Here's a list of the groups that I know about who are working for the rights of immigrants -- what ones are missing? Thoughts / questions / comments on the following?
CHURCH STATEMENTS:
Words of Compassion is a compilation of lots of Christian denominations' statements supporting immigration reform. Here's hoping the CRC is added to the list in '10!
NATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS:
Justice for Our Neighbors (an arm of United Methodist Committee on Relief, which does education of faith groups as well as free legal representation for immigrants and refugees) - http://gbgm-umc.org/UMcor/refugees/justiceforourneighbors.cfm
Sojourners (a social justice magazine and organizing group which has a number of resources for education as well as a working group which is advocating for CIR) - www.sojo.net
Church World Service Immigration and Refugee Program (CWS/IRP) (ecumenical family empowering churches to show hospitality to strangers, that is, to immigrants, refugees, asylum seekers and other uprooted people in the United States and around the world; they send out advocacy alerts and have educational materials on the issue) - http://www.churchworldservice.org/Immigration/index.html
Esperanza USA (the largest Hispanic faith-based not-for-profit 501(c)(3) corporation in America, dedicated to community development through the establishment of Hispanic owned and operated institutions that lead to the familial, economic, and spiritual enrichment of our communities.) - www.esperanza.us
REGIONAL / LOCAL ORGANIZATIONS:
No More Deaths (Tucson, AZ) www.nomoredeaths.org - No More Deaths is an organization whose mission is to end death and suffering on the U.S./Mexico border through civil initiative: the conviction that people of conscience must work openly and in community to uphold fundamental human rights
BorderLinks (Tucson, AZ / Nogales, Mexico) www.borderlinks.org - works to raise awareness among north Americans through educational trips to the US/Mexico border, workshops and resources
New Sanctuary Movement (Chicago, Los Angeles, New York) www.newsanctuarymovement.org - has the goal of protecting immigrant families from unjust deportation, affirming and making visible these families as children of God, and awakening the moral imagination of the country through prayer and witness.
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