"So let us do all we
can to live in peace with all people. And let us work hard to build each other
up in all we do" (Romans 14:19).
7:00pm Tuesday
evening 28 January 2014
Room 203,Trinity Lutheran Church,6215
196th Street SW, Lynnwood 98036
IMMIGRATION JUSTICE
Our focus
to start 2014 is Immigration Justice, as we hear from experts including Michael
Ramos, director of
the Church Council of Greater Seattle,
on the situation of our Northwest immigrant community.
Special
attention will be given to the new “TRUST ACT” approach that King County has
recently passed, as a counter to the “Secure Communities” approach that the US government
has been pressing upon local police, sheriff and civic authorities.
Copies of
the new King County ‘Detainer Reform’ policy will be distributed to all who
attend, and we will enjoy a hearty conversation about issues of immigrant
rights, corporate greed, and the biblical calling to compassionate justice.
WHY
ATTEND? -- This
issue is relevant to all who live in Lynnwood and surrounding area, where over
37% of our community are now “immigrants” from other parts of the world –
people who as our neighbors we are called to serve in love and compassion. Are they
‘documented’? ‘Illegals’? Living in fear?
This is also an issue that the ELCA and greater church community has taken very
seriously, and we invite you to hear the views of Michael Ramos and others
about the biblical calling to merciful justice.
Come join
us in discovering positive steps forward in peace building here in our own
Northwest community.
Contact: johntberg@msn.com Cell (425)
218-3682
“I cannot fulfill my obligation to protect people if they are afraid to call the police because they fear being deported,” said King County Sheriff John Urquhart. The practice of universally honoring ICE detainer requests leads to distrust and fear between immigrant communities and the police. I support a different approach.”
