Judaism, Christianity, Islam, Buddhism, the Baháʼí faith and many others share a central commitment to the sacredness of every person.
Welcome the refugee.
Treat the stranger as your own.
Compassion knows no borders.
Love has no walls.
For more than twenty years, the Interfaith Movement for Human Integrity has been joining hands with people of faith to act on these core beliefs. We defend the humanity of the immigrant and fight for the rights of the incarcerated. Working at the intersection of spirituality and social movements, we mobilize congregations to take a stand on issues of social justice like immigration and mass incarceration… [read more]
📢"One common theme in our diverse religious traditions is the value of human freedom: the right to live freely, to not face deprivation of movement & confinement," said Rev. Deborah Lee @4humanintegrity in a letter signed by 900 spiritual leaders & orgs
https://www.detentionwatchnetwork.org/pressroom/releases/2022/one-year-biden-administration-900-faith-leaders-religious-immigrant-rights"
Problematic Yuba county jail starts detaining immigrants again. Time for this to permanently end. https://www.sfchronicle.com/california/article/Northern-California-jail-reopens-to-immigrant-16765144.php
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- One Year into Biden Administration, 900 Faith Leaders, Religious and Immigrant Rights Groups Demand Biden Halt Immigration DetentionWashington, DC – Today, nine hundred spiritual leaders and multiple faith-based and immigrant rights groups delivered a letter to the White House urging the Biden administration to immediately halt all efforts to expand immigrant detention. With the one-year anniversary of President Biden’s inauguration approaching, the signatories – including Church World Service, Detention Watch Network, Interfaith […]
- Faith & Reparations ToolkitDear Friends and Faith Partners, I bring you New Year’s greetings from the Interfaith Movement for Human Integrity (IM4HI). After several months of labor in love, IM4HI has produced a Faith & Reparations Toolkit for our faith and community partners, faith leaders, congregations, and the general public. The Faith & Reparations Toolkit is a timely […]
- World Without Walls: Global Day of InterActionDear Bay Area World Without Walls Community, On this November 9, we write to you in solidarity with the global movement for a world without walls of expulsion, exclusion, and exploitation. COVID’s unveiling has revealed all the more clearly the devastation of walls of separation and oppression, as well as our need to band together […]
- Reparations: More Than A CheckJustice Not Jails First Thursdays presents Reparations: More Than A CheckIM4HI and our special guests from Grassroots Reparations Campaign discuss the Reparations movement in the United States. The time is now for people who have benefited and continue to benefit from the blood, sweat, and tears, and free labor of enslaved people to atone for […]
- Kasama ng Kalayaan – Together for FreedomAmong many immigrant communities in the Bay Area, Filipinx are deeply impacted by inhumane immigration and criminal legal policies and practices. Many Filipinx migrate and settle in under-resourced and over-policed neighborhoods, lacking culturally-relevant services, and funneling youth into the prison system. In addition, inhumane immigration policies create extensive wait-lists, separating families for decades, forcing many […]
