[fsf60k] Fwd: Immigration issues
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From: LI Council of Churches <LI_Council_of_Churches@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: akillelea <akillelea@xxxxxxx>
Sent: Mon, Jul 2, 2012 10:11 am
Subject: Immigration issues
PRESBYTERIANS SPEAK OUT
ON ARIZONA’S IMMIGRATION LAW
On June 26th, the Presbytery of Long Island adopted the
following resolution:
“The Presbytery of Long Island takes exception to the Supreme
Court’s ruling on Monday, June 25, 2012, in that the provisions that the Court
left in place may lead to racial profiling in our country.”
PREACHING ABOUT IMMIGRATION
Yours truly will be preaching on immigration on Sunday, August 19, at 10 a.m.
at First Church, Baldwin (United Methodist), 881 Merrick
Road, a block east of Grand Ave. Come if you can!
And I have been asked to preah about immigration on World Communion Sunday,
Oct. 7, at 10 a.m. at Westhampton Presbyterian Church, 83 Meeting House Road in
Westhampton Beach, and to speak during a luncheon after worship on how to talk
about immigration without alienating your friends needlessly. All are invited!
HELP FOR IMMIGRANT WORKERS
The State Department of Labor has a host of free programs
designed to help immigrants break into the workforce. The New York State
Department of Labor is addressing the language/employment barrier with a new
program designed to help immigrants navigate the working world and learn
English as well. Immigrant workforce counselors are set up at the State Labor
Department's one-stop centers in the Bronx, Brooklyn, Flushing, Patchogue,
Yonkers, Buffalo, Syracuse and Utica and they can provide assistance in a wide
variety of languages. They also refer clients to English as a Second Language
(ESL) classes. All of the Immigrant Workforce Project programs are free. For
more information, visit http://www.labor.ny.gov.
INTERRELIGIOUS VISITS
A recent Pew Report noted that more immigrants came to the U.S.
in 2010 from Asia than from Latin America, which suggests that we may all need
to get to know some new neighbors.
The LICC’s Dialogue Committee wants to encourage
inter-denominational and inter-religious visits to houses of worship, which is
one way to create communities that welcome immigrants. When Christians meet
local Sikhs, Bahais, and Jains, they are reminded that not all recent
immigrants are from Latin America. And Latinos often find they need a little
help in understanding Long Island’s astonishing religious diversity.
If a picture is worth a thousand words, someone remarked once
at a meeting of the Long Island Multi-Faith Forum, a visit is worth a thousand
pictures. Would your church, synagogue, mosque, gurudwara, temple or
fellowship welcome interfaith visitors? If so, what are good times to come and
whom should we list as a contact for visits? Is there anything you would like
visitors to know about where they should sit, what they should wear, and what
you would prefer that they do or not do? The Forum has done more than 275
educational programs, mostly in English but also some in Spanish to help
Latinas get to know people they are likely to encounter on Long Island.
You might also consider hosting the Forum’s “Building Bridges”
program or its “What’s My Faith?” game show. Both are great ways to help your
congregation or community group to understand your immigrant neighbors.
The Rev. Thomas W. Goodhue
Executive Director
Long Island Council of Churches
1644 Denton Green
Hempstead, NY 11550
516-565-0290 ext. 206 (voice)
516-565-0291 (fax)
tomgoodhue@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
http://www.liccny.org
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