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A Summer of Sacred Resistance: Faith and Federal Power (Strengthening the Black Church)
August 7, 2025 @ 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm
Faith and Federal Power: Mobilizing faith communities during summer recess for advocacy on sanctuary protections & broader carceral reform.
Join us for Deportation and the Carceral State: Summer of Sacred Resistance, a 3-part series rooted in education, relationship-building, and collective action.
This is an invitation to build sacred community across difference, and to deepen our understanding of how deportation, incarceration, and surveillance are interconnected tools of state violence. From the Black church to Jewish communities to Muslim families, many of us carry ancestral trauma tied to being patrolled, surveilled, and told to “show me your papers.” This series offers space to remember that history — and to do something good with it.
Together, we will learn, reflect, and develop practical advocacy skills. We’ll spend time building relationships — first with one another, and then with decision-makers — to offer a united moral voice against policies that criminalize and dehumanize our communities.
This is an opportunity to not only deepen awareness, but to take action rooted in values. Join us to stand on the right side of history.
- Session 1: July 24 – “Show Me Your Papers!”: Historical roots of racial surveillance and its modern parallels in immigration enforcement, from slave patrols to ICE.
- Session 2: July 31 – “Stories That Move”: Narrative power and faith-rooted storytelling to shift culture and policy.
- Session 3 – August 7 – “Faith and Federal Power”: Mobilizing faith communities during summer recess for advocacy on sanctuary protections and broader carceral reform.
