Tani waa kuu muhiim adiga. Fadlan aqri.
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Announcements brought to you by Cultural Bridges of St. Joseph, a committee of Central Minnesota Community Empowerment Organization. We are dedicated to ease your transition into our community.
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by Sister Renee Domeier OSB
My New Year’s resolution is to strive to pass along whatever Good News I can this year via blogs, email, conversation or the written word. So here goes! The topic?
Immigration Issues 2019
On Dec. 10, Julia Toepler, from the National Immigrant Justice Center, wrote: “Together we protected human rights. We sought justice for separated families, served more immigrants than ever before, fought the criminalization of immigrants, provided free legal aid to thousands of immigrants coming from 129 countries of origin, prevented indefinite family detentions, shifted the narrative in favor of alternatives to detention…”
Read the article here: https://www.immigrantjustice.org/staff/blog/together-we-protected-human-rights-2019-heres-how
Good news? Yes!
On Dec. 13, Jean Hopfensperger quoted the Rev. Tom Duke, a leader in the St. Paul Interfaith Network: “We will build a website, newsletter, social media…to build communication about what’s going on in Minnesota. We want to build bridges.” This network includes Christians, Jews, Muslims and Hindus pledging to collaborate in education, outreach and advocacy across the state.
So proud of Minnesota for continuing to welcome refugees…
“INN is NOT FULL in MINNESOTA,” Gov Tim Walz.
These three messages tell me that we can rediscover the importance of family among us by welcoming the immigrants seeking to both give to us and receive from us the joy of living in mutuality.
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If you have any questions, please contact Juliana Howard at 715-791-8976 or Jamal Elmi at 320-310-2351.
Sister Renee Domeier works with Omar Hassan.