{"id":1354,"date":"2018-09-12T17:46:24","date_gmt":"2018-09-12T21:46:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.presbyterianmission.org\/food-faith\/?p=1354"},"modified":"2021-01-29T12:23:18","modified_gmt":"2021-01-29T17:23:18","slug":"claimingrights","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/centernet.pcusa.org\/food-faith\/2018\/09\/12\/claimingrights\/","title":{"rendered":"Food Week of Action: Claiming Rights"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4><span style=\"color: #800080\">Faithful Actions in the struggle for human rights of immigrants<\/span><\/h4>\n<p><em><span style=\"color: #800080\">Consider taking one action in the month leading up to the Oct. 14-21 Food Week of Action and during that week.\u00a0<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Give money and\/or time<\/strong>\u00a0to immigrant-led and immigrant advocacy groups that have been grantee partners of the Presbyterian Hunger Program:\u00a0\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/cata-farmworkers.org\/\">CATA<\/a>,\u00a0\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/ciw-online.org\/\">Coalition of Immokalee Workers<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/foodchainworkers.org\/\">Food Chain Workers Alliance<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/kiwa.org\/\">KIWA Workers for Justice<\/a><u>,<\/u>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ruralco.org\/\">Rural Coalition\/Coalici\u00f3n Rural<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/ruralmigrantministry.org\/\">Rural &amp; Migrant Ministry<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.saf-unite.org\/\">Student Action With Farmworkers<\/a>, and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tnimmigrant.org\/\">Tennessee Immigrant &amp; Refugee Rights Coalition<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>And to groups that we join with in justice work:\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.foodjustice.org\/\">Community to Community Development<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/na01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fmigrantjustice.net%2F&amp;data=02%7C01%7Candrew.kangbartlett%40pcusa.org%7Cd1753deb3f2041be549f08d5ecec29b8%7C99082a1a70af459fa6ac8ad01476a157%7C0%7C0%7C636675421424931122&amp;sdata=%2BrvzgHgmG2OAip4ampkm5uSoDe%2FU%2Fa%2BtIf6GKnffpe8%3D&amp;reserved=0\">Migrant Justice<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wjcny.org\/\">Worker Justice Center of NY<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.manomaine.org\/\">Mano\u00a0en\u00a0Mano<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/mijente.net\/\">Mijente<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.lahuelga.com\/\">Movimiento\u00a0Cosecha<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/pvworkerscenter.org\/\">Pioneer Valley Workers Center<\/a>, and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/unitedwedream.org\/\">United We Dream<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Contact your elected officials<\/strong>\u00a0and ask them to:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/capwiz.com\/pcusa\/issues\/alert\/?alertid=80478626\">Call on Congress to\u00a0<\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/capwiz.com\/pcusa\/issues\/alert\/?alertid=80478626\">release children from incarceration<\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/capwiz.com\/pcusa\/issues\/alert\/?alertid=80478626\">\u00a0and reunite families\u00a0<\/a>[Read and share the &#8211;\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.presbyterianmission.org\/opw\/2018\/06\/19\/end-family-separation-decriminalize-migration-grassroots-took-kit\/\">End Family Separation: Decriminalize Migration Grassroots Toolkit<\/a> \u2013 from Presbyterian Church (USA)]<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/mijente.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Mijente-Immigration-Policy-Platform_0628.pdf\">Defund and abolish ICE<\/a>\u00a0(not PCUSA policy, but many partners are pushing for this and the House bill that follows)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.house.gov\/representatives\/find-your-representative\">Tell your Representative<\/a> to co-sponsor Representative\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/thehill.com\/homenews\/house\/393938-dem-lawmaker-introduces-bill-to-abolish-ice\">Pocan&#8217;s\u00a0(D-WI)\u00a0&#8216;Abolish ICE&#8217; Bill<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Decriminalize immigration<\/li>\n<li>Reject upcoming agricultural immigration bill: House Republicans hope to introduce an agricultural immigration bill, sponsored by Representative Newhouse\u00a0(R-WA), onto the floor this month. This bill is expected to replace or expand the existing H-2A visa program,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.farmworkerjustice.org\/content\/h-2a-guestworker-program\">which has been criticized by agricultural workers rights groups<\/a> for enabling guestworker exploitation and abuse. The bill also plans to require all employers, including farms, to start using the E-Verify system to check the legal status of their workers. Tell your Representative to reject this bill when it is introduced.<\/li>\n<li>Support the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.farmworkerjustice.org\/press\/2017\/05\/statement-introduction-agricultural-worker-program-act-2017\">Agricultural Worker Program Act\u00a0<\/a>(<a href=\"https:\/\/www.congress.gov\/bill\/115th-congress\/senate-bill\/1034\"> 1034<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.congress.gov\/bill\/115th-congress\/house-bill\/2690\">H.R. 2690<\/a>), introduced by Sen. Feinstein (D-CA) and Rep. Guttierez (D-IL). This bill would provide a path toward permanent residency and possible citizenship for some experienced agricultural workers and their families.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div id=\"attachment_1355\" style=\"width: 510px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1355\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1355\" src=\"https:\/\/www.presbyterianmission.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/daca-kids-500x283.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"283\" srcset=\"https:\/\/centernet.pcusa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/daca-kids-500x283.jpg 500w, https:\/\/centernet.pcusa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/daca-kids.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-1355\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">From Sleepy Hollow Presbyterian Church Newsletter<\/p><\/div>\n<p><strong>Contact companies<\/strong>\u00a0profiting from ICE and Department of Homeland Security activities separating families.\u00a0 Visit\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.lahuelga.com\/abolishice#new-page\">Movimiento Cosecha\u00a0<\/a>and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/slpnggiants\/\">Sleeping Giants<\/a>\u00a0to get involved.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Publicly demonstrate your support.<\/strong>\u00a0Attend vigils, rallies, protests, put a sign on your lawn, etc.\u00a0 Get trained in direct action.\u00a0 Now is not the time to remain silent. Follow immigrant organizations on social media and show up when they ask.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Know your rights and defend them.\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong>Watch this\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.aclu.org\/issues\/immigrants-rights\/ice-and-border-patrol-abuses\/we-have-rights\">ACLU video<\/a>\u00a0for how to de-escalate and defend our constitutional rights.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Get educated about white supremacy.\u00a0 <\/strong>Many group resources exist but this\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.showingupforracialjustice.org\/resources.html\">website\u00a0<\/a>is specifically for white people who are seeking resources to address white supremacy in their institutions, families, and culture.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/oga.pcusa.org\/section\/mid-council-ministries\/immigration\/\"><em>Videos, information and more from the PC(USA) Office of Immigration Issues<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Faithful Actions in the struggle for human rights of immigrants Consider taking one action in the month leading up to the Oct. 14-21 Food Week of Action and during that week.\u00a0 Give money and\/or time\u00a0to immigrant-led and immigrant advocacy groups that have been grantee partners of the Presbyterian Hunger Program:\u00a0\u00a0CATA,\u00a0\u00a0Coalition of Immokalee Workers,\u00a0Food Chain Workers&#8230;  <a class=\"excerpt-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/centernet.pcusa.org\/food-faith\/2018\/09\/12\/claimingrights\/\" title=\"ReadFood Week of Action: Claiming Rights\">Read more &raquo;<\/a>","protected":false},"author":73,"featured_media":1355,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2423],"tags":[1616,1615,1617,86,36,1614,83],"class_list":["post-1354","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-food-week-of-action","tag-deportation","tag-detention","tag-family-separation","tag-food-week","tag-presbyterian","tag-social-witness","tag-world-food-day"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v22.5 (Yoast SEO v23.5) - 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