Church of the Ascension

1. Pray – Our 11AM, 12:30 and 6PM Masses on Sundays June 24, July 1 and July 8 are being offered for Immigrant Families Ripped Apart
2. Rally and March “Families Belong Together” on Saturday, June 30 at Foley Square and Brooklyn Bridge 10AM– Join fellow New Yorkers protesting and demanding that the 2300+ children be reunited with their families
3. Contact Senators Schumer and Gillibrand and Congressional Rep. Nadler
4. Contribute to Legal and Social Support Services (see list below)
5. Call or Email to Pres. Trump – Contact information is below. His Executive Order just ended the horrific policy of taking children from families. It does not promise to reunite the families.  

 

#1 PRAY – At home and consider requesting a Mass for Immigrants.

#2 Attend a peaceful rally in Foley Square and march across Brooklyn Bridge to “Keep Families Together” NYC - Saturday, June 30 at 10 a.m.
Hosted by Shannon S.
Rally with the New York Immigration Coalition at Foley Square. Next march across the Brooklyn Bridge to demand that Pres. Trump and his administration reunite children with their parents! Families belong together, The NYC “March To Keep Families Together” will be led by children and their families - parents encouraged to attend with children! Please RSVP on Facebook, as well: https://www.facebook.com/events/402075813606761/
Directions – Take #1, 2, or #3 to Chambers Street. Walk across Reade Street to Foley Square. There will be signs and NYPD to direct you.
 
To see all “Families belong together” and “Keep Families Together” Marches and events go to
https://act.moveon.org/event/families-belong-together_attend1/search/
 
#3 Contact Senators Schumer and Gillibrand and Rep. Nadler: 
Call, Write or go to                                                              

• Sen Schumer’s Office  780 Third Avenue, Suite 2301  New York, NY 10017   Phone: (212) 486-4430  Fax:(202) 228-2838 TDD:  (212) 486-7803
• Sen Gillibrand’s Office  780 Third Avenue, Suite 2601  New York, NY 10017 Tel. 212-688-6262  Fax 212-866-824-6340
• Rep Nadler’s Office – 201 Varick Street, Suite 669   New York, NY 10014  Phone: 212-367-7350    or email https://nadler.house.gov/contact-me
• For complete list of their offices see https://callyourrep.co/result/?address=895%20West%20End%20Ave%20Apt.%205C
   

#4 Contribute to legal and social services organizations supporting immigrant rights:

•  Abbott House: Currently housing some of the children brought here from the border, they are an established social service and foster care agency

• The Northern Manhattan Coalition for Immigrant Rights: offering legal defense for families seeking asylum or facing deportation
• The Safe Passage Project: an immigrant legal services program for unaccompanied minors and refugee children separated from their parents.
• The Door: providing unaccompanied adolescent migrants in NYC with housing and other social services
• Kids in Need of Defense: works to ensure no child appears in immigration court without an attorney.
• RAICESTEXAS.org  Donate: bit.ly/RAICESbondfund – Raises funds to pay 1) the Bond Fees detained immigrants must pay USA and 2) provide free legal representation. Immigrants who are represented by an attorney are 75% more likely to win case.
• The Florence Project for Immigrants detained in Arizona. https://firrp.org/
  • They provide free legal and social services to detained adults and unaccompanied children facing immigration removal proceedings in Arizona.

 
#5 Email, cALL OR WRite the President: Insist that he order reunification of all children taken from families.
 
GO TO THIS LINK
https://www.whitehouse.gov/get-involved/write-or-call/
A LINK TO THE EMAIL FORM IS ON THE WHITE HOUSE WEB PAGE AT THE LINK ABOVE.
HERE ARE PHONE NUMBERS
Comments: 202-456-1111
Switchboard: 202-456-1414
TTY/TTD
Comments: 202-456-6213
Visitor’s Office: 202-456-2121
You can also write a hard-copy letter to the President
Here are a few simple things you can do to make sure your message gets to the White House as quickly as possible.

• If possible, email us! This is the fastest way to get your message to President Trump.
• If you write a letter, please consider typing it on an 8 1/2 by 11 inch sheet of paper. If you hand-write your letter, please consider using pen and writing as neatly as possible.
• Please include your return address on your letter as well as your envelope. If you have an email address, please consider including that as well.
• And finally, be sure to include the full address of the White House to make sure your message gets to us as quickly and directly as possible:

The White House
1600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW
Washington, DC 20500