Civic Engagement

all of our elected officials to hear that their communities welcome refugees. Call 1-866-940-2439 and urge your Senators and Representatives to support refugee resettlement! Share the same message with your local and state leaders and tell them to declare your communities welcoming!]]>

Here we’ve compiled suggestions for how you and your congregation can take action to support Haiti. These activities have been designed for congregations but can also be done by individuals. We also urge that you research the Facebook and organizational websites of local Haitian community organizations, cultural centers, and churches in your city. When you reach ...

CALLS FROM WASHINGTON NEEDED: Stop Congress from Cutting Refugee Resettlement Funds Background: Congress is proposing funding bills for Fiscal Year 2017 that would flatline refugee resettlement funding at last year’s levels. President Obama committed to resettling 110,000 refugees in 2017, in contrast to the 75,000 planned for in the 2016 budget. As we are facing the worst ...

CALLS FROM VERMONT NEEDED: Stop Congress from Cutting Refugee Resettlement Funds Background: Congress is proposing funding bills for Fiscal Year 2017 that would flatline refugee resettlement funding at last year’s levels. President Obama committed to resettling 110,000 refugees in 2017, in contrast to the 75,000 planned for in the 2016 budget. As we are facing the worst displacement ...

CALLS FROM NEW YORK NEEDED: Stop Congress from Cutting Refugee Resettlement Funds Background: Congress is proposing funding bills for Fiscal Year 2017 that would flatline refugee resettlement funding at last year’s levels. President Obama committed to resettling 110,000 refugees in 2017, in contrast to the 75,000 planned for in the 2016 budget. As we are facing the ...

CALLS FROM MARYLAND NEEDED: Stop Congress from Cutting Refugee Resettlement Funds Background: Congress is proposing funding bills for Fiscal Year 2017 that would flatline refugee resettlement funding at last year’s levels. President Obama committed to resettling 110,000 refugees in 2017, in contrast to the 75,000 planned for in the 2016 budget. As we are facing the worst ...

CALLS FROM CONNECTICUT NEEDED: Stop Congress from Cutting Refugee Resettlement Funds Background: Congress is proposing funding bills for Fiscal Year 2017 that would flatline refugee resettlement funding at last year’s levels. President Obama committed to resettling 110,000 refugees in 2017, in contrast to the 75,000 planned for in the 2016 budget. As we are facing the worst ...

Right now, the Pennsylvania State Senate Appropriations Committee is considering HB 1885, which encourages local police to report and detain people they believe to be undocumented and punishes local police departments for working to develop trust in the community. This proposal would spread fear, hate, and xenophobia. It will not make communities or cities in Pennsylvania any ...

In September and again in November, Secretary Jeh Johnson announced that the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) would resume detaining and deporting Haitians who are searching for safe homes, work, and a place to raise a family since the catastrophic 2010 earthquake that decimated Haiti. In the immediate aftermath of the earthquake, the U.S. government ...

IIC WEBINAR RECORDING: Faithfully Engaged in the 2016 Election Interfaith Immigration Coalition Souls to the Polls Resource What is “civic engagement”? Civic engagement refers to the ways in which individuals and groups participate in the life of a community in order to improve conditions that shape the community’s future. Participating in civil society by voting, understanding the issues of the ...