Share Your #Hearts4Refugees with Refugees You Love & With Your State & Local Leaders
On Valentine’s Day -- February 14 -- Refugee and Immigration Ministries invites you to join us and the Center for Victims of Torture (CVT) in sharing messages of WELCOME AND SUPPORT FOR REFUGEES in your community and around the world.
Last month, a federal judge blocked an executive order issued on September 26, 2019, which gave states and localities the ability to deny refugees from being resettled in their communities.
However, prior to the judge’s action, an overwhelming majority of both Republican and Democratic governors and county officials across the country voiced their continuing commitment to welcoming refugees. As refugee resettlement approaches its 40 year anniversary on March 17--and as the US this year has agreed to resettle only 18,000 refugees (compared to the usual annual average of 95,000), please take this opportunity to THANK YOUR GOVERNOR AND LOCAL LEADERS for expressing continued support for welcoming refugees into your community! Go here for a list of states and localities who have already stated their love for refugees.
If your leaders are not listed--let them know you support refugees, and encourage them to make public statements to say so!! And most importantly, TELL REFUGEES YOU KNOW HOW MUCH THEY HAVE TOUCHED YOUR HEART AND COMMUNITY THIS VALENTINE'S DAY!!
Use the images in this RIM WRAP or you will find #Hearts4Refugees graphics available for download in the online toolkit.
Follow Disciples Refugee & Immigration Ministries on Twitter @StanleyRea, & on FB at: http://bit.ly/RIMFacebook, and call Rev. Dr. Sharon Stanley-Rea, Director, Disciples Refugee & Immigration Ministries, with any questions: 202-957-7826. See our website at: bit.ly/DisciplesRIM,
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