Strangers No Longer
March Update 2023
SAVE THE DATE
SNL's 2nd Annual Banquet and Fellowship Celebration
Sunday, April 23rd from 1pm to 4pm
Ukrainian Cultural Center - 26601 Ryan Rd, Warren

Our keynote speaker will be Cindy Estrada, currently Strategic Advisor to AFL-CIO President Liz Shuler for the Center for Transformational Organizing. In 2010, she became the first Latina to serve as a UAW vice president. Four years later, she became the first woman and first Latina to lead the union's GM Department.
NO ASYLUM BAN PUBLIC COMMENT ACTION MEETING
Tuesday, March 21st 12:30pm Eastern on Zoom
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/88999738111 Meeting ID: 889 9973 8111 (no passcode)

Join The U.S. Federation of the Sisters of St. Joseph and NETWORK Catholic Social Justice Lobby for a 30-minute action session!

Participants will pray together, learn about the Biden Administration’s proposed asylum ban, and the ongoing public comment period on the policy. After learning about public comments and how to create our own, participants will submit public comments during the call.

No pre-registration is required. The session will be on Zoom and live-streamed on the U.S. Federation of the Sisters of St. Joseph Facebook page. Closed Captioning will be provided.
SNL LEADERS SHARE STORIES WITH MARIAN HIGH SCHOOL
Strangers No Longer was pleased to share with the students of Marian High School in an all-school assembly recently.

SNL leader, Daris Bartolon, shared her story, and staff member Amy Ketner gave an overview of Strangers No Longer and invited students to participate. Marian student, Lily Isho, shared part of her own story and encouraged other students to help her start a Circle of Support at Marian.

A special thanks to Ms. Kimberly Jenkins and Ms. Sheila Geary who helped make this event possible.
SNL BOARD MEMBER ANGELICA LEDESMA RECEIVES COMMUNITY HEALTH WORKER CERTIFICATION
SNL board member Angelica Ledesma has been a part of SNL's Health Promoter Outreach program in the Traverse City/Leelanau peninsula area since it's beginning. We have just learned that she has earned a certificate in community health from Michigan Community Health Workers Association (MiCHWA)!

The MiCHWA curriculum is designed to train front-line health workers to provide culturally responsive services in Michigan communities and requires 126 training hours and 40 internship hours.

Congratulations Angelica!
WHY DOES POPE FRANCIS FOCUS ON MIGRATION?
Pope Francis is "...the greatest advocate on the world stage for migrants and refugees, and the scourge of the kind of conservative cafeteria Catholic who tries to downplay the exclusion of foreigners as a major moral issue." 

MARK YOUR CALENDAR FOR THE NEXT BOARD MEETING
The next SNL board meeting is scheduled for Saturday, April 8, from10:00 – 11:45 on Zoom. All are welcome! Contact strangersnolonger11@gmail.com if you would like to attend.
DRIVERS NEEDED - DETROIT CRISTO REY HIGH SCHOOL
Detroit Cristo Rey High School is in need of drivers! This can be a paid or volunteer opportunity.

Please join us! Apply online (www.detroitcristorey.org) or call Richard Straksy at 313-843-2747 ext. 115 or call 313-979-6139.
Please donate whatever you can to support the work of Strangers No Longer. Now, more than ever, your help is needed.
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Detroit, MI 48221
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