Events
Join us for Las Posadas at Broadview Detention Center
7am - Vigil and Gathering at Broadview Detention Center (1930 Beach St, Broadview, IL)
8am-Pilgrimage to Our Lady of Mt Carmel and Posadas Prayers
8:45am- celebration at Our Lady of Mt Carmel (1101 N. 23rd Ave, Melrose Park)
Las Posadas, am Mexican tradition, invites people to discover the blessings that flo from the faith experience of walking with Joseph and Mary and of being in solidarity with migrants, refugees, or strangers in our company.
ALL ARE WELCOME!
Sponsored by the Office of Immigrant Affairs and Immigration Education of the Archdiocese of Chicago, Brothers and Sisters of Immigrants and the Priests for Justice for Immigrants.
Join CRLN and other members of the Illinois SOA Watch Group as we bowl to raise money to help close the School of the Americas! Spots are available on a sliding scale of $25-50 ($35 recommended).
Timber Lanes
1851 West Irving Park Road
Chicago, IL 60613-2405
Please contact Erin at earmstrong@crln.org or (773) 293-2964 for more information.
Saturday, February 20, 2010
St. Gertrude Social Hall, 1420 W. Granville Ave Chicago, IL 60660
(SW corner of Granville and Glenwood. On-street parking is available OR take the Red Line and get off at Granville.)
Doors open at 6:30pm and concert starts at 7pm.
Cost of ticket: $25 general admission; $10 Students/Limited Income
Visit www.waucc.org for advanced tickets.
Click here for more details http://www.crln.org/El-Pueblo-Canta
Interfaith Clergy and Religious Leader Breakfast: "Building Community Where All Are Welcome"
Wednesday, March 3rd, 8:30-10:30AM
Chicago Methodist Temple (2nd Floor Parlor)
77 West Washington Street
Chicago, IL 60602-2802
The Chicago New Sanctuary Coalition, a project of the Chicago Religious Leadership Network on Latin America, invites clergy and religious leaders from diverse faith traditions to come together to listen, learn and discuss the issue of immigration and explore how to incorporate immigrant justice issues into their ministry.
Featured Speakers Include:
The Reverend David Fraccaro, United Church of Christ
Bishop Wayne Miller, Evangelical Lutheran Church in America
Sister JoAnn Persch and Sister Pat Murphy, Sisters of Mercy
Please RSVP by February 26th by sending an e-mail to Jenny Dale at jdale@chicagosanctuary.org or calling 773-293-3680
Rev. David Fraccaro is a recent graduate of Union Theological Seminary and Columbia University in New York City with a focus on religion and human rights. He most recently served as the young adult ecumenical formation coordinator for the National Council of Churches and the US Conference for World Council of Churches, as well as the coordinator for Sojourners visitation program with detained immigrants and asylum seekers out of The Riverside Church in NYC, the program that helped inspire the recent independent movie "The Visitor." Rev. Fraccaro is an ordained minister with the United Church of Christ, formerly serving two UCC churches in NJ, while also representing the UCC at the United Nations. He currently works with the Interfaith Youth Core in Chicago as an Education and Outreach trainer, working specifically on a new "Stranger to Neighbor" initiative which seeks to build greater interfaith collaboration and friendship between diverse communities of faith and their immigrant/refugee neighbors.
Click here to read an article written by Rev. Fraccaro about immigration detention
Rev. Wayne Miller, bishop of the Metropolitan Chicago Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA), and member of the ELCA's Ready Bench on Immigration, is a vocal advocate for immigration reform. His involvement with immigration and refugee issues first began in the 1970s when he worked on a refugee resettlement project with his congregation.
Bishop Miller believes that welcoming immigrants in and of itself is a tangible way of breaking down boundaries and borders of separation. In Chicago he works to educate others on the destructive and divisive impact that ignorance about America's newcomers has on the life of a church and a community. Bishop Miller continues to be transformed in his search to further understand and speak boldly in support of immigration reform.
Click here to watch a video of Bishop Wayne Miller speaking on immigration
Sister JoAnn Persch and Sister Pat Murphy, Sisters of Mercy, have worked together on justice issues and the accompaniment of marginalized communities for decades. In 1990 they began Su Casa Catholic Worker Community for Central American Refugees seeking political asylum as survivors of torture as part of the Sanctuary Movement. They have continued to live out the prophetic tradition of "Sanctuary" by taking leadership in the Chicago New Sanctuary Coalition. Sister Pat and Sister JoAnn became Peace and Justice Coordinators for the Sisters of Mercy in Chicago and currently continue their work as Peace and Justice Ministers in the Chicago area of the WestMidwest Community. They have been leadesr both locally and nationally in advocating for the rights of immigrants, especially those held in detention. They are two of the coordinators of the Interfaith Committee for Detained Immigrants, a coalition of religious that led the campaign to provide pastoral care for detained immigrants and continued to coordinate that ministry programs at McHenry County Jail and Broadview Detention and Processing Center.
Click here to read a recent article about their work in immigration detention
Join CRLN and Chicago-Cinquera Sister Cities Group as we bowl to raise money to help the town of Cinquera, El Salvador! Spots are available for $25-50 (sliding scale).
Timber Lanes
1851 West Irving Park Road
Chicago, IL 60613-2405
Please contact Gary at gcozette@crln.org or (773) 293-2964 for more information.
"National Coming Out Of The Shadows Day"
Immigrant Rights March and Rally
Wednesday, March 10, 2010
11am Rally at Union Park (Ashland & Lake)
March Step-off at 1pm to arrive at Federal Plaza at 3pm (Dearborn and Jackson)
Look for the CNSC banner at Union Park
Call Stephanie at 773-960-3325 to meet up with the CNSC group
Chicago will come out of the shadows for a mass mobilization on March 10th, 2010.
The Immigrant Youth Justice League (IYJL) is working with community organizations for a mass youth-led immigrant rights mobilization in Chicago, and national coordinated actions by youth and students starting on March 10th, 2010 in support for a path towards citizenship.
IYJL members have been coming out or openly identifying as undocumented immigrants, and speaking about our stories, as a strategy to get the issue of immigration in peoples minds, and on the national agenda. In collaboration with the national youth-led network United We Dream, students and youth from around the country will be organizing coming out of the shadows actions between March 10th and March 21st, starting right here in Chicago.
We live everyday in fear and we are tired of it. We want to be able to talk about our lives and our stories without fearing persecution or deportation. We are not free to travel, go to school, work, live, but we refuse to be helpless.
In Chicago on March 10th, 2010 youth are calling for a community mobilization from Union Park to Federal Plaza, ending with a mass coming out direct action demonstration by undocumented youth. This coming out of the shadows is meant as a call for leadership from Senator Dick Durbin (D-IL), who has been supportive of immigrant youth, but has not taken action to pass immigration reform this year. IYJL has also extended an invitation for a place at the table to the Senator, as well as President Barack Obama and Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano, so that they can hear the proposals for immigration reform from the people that are affected the most.
The Chicago New Sanctuary Coalition is endorsing the event
For more information visit: http://iyjl.wordpress.com/
Join CRLN for Ecumenical Advocacy Days
The theme this year is "A Place Called Home: Immigrants, Refugees, and Displaced Peoples," and is an exciting fit with the work CRLN is doing in regards to Mexico, Colombia, and the Chicago New Sanctuary Coalition!
Click here for more information: http://www.crln.org/Ecumenical_Advocacy_Days_2010
Join CRLN for Ecumenical Advocacy Days
The theme this year is "A Place Called Home: Immigrants, Refugees, and Displaced Peoples," and is an exciting fit with the work CRLN is doing in regards to Mexico, Colombia, and the Chicago New Sanctuary Coalition!
Click here for more information: http://www.crln.org/Ecumenical_Advocacy_Days_2010
Join CRLN for Ecumenical Advocacy Days
The theme this year is "A Place Called Home: Immigrants, Refugees, and Displaced Peoples," and is an exciting fit with the work CRLN is doing in regards to Mexico, Colombia, and the Chicago New Sanctuary Coalition!
Click here for more information: http://www.crln.org/Ecumenical_Advocacy_Days_2010
Breaking Bread with America’s Families: Setting the Table for Immigration Reform
People of faith can make a difference for immigration reform! At the high point of debate, we will gather from faith communities across the country for a witness for just, humane immigration reform on West Lawn of the US Capitol!
For more information visit: www.interfaithimmigration.org or http://breakingbread.ogravitymedia.com/
Join CRLN for Ecumenical Advocacy Days
The theme this year is "A Place Called Home: Immigrants, Refugees, and Displaced Peoples," and is an exciting fit with the work CRLN is doing in regards to Mexico, Colombia, and the Chicago New Sanctuary Coalition!
Click here for more information: http://www.crln.org/Ecumenical_Advocacy_Days_2010
DePaul University, Cortelyou Commons
2324 N. Fremont Street
For more information please contact Dale.Depaul@gmail.com
After a decade marked by frequent visa denials, Cuban students will arrive this week to speak in Chicago on issues affecting young people in Cuba . Yenaivis Fuentes Ascencio, 23, was born in Guantánamo , Cuba . Fuentes completed five years of study at the School of Medical Sciences in Guantánamo and is finishing her sixth and final year of undergraduate medical studies in Havana . Fuentes is serving as the National Public Health Education Coordinator of the Federation of University Students. Aníbal Ramos Socarrás, 30, was born in Manzanillo , Cuba . Ramos is a third-year graduate student in surgery at the Manzanillo School of Medical Sciences at the University of Granma . Ramos served one year in Haiti with a volunteer medical brigade. He is a leader of the Federation of University Students at the School of Medical Sciences in Manzanillo.
Northeastern Illinois University , Science Building Room 101Northeastern Illinois University's main campus is bordered by Bryn Mawr (5600 N) on the north, Foster (5200 N) on the south, Kimball (3400 W) on the east, and Pulaski (4000 W) on the west. For a campus map visit: http://www.neiu.edu/Getting%20to%20NEIU/Getting_to_NEIU.html
After a decade marked by frequent visa denials, Cuban students will arrive this week to speak in Chicago on issues affecting young people in Cuba . Yenaivis Fuentes Ascencio, 23, was born in Guantánamo , Cuba . Fuentes completed five years of study at the School of Medical Sciences in Guantánamo and is finishing her sixth and final year of undergraduate medical studies in Havana . Fuentes is serving as the National Public Health Education Coordinator of the Federation of University Students. Aníbal Ramos Socarrás, 30, was born in Manzanillo , Cuba . Ramos is a third-year graduate student in surgery at the Manzanillo School of Medical Sciences at the University of Granma . Ramos served one year in Haiti with a volunteer medical brigade. He is a leader of the Federation of University Students at the School of Medical Sciences in Manzanillo.
Dr. Luther Castillo is a young Garifuna medical doctor and community organizer who directs the Luaga Hatuadi Waduheñu (Garifuna for "For the Health of our People") Foundation, dedicated to bringing vital health services to isolated indigenous coastal communities. After his 2005 graduation from the Latin American Medical School in Havana, Dr. Castillo returned to the Honduran coast, where he led the Foundation's construction of Honduras' first Garifuna Rural Hospital, now serving some 20,000 in the
surrounding communities. The hospital opened in December 2007, a few months after Dr. Castillo was named "Honduran Doctor of the Year" by Rotary International's Tegucigalpa chapter. Since the military coup on June 28, 2009, the hospital has been closed and subject to many threats and other attacks by the military. Dr. Castillo will speak on what life has been like under the coup, especially in regards to his hospital. Dr. Castillo has just returned from assisting thousands of those wounded by the worst earthquake in 200 years that devastated Haiti on January 12, 2010
Dr. Juan Almendares is an internationally known Honduran medical doctor, human rights activist, environmental leader and alternative medicine practitioner. He holds a medical degree from the University of Honduras, an M.S. degree in Physiology from the University of Pennsylvania Medical School, and is the co-founder of the Honduras Academy of Sciences. A torture survivor who has been targeted by death squads himself, he was internationally chosen to receive the Barbara Chester Award in 2001 for his groundbreaking and outstanding work with prisoners, victims of torture, the poor, and indigenous populations. In 2004, the World Health Organization recognized him for his efforts on tobacco control in Honduras. He has publicly addressed the impact and effects of mining on the Central American environment and people and has devoted considerable effort to reducing the prevalence of violence against women. Also a poet, short-story writer and free-lance journalist and author, Dr. Almendares received Honduras’ highest journalism award from his peers in 2003.
RALLY FOR AMERICA with Senator Durbin
National Day of Action to push for comprehensive immigration reform
Join the Illinois Coalition for Immigrant and Refugee Rights (ICIRR) to celebrate the contributions of immigrants to Illinois and remind our political leaders that we need their leadership to pass just and humane immigration reform this year.
Saturday, April 10, 2010
Seating begins: 10:00 a.m.
Rally: 10:30 a.m.
Teamsters Local 705, 1645 W. Jackson Blvd.,
Click here to download flyer
Cristo Rey Jesuit High School, 22nd Place and Wolcott
See more info and purchase tickets by following this link http://www.crln.org/fiesta
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Upcoming events
- NATO Rally and Marchon Sunday, 20 May 2012
- Migrant Trail Walkon Thursday, 31 May 2012
- Robert H. Kirschner, M.D., Memorial Human Rights Lecture on Thursday, 31 May 2012
- Immigrant Welcoming Congregations Quarterly Gatheringon Monday, 04 Jun 2012
- Heidkamp, Honduras and Hopeon Thursday, 14 Jun 2012
- Bridges to Communityon Friday, 15 Jun 2012
