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This month, an interfaith coalition in Durham, North Carolina welcomed undocumented father and community member Pastor José Chicas into Sanctuary to resist his deportation order.
We entered into this sacred covenant with Pastor José and his family because, as people of faith and conscience, it is our moral obligation to take action against harmful policies that keep all of God’s children from living with dignity and respect. The raids, deportation, and detention of our undocumented neighbors undermine due process, threaten the safety of our communities, negatively impact our economy, and violate our deepest moral values. Which is why we’re partnering with the Sanctuary Movement to hear from Pastor José and learn what we can do to stand with immigrants at our monthly Gathering on Sunday, August 6th — co-hosted by the Rev. Dr. William J. Barber, II and Jonathan Wilson-Hartgrove.
If you’re in North Carolina: RSVP here to join us this Sunday, August 6, from 6-7:30pm ETat Pullen Memorial Baptist Church in Raleigh.
If you can’t make it in-person:Watch the livestream this Sunday, August 6, beginning at 6pm ET on our website or Facebook, and sign up to host a watch party. Make sure you share the stream on social media so the #MoralResistance can reach more people!
The Gathering is a new movement resource by Repairers of the Breach, live on the first Sunday of every month in North Carolina and available via livestream and podcast. It’s co-hosted by the Rev. Dr. William J. Barber II, Pres. & Sr. Lecturer of Repairers of the Breach; and Jonathan Wilson-Hartgrove, Director at School for Conversion. The Gathering aims to equip communities with resources for faithful reflection and public action on moral issues through an hour of storytelling, music, interviews with community organizers and impacted people, and a powerful call to join the new Poor People’s Campaign.
We hope to see you at The Gathering this Sunday, August 6, in North Carolina or online via the Repairers of the Breach livestream.
If you have any questions, please don’t hesitate to contact me (ewilliams@breachrepairers.org)!
Forward Together!
Rev. Erica Williams
National Social Justice Organizer
Repairers of the Breach
P.S. Did you miss our powerful Gathering on health care? You can watch the video or listen to the podcast here.
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