan a Neighbor to Neighbor in-district meeting, or collaborate with other congregations and host a Breaking Bread and Barriers potluck/town hall event.

However you choose to take action, remember that the purpose is to send a strong message of support for comprehensive immigration reform to your Members of Congress.  Congress takes a recess during the month of August, so your representatives will be away from their D.C. offices and possibly spending a lot of time in their home states. We also expect immigration reform legislation will be taking shape over the fall months—which makes August-September an important time to be in touch with your Members of Congress, and even invite them to an event in your community.  Start planning your event now, and invite your Members of Congress to participate as soon as possible.

Below are all the materials you need to plan any of these events –just add your creativity and determination!

View our Summer Schedule

View our Organizing Guide

List your event on our calendar

Every first Monday of the month at 4 pm EST, the Interfaith Immigration Coalition will host national conference calls with different emphases.

If you would like to participate in the call, email bmefford [at] umc-gbcs.org for the call-in number. Join with people of faith from across the country to plan and strategize how to move just and humane immigration reform in 2009!

During the second half of our July 6th call, we will ask everyone to hang up, and make 3 calls to the Capitol Hill switchboard at (202) 224-3121, asking for your Representative and both of your Senators. To each office, we suggest you say:

Hi, my name is                   and I’m from            . As a person of faith, I support the DREAM Act, a bipartisan proposal that is sensible and humane, that would give young immigrants the opportunity to further their education, get on a path to citizenship, and secure their futures in this country once and for all.

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Who We Are

The Interfaith Immigration Coalition is a partnership of faith-based organizations committed to enacting fair and humane immigration reform that reflects our mandate to welcome the stranger and treat all human beings with dignity and respect. Coalition members work together to advocate for just and equitable immigration policies, educate faith communities, and serve immigrant populations around the country. Through this coalition, hundreds of national and local faith-based organizations and faith leaders have called on Congress and the Administration to enact immigration reform consistent with these values.

Click here to read the Interfaith Statement on Immigration Reform

Click here to read the Interfaith Immigration Platform for the New Administration and the 111th Congress

Ingrese aquí para ver la Plataforma de Inmigración en Español

To sign the Interfaith Immigration Platform, please contact Jsmyers@churchworldservice.org.

To sign the Interfaith Statement on Immigration Reform, please contact Liza.Lieberman@hias.org.

Advocacy

Take Action Now

Write a letter to Congress to make it clear that our communities can not wait any longer for comprehensive immigration reform.

Plan a local Prayer Vigilbetween June 12 and 17 in advance of the White House meeting on immigration. Post your event on our event calendar.