immigration – Connections

Helping families affected by ICE raids

August 27, 2019

Individuals who are interested in helping the nearly 700 families affected by the ICE raids in Mississippi: Nancy Sullivan of Transformations CDC has been in touch with individuals in the Episcopal Diocese of M...

A joint statement from Bishop Breidenthal and Dean Greenwell

June 29, 2019

Bishop Breidenthal, Cathedral, Connecting

Will you strive for justice and peace among all people, and respect the dignity of every human being? I will, with God’s help. The current immigration policy of our government systematically creates a false...

Diaper drives for immigrant families

June 4, 2019

e-Connections, Public Policy

Imagine being on Greyhound with your three children after leaving Family Detention Center on the border. You are traveling to Cleveland to live with your sister, but it is a very long trip and you have no diap...

Forum on Family Separation in Southwest Ohio

June 26, 2018

e-Connections, Events

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...

Public Policy alerts for June 26, 2018

June 26, 2018

e-Connections, Public Policy

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...

U.S. Immigration Zero Tolerance, Palestine, and Humanity: “When will I see my papa?”

June 19, 2018

Connecting, e-Connections

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. ...

Public Policy news alert: Take action on border crisis

June 19, 2018

e-Connections, Public Policy

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...

A message from the bishop on forced separation of families at the border

June 19, 2018

Connecting, e-Connections

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...

Undocumented: What Do Faith Communities Need to Know?

October 17, 2017

e-Connections, Public Policy

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”

May 10, 2016

e-Connections

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...

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