Boston New Sanctuary Movement
Called by our faiths to welcome the stranger
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On Sunday, April 28, 1-3 p.m., join us for "Voices on Immigration" at First Parish in Cambridge (3 Church St., Cambridge). We will hear testimonials from a Guatemalan family at risk of being separated by deportation, see pictures and video from a member's volunteer experience with No More Deaths in Arizona, and have a panel discussion on immigration reform with the following distinguished guests:
- Patricia Montes, Centro Presente
- Sarahi Uribe, National Day Laborer Organizing Network
- Lena Graber, National Immigration Project of the National Lawyers Guild
Our quarterly vigil for immigrants in detention at the Suffolk County House of Correction (20 Bradston St., Boston) will take place on Sunday, May 5, 2:00 p.m.
Our next general meeting will be Tuesday, May 7, at Arlington Street Church (351 Boylston St., Boston) from 7:30-9:00 p.m.
The Boston New Sanctuary Movement
The New Sanctuary Movement is a coalition of interfaith religious leaders and participating congregations, called by our faith to respond actively and publicly to the suffering of our immigrant brothers and sisters residing in the United States.
The New Sanctuary Movement is active in several U.S. cities, including Boston, Chicago, Los Angeles, and New York. Formed in the fall of 2009, the Boston chapter of the New Sanctuary Movement is one of the newest, with members from 20 congregations, faith-based organizations, and community groups:
Arlington Street Church, Boston*
Church of the Covenant, Boston*
Community Church of Boston*
First Church in Cambridge, Congregational, UCC*
First Church in Jamaica Plain, Unitarian Universalist
First Congregational Church of Somerville, United Church of Christ*
First Parish in Brookline, Unitarian Universalist*
First Parish in Cambridge, Unitarian Universalist
First Parish in Needham, Unitarian Universalist
Follen Community Church, Social Action Committee*
Harvard Divinity School
Quakers Concerned With Immigration Justice
Massachusetts Interfaith Committee for Worker Justice*
Nehar Shalom Community Synagogue, Jamaica Plain
Old Cambridge Baptist Church*
Paulist Center, Boston*
Tuckerman Creative Ministries for Justice and Healing
Unitarian Universalist Church of Medford*
Unitarian Universalist Association*
* denotes member organization
Our Partners
Brazilian Immigrant Center
Centro Presente
Jobs With Justice
Massachusetts Coalition for Occupational Safety and Health
Massachusetts Committee for Interfaith Worker Justice
Matahari: Eye of the Day
Student Immigrant Movement