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We are sharing a message from our friend and ally, Fred Morris, a United Methodist Church minister who has long championed the plight of immigrants and refugees. He has made it his life’s work to protect especially children in need of protection from the dangers to their well being in their home countries and now the threats to their lawful status here.
Last Friday was Juneteenth that we celebrate annually to commemorate the end of slavery and to affirm our belief that all men, women and children are created equal. Saturday, June 20th, was World Refugee Day. Let us carry both ideal through our lives by helping raise funds for the children from the San Fernando Valley Refugee Children Center. This is the organization Fred founded in 2015 to aid the hundreds of children who came to us, unaccompanied, fleeing from gang violence in their home countries in Central America.
With so much going on in the world, we can’t forget that hundreds of children are still fleeing life-threatening violence and traveling to the United States looking for refuge. The Covid-19 pandemic has limited the Center’s ability to raise funds, which means we are struggling to provide children with the resources they need to survive.
As a big win this week, the Supreme Court blocked Trump from ending DACA. However, we still have a lot of work to do.
You and I have the influence on social media to bring awareness to this issue and help raise enough funds to help the hundreds of children at the Center. If you’re able to make a donation, please go to tinyurl.com/world-refugee-day to donate, and give a child the support they need and deserve. A donation of even $25 can make a big difference to us. And if you could do that on a monthly basis, it would be even more wonderful.
Help us spread the word through social media by sharing the three images attached or click on our Digital Toolkit for suggested copy, videos, more images, hashtags and other ways you can help. #WorldRefugeeDay #SFVRefugeeChildrenCenter
On behalf of the hundreds of children at the Center we thank you for your support.
The Council thanks you for remembering these children. While we fight for the little ones still locked in cages at our border, let’s make sure no other child is further endagered by our fear of “the alien among us”. Please help Fred help the children with care and legal assistance to keep them safe.
Thank you.