Author: Interfaith Movement for Human Integrity

List of Sanctuary Congregations

Post author By Interfaith Movement for Human Integrity
Post date August 26, 2019

We work in the Bay Area, Inland Empire, and Claremont Area to support the growing Sanctuary Coalition.

Area	Church
Alameda	Buena Vista United Methodist Church

Berkeley	First Congregational Church of Berkeley
	Shomeret Shalom Global Congregation
	St. John’s Presbyterian Church, Berkeley
	University Lutheran Chapel, Berkeley

Claremont Area	Claremont United Church of Christ Congregational
	Claremont United Methodist Church

Contra Costa County	Mt. Diablo Unitarian Universalist Church

Hayward	Eden United Church of Christ
	First Presbyterian Church of Hayward

Napa	Napa United Methodist Church

Marin	First Congregational Church, San Rafael

Oakland	Kehilla Community Synagogue, Piedmont
	Lakeshore Avenue Baptist Church
	Oakland Catholic Worker
	Oakland City Church
	Plymouth United Church of Christ
	Primera Iglesia Presbiteriana Hispana
	St. Columba Catholic Church
	Temple Sinai, Oakland

Peninsula	Congregational Church of San Mateo
	El Buen Pastor, Redwood City
	First Congregational Church of Palo Alto
	Sisters of Mercy, Burlingame
	Unitarian Universalists Fellowship of Redwood City
	Unitarian Universalists of San Mateo

San Francisco	Calvary Presbyterian Church
	First Unitarian Universalist Church
	Santa Maria y Santa Martha Lutheran Church
	St. Agnes Church
	St. Ignatius Catholic Church
	St. John of God Catholic Church
	St. John’s Presbyterian Church
	St. John the Evangelist Episcopal

Other	Episcopal Diocese of California
	San Jose Presbytery
	Sierra Pacific Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church

Updates

Noticias 62 en vivo: “Protestan Activistas Por Construcción de Refugio en San Bernardino”

Post author By Interfaith Movement for Human Integrity
Post date August 20, 2019

A press conference and rally was held in San Bernardino against immigrant detention centers for children in our country. Several concerned immigrant advocates voiced their disapproval of the creation of more detention facilities, and most specifically for children…

Watch segment here including the voice of Hilda Cruz, Interfaith Movement for Human Integrity, on TV Noticias 62 En Vivo, 20 August 2019.

Resources

Sanctuary Resources

Post author By Interfaith Movement for Human Integrity
Post date August 14, 2019

Interfaith Movement for Human Integrity is part of the National Sanctuary Movement, which provides support for and solidarity with individuals and communities targeted by detention, deportation and exclusionary immigration policies.

What Does Sanctuary Look Like Today?
- Advocacy & Public Witness
- Accompaniment
- Freedom Campaigns
- Congregational Housing
Resources
- IM4HI Sanctuary Information Flyer
- Videos
  - San Francisco Sanctuary Movement: a Short History, by Theo Rigby
  - Trailer for the documentary Sanctuary Rising by Theo Rigby
  - Sample Reel for Sanctuary Film, by Theo Rigby
  - How to support the Sanctuary Movement from Auburn Seminary.
- List of Sanctuary Congregations we work with

What does Sanctuary Look Like Today?

1. Advocacy & Public Witness

Advocate at the local, state and national level for policies that end detention and deportation and promote their full dignity and integration into our local communities.
Advocate for policies which help to end detention and deportation and prevent deportation, and fear by creating clear separation between ICE and local law enforcement and civic institutions, for example strong sanctuary city and county policies.
Engage in local public actions and activities to shift public discourse towards immigrants, Muslims, and refugees, and bring attention to our responsibility to address root causes.

2. Accompaniment of Immigrant Families or Youth

Individuals and congregations can provide short or longer term support to immigrants in urgent situations and need of accompaniment. This can include newly arrived migrant families, unaccompanied minors, people facing deportation crisis, those just released from detention centers. Trained volunteers can help to provide courtroom accompaniment, access to services, translation, rides and concrete and emotional support to help those in a period of crisis.

3. Freedom Campaigns

Support the public campaigns of individual immigrants fighting to get released from detention
Connect with targeted communities to help develop relationship and networks of protection.

4. Congregational Housing

There are various kinds of needs for Congregational Housing:

Short-term respite housing for someone recently released from immigration detention.
Housing for a newly arrived immigrant family seeking asylum.
On rare occasions, protective housing for someone facing a final order of deportation.

Depending on the case, housing hospitality could be in the private home of a congregation member, or on congregational property.

Links:

Download a printable PDF of our IM4HI Sanctuary Information Flyer:

San Francisco Sanctuary Movement: a Short History

From Theo Rigby of iNation Media. A short documentary on the history of Sanctuary in San Francisco, made on the 30th anniversary of the Sanctuary Movement.