An ecumenical prayer vigil and procession supporting Comprehensive Immigration Reform will take place at Emmanuel United Methodist Church in Ashland on Friday, September 6 beginning at 3:00 p.m.
The procession will begin at Emmanuel United Methodist Church located at 322 Cleveland Avenue in Ashland and will proceed to Representative Bob Gibbs office located at 110 Cottage Street, Ashland, Ohio.
The prayer vigil will include participants from various faith traditions and will feature speakers and representatives from the local communities including business leaders and affected family members.
The purpose of the prayer vigil is to raise awareness with the goal of bringing justice to the immigration system with basis in the following principles:
- Provides a path to citizenship for undocumented persons in the country;
- Preserves family unity as a corner-stone of our national immigration system;
- Provides legal paths for low-skilled immigrant workers to come and work in the United States;
- Restores due process protections to our immigration enforcement policies;
- Addresses the root causes (push factors) of migration, such as persecution and economic disparity.
Sponsored by: Immigrant Worker Project (IWP); Open Arms Ministry; Salem Mennonite Church of Wooster; Catholic Diocese of Cleveland; Mid-0hio District of United Methodist Church: Lutheran Church of the Covenant of Maple Heights; Catholic Migrant Farmworker Network; and The Unitarian Universalist Church of Akron.
For more information, please call 330-454-2220