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Saturday, September 15 • 2:00pm - 3:00pm
BREAKOUT PANEL: Seeking Sanctuary: Immigration & Faith Communities

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Trump’s inflammatory immigration policies have reached into the pews, with churches and faith groups hosting rallies, press conferences, and even housing immigrants within their walls. What about immigration motivates the faithful? How has their action made a difference? From protest to sanctuary, let’s explore faith communities’ roles in immigration.
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Danae King

Religion & Immigration Reporter, The Columbus Dispatch

Speakers
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Noel Andersen

National Grassroots Coordinator, Church World Service
@noelsyandersenRev. Noel Andersen has served as the CWS Grassroots Coordinator for six years, helping develop a national network of faith communities acting in solidarity with  immigrants' and refugee. He was also instrumental in creating a Leadership Development for Social Change... Read More →
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Edith Espinal

Activist & Immigrant Mother in Sanctuary
614-648-3663Edith Espinal is an immigrant mother in sanctuary to avoid deportation. She has been living in the Columbus Mennonite Church since October 2, 2017. (Photo by Steve Pavey)
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Ruben Castilla Herrera

Ohio Sanctuary Collective
614-556-0979  //  @cbussanctuary  //  Rubén Castilla Herrera is a second generation Mexican-American born in Seguin, Texas. He spent his childhood as a migrant farmworker in California, Oregon and Washington. He graduated from Willamette University in Salem, Oregon and attended... Read More →
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Joel Miller

Pastor, Columbus Mennonite Church
614-940-7839Joel Miller is pastor of Columbus Mennonite Church. He previously pastored Cincinnati Mennonite Fellowship and received his Master of Divinity from Anabaptist Mennonite Biblical Seminary in Elkhart, Ind. Since the fall of 2017 the congregation has been providing sanctuary... Read More →

Saturday September 15, 2018 2:00pm - 3:00pm EDT
Renaissance, 2nd Floor, Hayes B&C
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