April 2013 national conf call 4pm ld final
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Bread National Grassroots Conference Call and Webinar April 16,2013 4pm EST
Transcript of April 2013 national conf call 4pm ld final
Bread National Grassroots Conference Call and Webinar
April 16,2013 4pm EST
Welcome
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LaVida Davis Director of Organizing and
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Opening Prayer
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Ricardo MorenoNational Associate for Latino Relations
Washington, DC
Heart of Bread of Involvement
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David GistRegional Organizer
Western HubPasadena, CA
Tamela K. WalhofSenior Regional Organizer
Central HubMinneapolis, MN
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Why Immigration?
Immigration is a Hunger Issue!
Matagalpa Region of Nicaragua
Hilipo Base Community Worship Band
Cap for an underground stream. Clean water was piped 1½ km. into Hilipo.
Antonio and Petrona weigh & measure children at a monthly child monitoring session in Hilipo.
Nicaraguans picking coffee
Costa Rican coffee plants
Landowner home at the top of a hill in Costa Rica
Health Promoter, Karen, charts a child’s progress to make sure the child isn’t undernourished (before Karen & her family moved to Managua)
Cardboard & scrap metal houses in Managua
Noon meal for the coffee workers.
Kids as young as 6 or 7 work from dawn to dusk to help the family make money.
Worker homes and barracks on a plantation.
“What would it take to get my family to the United States. Could I make a living for my family there?”
Why Bread?
Biblical Bases…
Rev. Walter ContrerasBread for the World Board Member
Immigrants in the Bible
Referred to as • Strangers• Aliens• Sojourners
Lifted up for special protection with widows and orphans
Bread for the World’s Role
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Bread Principles for Immigration Reform
1 - Legalization of unauthorized immigrants in the United States will reduce poverty
2 - Immigration is an international issue
3 - Immigration reform should provide continued access to safety-net programs
4 - Future flow of immigrants to the United States should be managed through immigrant worker programs
5 - The well-being of U.S.-born low-wage workers must be considered in immigration reform
Bread’s Coalition Partners
• Interfaith Immigration Coalition
• Evangelical Immigration Table
• Justice for Immigrants Campaign (USCCB)
• Church World Service
• Catholic Relief Services
• Sojourners
Questions
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Why Now?
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Ana Bread for the World
Hunger Justice Leader
Legislative Update
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Eric P. Mitchell
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What’s Happening on the Hill?
• Immigration Gang of 8
•House Bipartisan Group
•How do we try to influence
legislation?
•When and how will legislation
move?
Questions
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• Next Call: May 21st
• Closing Prayer
Next Steps
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Closing Prayer
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