Rev. Sharon Stanley-Rea Among DC-Area Clergy to Hold White House Rally to Save TPS
October 17, 2017
WASHINGTON, DC — Today, October 17th at 11 a.m., local interfaith clergy will host a rally to call on the Trump administration to preserve Temporary Protective Status (TPS), a program which gives legal status to people fleeing war or natural disaster. For hundreds of thousands of people in the United States who fled from different countries, this is a moral imperative. Clergy and community leaders will meet in front of the White House to ask the Trump administration to make the wise and humane choice.
WHAT:
Rally to call on the Trump administration to extend Temporary Protective Status for all ten countries and keep our families and communities whole
WHEN:
Tuesday, October 17th at 11 a.m.
WHERE:
Lafayette Square, Pennsylvania Ave NW & 16th Street Northwest, Washington, DC 20001
WHO:
Rev. Maria Swearingen, Senior Co-Pastor, Calvary Baptist Church
Ms. Corina Lopez, TPS holder from El Salvador and member, Calvary Baptist Church Other faith and community leaders
Rev. Dr. Sharon Stanley-Rea, Director, Disciples Refugee & Immigration Ministries (RIM) Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) in the U.S. & Canada
Pastor Jean Willeme Thomas, President, Haitian Coalition of Delmarva, & Pastor, Federalsburg Haitian Church of the Nazarene, Federalsburg, Md.
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