Monthly Archives: January 2011

Immigration Task Force Meeting – 1/8/11

We had a productive meeting today! Read our minutes below:

Present at the Meeting: Don Christensen, Bob Malles, Betty Jo Braun, Alison Killeen

  • We began with a prayer from Walter Brueggeman’s “Prayer for a Privileged People”
  • Our e-COMMAntary announcement elicited several responses for Immigration Sunday requests
  • Alison noted 50 members on our communications list
  • Blog is up and running 🙂
  • Interfaith Coalition on Immigration (ICOM) – we will be involved in leading the monthly Ramsey County Vigil at the County Detention Center on March 6, 2011
  • We will promote ICOM’s Latino Voices panels
  • We’d like to do a Latino Voices workshop at the UCCMN Annual Meeting in June 2011
  • We’ll keep an eye on legislation and will notify our list and the UCCMN if a bill needs response, either by written response or lobby day
  • Alison trained us on using the blog
  • Our next meeting will be March 6, 2011 after the vigil at the Ramsey County Detention Center