May 8, 2013 | Indianapolis Star
Indianapolis Congregation Action Network (IndyCAN)
Activists supporting a path to citizenship for undocumented residents held an unannounced prayer vigil this morning in U.S. Sen. Joe Donnelly’s Downtown office to call on the first-term Democrat to support immigration reform legislation.
May 7, 2013 | Huffington Post
PICO National Network
Over the past two weeks, immigrant families and members of their congregations have begun to hold daily prayer vigils at Congressional district offices across the U.S., in some cases inside the offices themselves.
May 9, 2013 | The Fresno Bee
Faith in Community
The policy being crafted today will mean the difference between a future of dignity and opportunity and one in which they are confined to the shadows, unable to live the full and complete life that God wants for each of us.
May 1, 2013 | KSHB-41
Communities Creating Opportunity (CCO)
Dozens of people marched through Kansas City on Wednesday for a May Day immigration rally. The group chanted " Sí, se puede" -- "Yes, we can" in Spanish -- and held signs saying "Campaign for citizenship".
May 1, 2013 | Las Cruces Sun-News
Magdalena Reza, a 23-year-old Chaparral resident, isn't among the immigrants who could be affected by potential immigration reform through the proposed Dream Act.
May 1, 2013 | The Kansas City Star
Faith leaders and members from about 25 congregations with Communities Creating Opportunity gathered to call on members of the Kansas and Missouri legislatures to pass immigration reform
May 1, 2013 | New York Times
Together Colorado, PICO National Network, PICO United Florida, Congregations Building Community (CBC)
Immigrants and other supporters of an overhaul of the immigration system turned out for marches, rallies and prayer vigils, hoping to show Congress that momentum is building for a path to citizenship for 11 million immigrants in the country illegally.
April 30, 2013 | San Jose Mercury News
People Acting in Community Together (PACT San Jose)
As one of the top negotiators for immigration reform in the House of Representatives finalizes secret negotiations over a comprehensive bill, hundreds of immigrant families in her district crowded a San Jose church on Monday night to weigh in.
April 27, 2013 | WTHR-13
Hundreds of Indianapolis families attended a special church service focused on praying for citizenship.
April 27, 2013 | The Sun-News
Comunidades en Accion y de Fe (CAFe)
New Mexico faith leaders will join with DREAM Act students and other community leaders Wednesday to call for a path to citizenship for aspiring Americans that is direct, fair and inclusive.
April 26, 2013 | Daily Press
Inland Congregations United for Change (ICUC)
Activists gather outside Apple Valley office
April 25, 2013 | Morning Call
Congregations United for Neighborhood Action (CUNA)
CACLV loses bid for tax credits that would have funded neighborhood programs.
April 18, 2013 | Indianapolis Star
A new poll shows 76 percent of voters in two Indianapolis-area Indiana Senate districts support paying higher taxes if it means creating a regional transit system.
April 18, 2013 | Washington Post
Ahead of the expected release Tuesday of a sweeping bipartisan proposal to revamp the nation’s immigration laws, faith-based and civil liberties groups began calling for changes.
April 18, 2013 | Chestnut Hill Local
Philadelphians Organized to Witness Empower and Rebuild (POWER)
Rev. Linda Noonan, co-pastor of Chestnut Hill United Church, said even though the airport is far from Chestnut Hill residents should care because “the airport could be our city’s best weapon in the fight against poverty.”
April 18, 2013 | Times Ledger
Queens Congregations United for Action (QCUA)
The Campaign for Citizenship, a project backed by Queens Congregations United for Action, responded to new immigration reform legislation crafted in the U.S. Senate Wednesday, saying that the bill does not go far enough.
April 17, 2013 | American Progress
An episode of a new Internet video series, “Summits on Tenth,” produced by the Nathan Cummings Foundation features Rev. Joel C. Hunter and Pastor Michael McBride
April 16, 2013 | Associated Press
The bill would put the 11 million immigrants in the country illegally on a 13-year path to U.S. citizenship that would cost each $2,000 in fines.
The Senate’s new bipartisan immigration bill drew criticism from the right and from the left Tuesday — convincing members of the bipartisan “Gang of Eight” who wrote it that they’re on the right track.
April 16, 2013 | NBC 33
Moving in Congregations Acting in Hope (MICAH), Working Interfaith Network (WIN)
Even though the Governor Jindal's tax plan is dead, faith leaders say there's still work to do.
April 15, 2013 | The Republic
PICO United Florida
Clergy members, veterans and community leaders are gathering in Tallahassee to ask the legislature to expand healthcare coverage to uninsured Floridians.
April 14, 2013 | Huffington Post
It could last several weeks, but family members of victims and survivors of gun violence are planning to hold a round-the-clock vigil on Capitol Hill until the Senate passes gun policy reform.
April 14, 2013 | Orlando Sentinel
Prominent clergy leaders from across Central Florida will gather Monday at the state capital to urge legislators to expand health coverage to 1 million uninsured Floridians.
April 12, 2013 | Battle Creek Enquirer
A pastor from across the country challenged more than 150 Battle Creek community leaders and organizers to unite for the common causes that all communities are working toward — non-violence, an engaged community and change.
April 12, 2013 | NBC 4
A forum at Vineyard Columbus Church in Westerville, Ohio examined the role of Christianity and the bible in the debate over immigration reform. The event was titled "Welcoming the Stranger, An Immigration Conversation."
