Following the Jesus Way:
Connecting faith practice and strategy for moral, just action
Episcopal City Mission's 174th Annual Meeting

The Annual Meeting, called to order by Bishop Alan Gates, gathered its members and partners, 80 people representing more than 30 parishes and more than ten grassroots organizations from eastern Massachusetts, to pray together, connect communities and elect three new Board members: the Rev. Noble Scheepers (Trinity, Marshfield), Carolyn Chou (Asian American Resource Workshop), and George Whitehead (Grace, Newton)

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Mobilize: Opportunities to act for immigrant justice
  • VOTE today!
      "Voting is a deeply moral act for me-in rebuilding confidence and encouraging an intelligent and hope-filled society. It is also a decisive act of Christian faith that I matter, society matters, justice matters, and others matter. Not to vote is to hand our power and our dignity over to people who fear actual freedom, honest intelligence, and faith in the very goodness of humanity." -Richard Rohr
     
  • Boston Immigrant Justice Accompaniment Network (BIJAN)/"Beyond" - Daily opportunities to accompany immigrant neighbors in conjunction with court visits, ICE check-ins and detention visits. Contact them by visiting  bit.ly/joinbijan or email them at  bijan.accompaniment@gmail.com 
     
  • Parish of the Epiphany in Winchester - Jericho Walk at ICE office, Burlington, MA, 8am, Monday, Nov 19: gather to walk around the building and neighborhood to show immigrants that we support them, raising up God's justice in a challenge to violent authority.  Contact Pam Chester at  pgachester@gmail.com or 617-484-6088
     
  • To become involved with immigrant accompaniment in your community, contact Carly Margolis at carly@episcopalcitymission.org
Develop: Opportunities for Learning and Leadership
  • Read this response to the recent violence in Pittsburgh from Faith in Action.
  • Recommit yourself to dismantling antisemitism and all forms of bigotry. Read this article or this guide to learn more about how antisemitism functions alongside other oppressions to uphold white supremacy. Gratitude to Essex County Community Organization (ECCO) for these resources.
  • Love Thy Neighbor: Equity in Immigration, Saturday Nov. 10 & Sunday Nov. 11 Trinity Church, Copley Square, Boston
    Immigration in the United States provides opportunities for a wide variety of people to find new lives and to contribute to the well-being of their new homeland. The United State's embrace of these new citizens is complicated by approaches to immigration that continue to perpetuate white privilege and structural racism in our nation's economic, political and social arenas. Sponsored by Trinity Church Boston's Anti-Racism Team.
Fund: Opportunities to support racial and economic justice with your financial resources
  • Contribute to the Immigrant Justice Bond Fund: The Immigrant Justice Bond Fund is a partnership between Episcopal City Mission, Chelsea Collaborative, the Essex County Community Organization (ECCO), and a network of parishes in Greater Boston. The Fund increases access to bond and lawyers for our neighbors facing deportation. Posting bond is the #1 factor determining whether immigrants detained by ICE are deported or granted relief. Immigrants who are bonded out and have legal representation are eight times more likely to win their cases than unrepresented detainees. Give online today: www.episcopalcitymission.org/donate (choose Immigrant Immigrant Justice Bond Fund).
  • Contact us about coming to speak to about the Immigrant Justice Bond Fund or offering resources for an immigrant justice giving circle in your community.  A giving circle will include Bible study, theological reflection, and tools for discerning ways to be involved in immigration justice through giving and action. Contact: Carly Margolis (carly@episcopalcitymission.org, 413-388-2831) and Dax Crocker (dax@episcopalcitymission.org)