I am writing to remind you that our community meeting is this Wednesday evening at 6pm on zoom. Register here, and read more details below! But first, I want to take a moment to celebrate the powerful immigrant leadership I witnessed last night.
Last week, ECCO immigrant leaders fasted to call attention to the need for a pathway to citizenship for immigration workers. On Sunday evening, our immigrant leaders joined with Jewish, Christian, and Muslim clergy to lead our “Fast for Freedom” gathering, a beautiful vigil and break-fast attended by over 50 people. There, we heard stories from immigrant essential workers, shared ritual, prayer, and song, and broke bread together. Thank you to everyone who made it such a powerful event. You can read more about it in this Lynn Item article.
ECCO Leaders Holding Signs at the Vigil that say "We Are Essential!"
Take Action: Call Your Legislators!
To build on this important event, please take a minute to call your Senators and Reps, thank them for their current support of a pathway to citizenship, and urge them to support Senator Bernie Sanders’ proposed legislation to include a pathway to citizenship for undocumented essential workers in the federal budget. Please also consider calling your state legislators and urge them to support the Work and Family Mobility Act, which would ensure that all qualified drivers could get drivers licenses.
Contact Info:
Senator Warren - (617) 565-3170,
Senator Markey (617) 565-8519
Rep. Seth Moulton (978) 531-1669)
Click here to find your state legislators and their contact info.
Please also consider taking action by donating to ECCO to support our critical immigration work.
ECCO Community Meeting
Tomorrow night is our last ECCO-wide gathering until the fall, and you don’t want to miss it! At the meeting, we will be hearing results back from ECCO’s community investment survey and learning what people of color feel are the highest priority, and hearing proposals and report-backs from our teams on how we might move forward with policing reform work and community investment.
When: Wednesday, June 30th, 6:00-7:30pm
Where: Zoom, Link upon registration
RSVP: Click here to register!
We hope to see you there!
In solidarity,
Aviva Herr-Welber