Catholic, Protestant, Evangelical, Muslim, and Jewish Women Cry Out: Stop Tearing Families Apart
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
June 18, 2018
MEDIA CONTACT
Michelle Nealy, mnealy@faithinpubliclife.org, (202)735-7123
Sara Benitez, sbenitez@faithinpubliclife.org, (202)280-9284
Catholic, Protestant, Evangelical, Muslim, and Jewish Women Cry Out: Stop Tearing Families Apart
Over 100 women of faith to hold rally and prayer vigil in front of Customs and Border Protection Headquarters
Washington, D.C. — On Tuesday, June 19th at 11 a.m., Catholic, Protestant, Muslim, and Jewish women of faith will gather at the U.S. Customs and Border Protection headquarters to pray and to tell the Trump administration to halt its brutal policy of tearing children away from their parents at the border.
Over 5,000 women of faith have signed an open letter to Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen demanding a complete stop to the recently publicized practice of Customs and Border Protection officers ripping children out of their parents’ arms and holding them in detention centers.
WHAT:
Women of Faith Cry Out to Keep Families Together Prayer Vigil
WHEN:
Tuesday, June 19th, at 11:00 a.m.
WHERE:
U.S. Customs and Border Protection headquarters, 1300 Pennsylvania Ave NW, Washington, DC
WHO:
Rev. Jennifer Butler, CEO, Faith in Public Life
Rev. Leslie Copeland Tune, Senior Director, Ecumenical Advocacy Days
Rev. Dawn Sanders, CEO/Founder, Pioneer Learning International
Rabbi Esther Lederman, Board Member, T’ruah
Barbara Weinstein, Associate Director, Religious Action Center of Reform Judaism (RAC)
Nikki Toyama-Szeto, Executive Director, Evangelicals for Social Action
Bishop Mariann Edgar Budde, Episcopal Diocese of Washington
Marlena Graves, Christian writer
Khadija Gurnah, Campaign Director, MomsRising
Pastor Sandra Maria Van Opstal, Grace + Peace Church
Sr. Ann Scholz, SSND, PhD, Associate Director of Social Mission, Leadership Conference of Women Religious
Bishop Jane Allen Middleton, United Methodist Church
Rev. Michele Morgan, Rector, St Mark’s Episcopal Capitol Hill
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