Charlotte Clergy and Community Leaders to Embark on a Pilgrimage to GA Detention Center to Defend Immigrant Families
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
August 3, 2018
MEDIA CONTACT
Kahran Myers, kmyers@faithinpubliclife.org, (727)742-5193
Mackenzie Harris, mharris@faithinpubliclife.org, (610)283-8879
Michelle Nealy, mnealy@faithinpubliclife.org, (202)735-7123
Charlotte Clergy and Community Leaders to Embark on a Pilgrimage to GA Detention Center to Defend Immigrant Families
Religious leaders will hold a prayer vigil outside the Charlotte Immigration Court before starting their journey
CHARLOTTE, NC — On Friday, August 3nd at 3 p.m., faith and community leaders from Myers Park Baptist Church will hold a prayer vigil outside the Charlotte Immigration Court before starting a pilgrimage to a Georgia detention center that houses immigrants awaiting deportation.
Following the prayer vigil, they will drive the route that many immigrants detained in North Carolina make when they are transported from Charlotte Immigration Court to Stewart Detention Center in Lumpkin, Ga.
In Lumpkin, faith leaders will activate a “prayer chain” around the detention center to call for justice and oppose our nation’s shameful immigration policies that criminalize children and families seeking safety.
WHAT:
Prayer vigil at Charlotte Immigration Court, followed by pilgrimage to Stewart Detention Center in Lumpkin, Georgia.
WHEN:
Friday, August 3rd at 3 p.m.
WHERE:
Charlotte Immigration Court
5701 Executive Center Drive, Suite 400
Charlotte, NC 28212
WHO:
Faith leaders and community members
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