{"id":26074,"date":"2024-03-30T15:53:27","date_gmt":"2024-03-30T19:53:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/uusj.net\/wp1\/?p=26074"},"modified":"2024-03-30T16:27:29","modified_gmt":"2024-03-30T20:27:29","slug":"uu-solidarity-from-across-the-u-s-for-annunciation-house","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/uusj.net\/wp1\/uu-solidarity-from-across-the-u-s-for-annunciation-house\/","title":{"rendered":"UU solidarity from across the U.S. for Annunciation House"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4><strong>Noticeable UU support for Annunciation House in El Paso, Texas<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">An essential effort during March 2024 centered on the response to<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton taking action to shut down Annunciation House. This Catholic humanitarian organization has provided hospitality and other life-saving services to migrants for decades. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In reply, 268 faith leaders and 165 faith-based organizations signed <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.interfaithimmigration.org\/?p=9728\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">an interfaith statement<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> to express solidarity with Annunciation House and decry the attempted criminalization of their faith-based work with migrants. <\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">You can also review an earlier <a href=\"https:\/\/uusj.net\/wp1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/2024.02.23-WWD-Denounces-TX-AG-Lawsuit-Against-Annunciation-House.pdf\">Press Release statement<\/a><\/span> by <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Welcome with Dignity<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, which includes a UUSJ quote.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">UUSJ proudly helped review and approve the interfaith statement and gathered 16 UU organizations, congregations, churches, or fellowships, along with 14 UU ministers, lay leaders, and staff, to join the letter.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>We thank:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><b>Oregon<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Unitarian Universalist Voices for Justice; <\/span><\/li>\n<li><b>Texas<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Unitarian Universalist Justice Ministry; <\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Unitarian Universalist Advocacy Network of <\/span><b>Illinois<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">; <\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Unitarian Universalist Faith Action, <\/span><b>New Jersey<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">; <\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Unitarian Universalist Justice Ministry of <\/span><b>North Carolina<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">; <\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Unitarian Universalist Refugee &amp; Immigrant Services &amp; Education (<\/span><b>UU RISE<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">); <\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Unitarian Universalist Service Committee (<\/span><b>UUSC<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">); and,<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Unitarian Universalists for a Just Economic Community (<\/span><b>UUJEC<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">).<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>We celebrate:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">First Unitarian Universalist Church of San Antonio, TX<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Immigrant Justice Initiative of The Community Church of Chapel Hill Unitarian Universalist, NC<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Justice Coordinating Council, First Unitarian Universalist Church, Houston, TX<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Red River Unitarian Universalist Church, TX<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">San Gabriel Unitarian Universalist Fellowship, TX<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Gwinnett, GA<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Unitarian Universalist of New Braunfels, TX; and,<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Hidalgo County, TX.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We lift-up: <\/span><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Michelle <\/span><b>Augustine<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, Social Justice Team Leader, San Gabriel Unitarian Universalist Fellowship, TX<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sarah <\/span><b>Berel-Harrop<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, Texas Unitarian Universalist Justice Ministry &amp; All Peoples Church, TX<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Rev. Dr. Colin <\/span><b>Bossen<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, Ph.D., First Unitarian Universalist Church, Houston, TX<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Rev. Dr. Becky <\/span><b>Edmiston-Lange<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, Emerson Unitarian Universalist Church, CA<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Rev. Dr. Audette <\/span><b>Fulbright Fulson<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Asheville, NC<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Rev. Katherine <\/span><b>Jesch<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, First Unitarian Church of Portland, OR<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Rev. Claudia <\/span><b>Jim\u00e9nez<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, Unitarian Universalist Minister, NC<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Minister Chris <\/span><b>Jimmerson<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, First Unitarian Universalist Church of Austin, TX<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Rev. Marcus <\/span><b>Liefert<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, Unitarian Universalist Church of Berkeley, CA<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Kathleen <\/span><b>McKinney<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of McMinnville, OR<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Rev. Nancy <\/span><b>Palmer Jones<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Gwinnett, GA<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Rev. Kayla <\/span><b>Parker<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Winston-Salem, NC<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Rev. Dennis <\/span><b>Reynolds<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, Umpqua Unitarian Universalist Church; and,<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Karen <\/span><b>Shawcross<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, Lay Minister, First Unitarian Church of Portland, OR<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Noticeable UU support for Annunciation House in El Paso, Texas An essential effort during March 2024 centered on the response to Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton taking action to shut down Annunciation House. This Catholic humanitarian organization has provided hospitality and other life-saving services to migrants for decades. In reply, 268 faith leaders and 165 &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/uusj.net\/wp1\/uu-solidarity-from-across-the-u-s-for-annunciation-house\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">UU solidarity from across the U.S. for Annunciation House<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":26078,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1313,1967,73],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-26074","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-commentary","category-enews","category-immigration"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/uusj.net\/wp1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26074","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/uusj.net\/wp1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/uusj.net\/wp1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uusj.net\/wp1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uusj.net\/wp1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=26074"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/uusj.net\/wp1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26074\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":26076,"href":"https:\/\/uusj.net\/wp1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26074\/revisions\/26076"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uusj.net\/wp1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/26078"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/uusj.net\/wp1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26074"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uusj.net\/wp1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26074"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uusj.net\/wp1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26074"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}