[DioNJ] "Neighbor to Neighbor Campaign":

[Ann Notte]

>From The Episcopal Church, Office of Government Relations

 "Neighbor to Neighbor Campaign": 

The Interfaith Immigration Coalition (IIC) is calling faith communities to
hold "Neighbor to Neighbor" in-district meetings with their Members of
Congress during the congressional recess April 6-17. During these meetings,
faith communities can discuss how they have been good neighbors to our newly
arrived immigrant neighbors and then ask the Member how he/she can be a good
neighbor to immigrants through their stance on immigration reform.
Establishing close relationships with your members of congress is crucial to
enacting humane immigration reform. So, as we continue to send the message
that the faith community is ready for comprehensive immigration reform to be
passed this year, here are four things you can do this week:

1.	Find a small group of people to attend the meeting with you. 

2.	Call your Member's in-district office and schedule a meeting
sometime when they are home during the April 6-17 recess  

3.	Schedule a call or time for meeting participants to sit and talk
over how the meeting should flow. The attached Neighbor to Neighbor
Messaging document has some tips on structuring the meeting and how you can
talk about this issue in a way that emphasizes the humanity of immigrants. 

4.	Keep us posted!! Just like the prayer vigils, it is so vital for us
to know about the great work you are doing, so we can make sure that work
gets amplified as much as possible to our allies and policymakers and even
the Administration. So please, either enter your visit in the events page of
the website,  <http://www.interfaithimmigration.org/> www.interfaithimmig
ration.org. 

 

 

 

 

Debbie Crall

Diocese of New Jersey

808 West State Street

Trenton, NJ 08618

Phone: 877-394-5281 x20

Fax: 609-394-9546

dcrall at newjersey.anglican.org