The Full Circle Project partners with West Coast Mennonite Central Committee to organize Immigration Workshops to resource our churches. Gloria James, the Immigration Program Coordinator for WCMCC, recently led a workshop at Full Circle Thrift especially designed for our Southern California immigrant churches on Immigration Law Under the New Administration.
We are currently in the process of planning future immigration workshops at different churches across the conference.
Also, Shalom Mennonite Fellowship in Tucson, AZ (a member church of Pacific Southwest Mennonite Conference) serves as the fiscal sponsor for the Casa Mariposa Detention Visitation Program which includes visitors from the larger Tucson community.
The Casa Mariposa Detention Visitation Program (CMDVP) works to end the isolation felt by immigrants held in detention through weekly visits and letters. Letters and visits tell individuals held for long periods of time in immigration detention that they are not forgotten and that someone cares about them, while they endure longtime separations from their children and families.
Money given to this program goes to direct support such as sending detained persons money for phone calls and commissary food, supporting with funds when some persons we visit are able to get released (clothing, inexpensive cell phone, travel costs), and to educating people about the oppressive system of for-profit immigration detention through our presentations to churches and border delegations.
We are currently in the process of planning future immigration workshops at different churches across the conference.
Also, Shalom Mennonite Fellowship in Tucson, AZ (a member church of Pacific Southwest Mennonite Conference) serves as the fiscal sponsor for the Casa Mariposa Detention Visitation Program which includes visitors from the larger Tucson community.
The Casa Mariposa Detention Visitation Program (CMDVP) works to end the isolation felt by immigrants held in detention through weekly visits and letters. Letters and visits tell individuals held for long periods of time in immigration detention that they are not forgotten and that someone cares about them, while they endure longtime separations from their children and families.
Money given to this program goes to direct support such as sending detained persons money for phone calls and commissary food, supporting with funds when some persons we visit are able to get released (clothing, inexpensive cell phone, travel costs), and to educating people about the oppressive system of for-profit immigration detention through our presentations to churches and border delegations.