[Factc] Fw: [EXTERNAL] DACA recipients

[Smith, Gerard]

A note from Melissa for your consideration.


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From: Melissa Williams <melissa.williams at centralia.edu>
Sent: Thursday, February 1, 2018 9:35 AM
To: Smith, Gerard
Subject: [EXTERNAL] DACA recipients

Gerry,
I hope you are doing and that the mission of FACTC is continuing under your solid leadership.

I am still teaching online as an adjunct for Centralia College, so I wanted to share an email I just received from the Archdiocese of Seattle regarding the needs of DACA recipients during this time of uncertainty.
I have pasted the email below and will leave it to your discretion as to whether you choose to share it with students, colleagues, and/or other community colleges on our side of the Cascades.

Melissa Williams
Off-Campus Adjunct
melissa.williams at centralia.edu


As you know, there are over 750,000 young people protected under Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals<http://www.seattlearchdiocese.org/Assets/PastoralCare/11057_jfibackgrounderDACA.pdf> (DACA), around 18,000 within WA State, many of whom are Catholics and part of our communities. While the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops<https://justiceforimmigrants.org/statements/u-s-bishops-executive-committee-release-statement-administrations-daca-decision-calls-catholic-faithful-urge-congress-pass-dream-act/> and our local Bishops<http://www.seattlearchdiocese.org/Assets/PastoralCare/12486_DACA-BishopsResponse.pdf> remains committed to advocating for a long term solution to DACA, we’d like to explore how we can best accompany these youth and young adults within the Archdiocese.



Here is how you can help: if you know young Catholics over 18 years of age or older and on DACA, we would like to gather with a small group of them the second week in February.



Please consider having them contact me (by phone or email) or sending me their contact information and I will reach out to them. This would be confidential and the goal is to listen to them and together, explore what they think would be an appropriate way for the church to be accompany them at this time.



Thanks you, Edwin.

Spanish Text



Estimados colaboradores en ministerio,

Como ustedes saben, hay más de 750,000 jóvenes amparados por el programa de Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals<http://www.seattlearchdiocese.org/Assets/PastoralCare/11057_jfibackgrounderDACA.pdf> (DACA), de los cuales alrededor de 18,000 residen en nuestro estado y son jóvenes católicos, miembros de nuestras familias y comunidades. La Conferencia de Obispos Católicos de Estados Unidos<https://justiceforimmigrants.org/statements/u-s-bishops-executive-committee-release-statement-administrations-daca-decision-calls-catholic-faithful-urge-congress-pass-dream-act/> y nuestros Obispos locales<http://www.seattlearchdiocese.org/Assets/PastoralCare/12523_DACA-BishopsResponseSp.pdf> continúan abogando por un solución permanente a esta situación. Mientras tanto, estamos buscando, localmente, maneras en que podemos servir directamente a estos jóvenes en la Arquidiócesis.



Esta es la manera como puede ayudar: deseamos reunirnos con un grupo pequeño de jóvenes católicos mayores de 18 años de edad amparados bajo DACA la segunda semana de febrero. Si conoce a un(a) joven con estas características, le pido de favor que me ayude a entrar en contacto con el (ella) dándole mi información de contacto o proveyéndome la de él/ella.



Esto se manejara de manera confidencia y tiene como fin el explorar juntos, maneras como estos jóvenes pueden ser acompañados por la iglesia en este tiempo de incertidumbre.



Agradezco su apoyo en este esfuerzo, Edwin.

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Edwin Ferrera | Archdiocese of Seattle

Director of Multicultural Youth and Young Adult Ministry

Tel. 206.382.4846 | Cell 206-900-5302 | Fax 206.903.4627

Email: edwin.ferrera at seattlearch.org<mailto:edwin.ferrera at seattlearch.org>

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