Public Policy alerts for June 26, 2018
Public policy news alerts are compiled and posted by the Rev. Deniray Mueller, legislative liaison for the Diocese of Southern Ohio and Social Justice & Public Policy Convener. If you have any questions/com...
Forum on Family Separation in Southwest Ohio
The nation was gripped by the news coverage of children being separated from their families at the US border in South Texas. But here in Southwest Ohio, parents are also being separated from their children. Com...
A message from the bishop on forced separation of families at the border
This message from the Rt. Rev. Thomas E. Breidenthal, to the people of the Diocese of Southern Ohio, was released June 14, 2018.
My brothers and sisters in Christ,
I don’t speak out on social issues often...
Public Policy news alert: Take action on border crisis
Information about the separation of children from their parents at the borders is egregious and antithetical to all that we Christians hold dear. What is being done to children as a political bargaining chip mu...
U.S. Immigration Zero Tolerance, Palestine, and Humanity: “When will I see my papa?”
He won’t stop asking, “When will I see my papa?” This is the anxious plaint of a young boy, 5-year old Jose, separated from his father after they crossed the border at El Paso, TX. These two are from Honduras. ...
Undocumented: What Do Faith Communities Need to Know?
Saturday, October 28, 10am-1pm | Trinity Church (Broadway at Wall Street)
On Saturday, October 28, Trinity Church Wall Street will present “Undocumented: What Do Faith Communities Need to Know?” a teach-in for...
MARCC Delegate Council: “Welcome the Stranger”
Learn about the rigorous vetting that refugees go through to be accepted for resettlement in the United States and how Greater Cincinnati people can help them to land on their feet in a new, and hopefully safer...
Rally for Hope
Transformations CDC, an organization started by the Church of Our Saviour/La Iglesia de Nuestro Salvador, is a sponsor for the "Rally for Hope" planned for Saturday, March 12 , from 1 to 3 p.m. in the Price Hil...
Presentation on Central American refugees at the border
Confluence member Katie Guy, fresh from visit to refugees on the US border, will give a short presentation and open discussion about why refugees are fleeing Central America, why the U.S. government is detainin...