Ash Wednesday 2013 Pilgrimage To Repent Immigrant Detention : Simple Son...

The Filthy Rotten System performing Simple Song Of Freedom at The Town Sqaure in Hackensack, NJ / Clergy, Faith Leaders, Activists, Community Members & Former Immigrant Detainees Gathering on Ash Wednesday to Repent the Sin of Imprisoning Immigrants for Profit

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On Wednesday, February 13th, 2013, people from across New Jersey and New York representing over a dozen faith-based, community and immigrant rights groups gathered for the fourth year in a row in Liberty State Park in Jersey City in front of the bridge to Ellis Island and in sight of the Statue of Liberty to repent the sin of immigration detention. This is the beginning of a day long series of events called "No More Silence! Awake to Justice!"

The Most Rev. Katharine Jefferts Schori (Presiding Bishop and Primate, The Episcopal Church) and The Most Reverend Thomas A. Donato, DD (Auxiliary Bishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Newark) were in attendance & addressed the crowd.

Participants travelled to Hackensack, Newark and Kearney to highlight sites of suffering for immigrants and their families. The day culminated with the 17th annual vigil at the Elizabeth Detention Center, the for-profit facility operated by Corrections Corporation of America (CCA) where ICE first started incarcerating immigrants in NJ almost two decades ago.

The event was co-sponsored by: IRATE & First Friends; Pax Christi NJ; Action 21; American Friends Service Committee -- Immigrant Rights Program, Newark; Casa Esperanza, Felician Sisters of North America; Wind of the Spirit; Office of Peace, Justice and Ecological Integrity for the Sisters of Charity of NJ; St. Joseph's Social Service Center; Elizabeth Coalition to House the Homeless, CEUS; NJ DREAM Act Coalition,; Anakbayan-USA; St. Peter's University Social Justice Program; Haiti Solidarity Network of the Northeast; Sisters of St. Joseph of Chestnut Hill; Monmouth County Coalition of Immigrant Rights

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Action 21:

http://www.njaction21.org/
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Action-21/154352017954889

American Friends Service Committee, Immigrant Rights Program of Newark:

https://afsc.org/office/newark-nj
http://www.facebook.com/pages/AFSC-Immigrant-Rights-Program/184778154878751

Anakbayan NJ:

http://www.facebook.com/anakbayan.nj
http://anakbayannynj.wordpress.com/
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http://bayanihanfestival.com/BayanihanFestival

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CEUS:

http://www.ceusnj.org/
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Centro-Comunitario-CEUS/127560981584

Elizabeth Coalition to House the Homeless:

http://www.theelizabethcoalition.org/
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Elizabeth-Coalition-to-House-the-Homeless/241497229099

Felician Sisters of Lodi:

http://www.feliciansisters.org/journeyhope.cfm?lang=E
https://plus.google.com/107813221673489142019/about?gl=us&hl=en
http://www.stjoenj.net/

IRATE & First Friends:

www.irate-firstfriends.org
http://www.facebook.com/IRATEFF
https://twitter.com/IRATEFrstFrnds

http://www.detentionwatchnetwork.org/irate

Lutheran Office of Governmental Ministry:

http://www.njsynod.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=225&itemid=98
http://www.lsmnj.org/programs-services/community-outreach-services/immigration-refugee-program/

Monmouth County Coalition for Immigrant Rights:

http://www.detentionwatchnetwork.org/visitationlistusprograms

New Jersey Advocates For Immigrant Detainees (NJAID):

http://njaid.blogspot.com/
http://www.facebook.com/groups/njaid
http://www.facebook.com/pages/New-Jersey-Advocates-For-Immigrant-Detainees/102314033207233

https://vimeo.com/album/1662771

New Jersey Dream Act Coalition:

http://njdac.org/
http://www.facebook.com/njdac
https://twitter.com/NJdreamAct

New Jersey Forum for Human Rights:

http://www.hg.org/law-firms/Human-Rights/USA-New-Jersey.html
http://law.newark.rutgers.edu/students/student-organizations

Pax Christi NJ:

http://paxsummit.blogspot.com/
http://www.facebook.com/groups/70959325050/

Wind of the Spirit:

http://www.windofthespirit.net/
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Wind-of-the-Spirit/130553323629649