John, Please pass this along to appropriate people.
Bob Fwd: From Bob Nienhuis [EMAIL PROTECTED] Hello All: I had a very disturbing conversation with Rev. Alexia Salvatierra, the ED of Clergy and Laity United for Economic Justice, this afternoon. As many of you know, CLUE is active in the sanctuary movement and is working with several churches, including the United Church of Christ congregation in Simi Valley. The UCC congregation is experiencing vitriolic and hate-filled attacks by the Klu Klux Klan and the Minutemen because they are sheltering an undocumented family. The Klan and Minutemen assemble outside the Church during the worship services and, using bull horns, shout expletives and hate speech at the congregants. The police are there and keep them a certain distance away, but the bull horns are very powerful. Apparently, Simi does not have a noise ordnance. Dealing with this hatred is overwhelming for the congregation and for the mother and child they are providing sanctuary to. It appears that the Klan and the Minutemen are planning a similar campaign against San Pablo Lutheran Church in North Hollywood this Sunday--so this will now be taking place in our own backyard. CLUE is strategizing a proactive, nonviolent response to the hatred directed by these groups--Alexia will let us know more as their ideas develop. Whatever our own personal feelings are about immigration reform and the sanctuary movement, once the Klan is engaged, we are not dealing with political differences, we are dealing with racism and religious intolerance. I would like to request time on the next meeting agenda of the IRC and the Social Concerns Committees so we can talk about appropriate ways that VIC might consider responding to this hatred and religious intolerance. In the meantime, if you would like to personal action to support the UCC Congregation in Simi Valley, Alexia suggested that you might make phone calls as individuals to Rev. June Goudey and the UCC in Simi Valley to express your feelings about the situation. The telephone number is 805-526-6001 and their website, where you can read about why they have supported the sanctuary movement, is http://www.uccsimi.org/home.asp. In peace, Cambria Cambria Smith President Valley Interfaith Council 10824 Topanga Canyon Blvd. #7 Chatsworth, CA 91311 Voice: 818-718-6460, ext 3011 Fax: 818-718-0734 Website: www.vic-la.org "You must be the change that you want to see in the world." -- Gandhi __________ NOD32 2587 (20071011) Information __________ This message was checked by NOD32 antivirus system. http://www.eset.com __________ NOD32 2587 (20071011) Information __________ This message was checked by NOD32 antivirus system. http://www.eset.com John Johnson Change-Links Progressive Newspaper [EMAIL PROTECTED] or [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://change-links.org Subscribe to our list server. Email [EMAIL PROTECTED] (818) 782-1412 Cell (818) 681-7448. === -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.488 / Virus Database: 269.14.8/1064 - Release Date: 10/11/2007 3:09 PM --------------------------------------------------------------------------- LAAMN: Los Angeles Alternative Media Network --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Unsubscribe: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subscribe: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Digest: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Help: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Post: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Archive1: <http://www.egroups.com/messages/laamn> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Archive2: <http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/laamn/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/laamn/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
