Know Your Rights, Find Your Voice: Faith Communities Against Mass Deportation

Know Your Rights, Find Your Voice: Faith Communities Against Mass Deportation

Thursday, January 16, 2025
9:00 a.m.–12:30 p.m. ET
Union Theological Seminary
90 Claremont Ave.
New York, NY 10027

Please join us for a critical gathering exploring the role of faith communities in supporting the newest New Yorkers.

Faith communities throughout New York are grappling with how best to support immigrants in the coming years. This event will provide crucial resources and networking opportunities to faith communities, including Know Your Rights Training, legal protections, and spiritual/theological resources. Working together, attendees will share and learn about what resources exist in the event of deportations and emergency needs. 

This event is co-sponsored by JTS, the Interfaith Center of New York, Union Theological Seminary, and the Riverside Church.

Schedule

9:00-9:50 a.m.: Sanctuary Then and Now: Abrahamic perspectives and what allies and impacted faith communities are doing in light of threats of deportation.

• Rt. Rev. Matt Heyd, Episcopal Bishop of New York 
• Imam Kabba, Masjid-ur-Rahmah 
• Adama Bah, Afrikana (invited)
• Ruth Messinger (Moderator/Interviewer) 

10:00–10:50 a.m.: Legal Panel: Strategies 

• Donna Leiberman, NYCLU
• Alina Das, NYU Law School
• Harold Solis, Make the Road  

11:00–11:50 a.m.: Neighborhood-Based Breakouts (Know Your Rights, Know Your Opportunities)

12:00-12:30 p.m.: Report back and KYR Training 

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