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“Community Convivencia” is Coming Up!
You are warmly invited to gather with us as a community that believes in the possible. We will come together to hear stories, share passion for this work, and to raise funds in support of the Church Council of Greater Seattle network’s grassroots immigrant & asylum-seeker accompaniment efforts.
#HomeIsHere: Our Voices Will Be Heard in the Supreme Court Today
Today, the U.S. Supreme Court is hearing arguments on the termination of DACA and deciding whether to uphold the program, or to terminate it and put immigrant youth and families at increased risk of deportation beginning in 2020. The Church Council of Greater Seattle...
Celebration of the Life of the Hon. Elijah Cummings
Please join our dear friends at First AME Church for a community-wide celebration of the life of national statesman and long-time esteemed member of the United States Congress, the Honorable Elijah Cummings. The Church Council of Greater Seattle is pleased to support...
Sanctuary Update – Olympia, Seattle, and Tacoma – October 2019
Dear Friends Across the Region, Thank you for your involvement and leadership in our immigrant accompaniment and solidarity network, created For Such a Time as This. The tragedy of forced separation of children from their parents continues today at the border and in...
1979: “As Broad a Coalition as Possible” – A Conversation with The Rev. David Bloom
In this video, Rev. Bloom shares his story of working for justice with faith communities in the Greater Seattle Area after moving to Seattle from Washington DC in 1975. He met the Rev Dr. Bill Cate when Cate came to preach at University Baptist Church, where Rev....
The Church Council Signs on to #ShutDownNWDC
October 8, 2019 A society which calls itself civil, a community which pursues the common good, and people of faith who proclaim the dignity of each and every human being as a child of God deserving of dignity and respect cries out for the closing of the Northwest...
Community-Led Renter Policies Pass in Burien!
For over a year – triggered by the displacement of families who lived at the Fox Cove apartments – local leaders have been organizing as a powerful grassroots coalition to pass a group of strong renter protections……
Fall 2019 General Election
Friday, October 18 is the start of Washington State’s 18-day voting period (through Election Day, Tuesday, November 5). Ballots are then mailed out and Accessible Voting Units (AVUs) are available at voting centers. Ballots must be postmarked by, or in a ballot...
Job Posting: Immigrant Accompaniment Associate
The Church Council of Greater Seattle (CCGS) seeks a part-time accompaniment associate, proficient in English and Spanish, to play a primary role in coordinating the behind-the-scenes of the CCGS Accompaniment Hotline. The associate will be responsible for the...
1981: “Struggling Together For Justice” by Cindy Domingo
I first came into contact with the Church Council of Greater Seattle in June 1981 in the aftermath of the assassinations of my brother, Silme Domingo and fellow labor leader, Gene Viernes. Both were leaders in the anti-Marcos, pro-Philippine democracy movement in the...
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