EVENT: Welcome in Action – How U.S. congregations can support refugees
Join us to explore — or re-engage with — what congregational sponsorship of newly arriving refugees looks like.
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Hello from Maricruz Maldonado Vargas, incoming CCGS Immigrant & Refugee Accompaniment Associate!
My name is Maricruz Maldonado Vargas (she/her) and I am an undergraduate student at the University of Washington with a double major in Law, Societies, and Justice and Spanish and a minor in Diversity. I am from a small town called Othello on the Eastern side of... Read more...
Important change for unhoused neighbors living in vehicles: “Judge Orders Halt to Driver’s License Suspensions for Unpaid Tickets”
Note from our Eastside Interfaith Gathering coordinator: “This is big news from June 2021 for the ~2,700 people experiencing homelessness and living in their vehicles in King County and 100,000 Washingtonians.” News Release from ACLU of Washington:... Read more...
WA state residents behind on rent must act now to prevent eviction under new rules
On the evening of June 29 Governor Inslee issued a new proclamation regarding evictions. Please see the outline below for more details via our partners at the Washington Low Income Housing Alliance. It is critical that tenants know of these new rights and how they have changed from the initial order, most importantly that tenants must apply for rental assistance in order to protect themselves from eviction.
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Executive Director’s Testimony to Seattle City Council Land Use & Neighborhoods Committee – June 23, 2021
Our Executive Director testified at this morning’s Seattle City Council’s Land Use and Neighborhoods Committee meeting: “…when faith communities have flexibility to develop consistent with their mission and values, the city and all who live here win.”
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