Date/Time
Date(s) - 12/02/19
7:00 pm to 9:00 pm
Location
Sanctuary
Categories
On behalf of the Hampton Roads Chapter of the Virginia Interfaith Center for Public Policy (VIPCC), I’m pleased to invite you and members of your faith community and friendship circle to an educational forum on procedures and requirements for undocumented immigrants who are trying to remain in the United States.
The forum will take place on Monday, Dec. 2, 7:00 p.m., at Coastal Virginia Unitarian Universalists (CVUU), 809 S. Military Highway, Virginia Beach. Our panel includes a visiting immigration attorney, Jennifer Healey, of Just Neighbors in Annandale, VA; Jase Hatcher, a Richmond-based VICPP staffer whose focus is immigrants’ rights; and Sheila Marble of Commonwealth Catholic Charities in Newport News, who has worked with immigrants who must report to ICE. The panel will not include undocumented immigrants, so there is no reason to expect ICE to be a presence at the forum.
Panelists will explain the different categories of undocumented immigrants and describe the processes by which they are monitored, which includes wearing an ankle bracelet and reporting regularly for check-ins with ICE. Because immigrants often need transportation to check-ins, we will also hear about efforts to match immigrants with people in the community who can drive them.
We have a large space for the forum and are encouraging as many people as possible to attend. If you are a clergy member or lay leader of a congregation and are comfortable forwarding the flyer attached below to your entire membership, please do; if not, please forward it to your congregation’s social action/social justice committee and/or anyone in your faith community who you think might be interested in the event.
Thank you very much! This is the first event the Hampton Roads chapter of VICPP is presenting, and we’re counting on you and your social justice network to make it a success!
Blessings,
Rabbi Ellen Jaffe-Gill