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Voice of the Voiceless 2019
The 2019 Voice of the Voiceless Solidarity Dinner will honor the refugee children of the border. Join us on June 22 from 6-9pm at Santa Lucia Hall in El Paso.
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Short-Term Volunteers for Emergency Hospitality
Update: as of May 2, 2019, we are no longer accepting short-term volunteers for the months of May, June or July due to the overwhelmingly positive response we have already received (thank you!) (We would consider making exceptions for people who can stay for 6 weeks or more.)
If you are interested in volunteering in August or later, please read this document and contact us about two months before you are interested in volunteering (contact instructions in PDF). We are not scheduling more than about two months out due to the unpredictability of the need.
We are ALWAYS accepting applications for year-long volunteers!
Original post: Beginning in summer 2018, we have seen an increase in the flow of refugees arriving at the El Paso border. As ICE detention facilities filled, the number of refugees being released by ICE increased. As of the end of February 2019, 400-700+ refugees per day are being sent to Annunciation House.
We are urgently seeking additional short-term volunteers to help us provide hospitality to these refugees. For more information, please read this document (PDF).
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Press Conference – 2/11/2019 Truthful Border Narratives
Date: Monday, February 11, 2019
Time: 10:00 a.m. MST (doors open at 9:40 a.m.)
Location: 325 Leon Street
El Paso, Texas 79901
The separation of children from their parents continues. The narrative that refugees and immigrants are criminals is not true. Annunciation House and our partner organizations and faith communities have been providing hospitality to thousands of these families every week. The idea that refugees and immigrants make our country dangerous is not true. Rather, the truth is that they overwhelmingly become productive, contributing citizens of our community and of our country.
Given the national attention being given to refugees and immigrants on our southern border, Annunciation House will hold a press conference with the objective of providing a more truthful narrative reflecting the reality of refugees on our Border.
The speakers will include:
1. A refugee mother from Honduras forcibly separated for over 115 days from her three and four-year-old daughters by Border Patrol Agents on October 11, 2018.
2. A newly-arrived refugee parent who fled violence and persecution in Central America to lawfully seek asylum in the United States.
3. A former refugee who was granted asylum in the United States and who has since become a valued member of our vibrant border community.
Following the press conference, the speakers—along with Annunciation House Executive Director Ruben Garcia and Legal Coordinator Taylor Levy—will have limited availability for individual interviews with members of the press.
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Unannounced ICE releases
There has been an increase of refugees arriving to our border. This past weekend, there were three days of ICE releases directly to the streets of El Paso. Annunciation House—and our partner organizations, faith communities, and volunteers—are responding by providing hospitality to the increased number of refugee families being released by ICE in El Paso
Press conference on the death of Jakelin Caal Maquin – the 7-year-old child who died in Border Patrol Custody
In this video, Annunciation House director Ruben Garcia reads a statement from the family of Jakelin Maquin Caal and answers questions from reporters. The video orientation corrects after the first few minutes.
Aqui el director de la Casa Anunciacion, Ruben Garcia, lee una declaracion de la familia de Jakelin Maquin Caal. Hay informacion en espaniol a mas o menos 13 minutos.
The Honduran Caravan Speaks: Recognize This Humanitarian Crisis
The Caravan of Honduran refugees has released a statement calling on the United States and the United Nations to recognize their exodus as a HUMANITARIAN CRISIS and to recognize its participants as refugees “in need of international protection and humanitarian assistance.”
Please read the whole thing, and share.
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Press Conference – June 25
Annunciation House director Ruben Garcia and legal council Taylor Levy speak at a press conference regarding the release of undocumented parents and the challenges of reuniting them with their children.
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Fr. Ismael Moreno – 2018 Voice of the Voiceless Award
Fearless Honduran Priest to Receive
Annunciation House
2018 Voice of the Voiceless Award
Annunciation House is pleased to announce the 2018 Voice of the Voiceless Award recipient: Father Ismael “Melo” Moreno, S.J. from Honduras, a resolute and intrepid defender of democracy, human rights, and freedom of expression in one of the most dangerous countries in the world. Father Melo is the director of Radio Progreso, an independent station that gives voice to human rights activists, trade unionists, small farmers, and others with little access to the elite- controlled national media. He also directs ERIC (Equipo de ReflexiOn, Investigacion y Comunicacion), a center for social action and analysis.
Along with other Honduran activists, Father Melo has received numerous and grave death threats for his criticism of the political corruption, extreme economic inequality, weak judicial and other corruption, extreme economic inequality, weak judicial and other institutions, militarization, and epidemic abuse and murder of members of vulnerable social groups in Honduras-circumstances that, in turn, drive the great migration of refugees from this and other Central American countries. The theme of the 2018 Voice of the Voiceless events is, IF THE WORLD KNEW... Fr. Melo’s work to uncover and broadcast truth exemplifies the hope that if the world knew, change would happen.
2018 Voice of the Voiceless: “If The World Knew”
Saturday, May 12,2018
6 p.m.-Solidarity Dinner, Santa Lucia Parish Hall
NOTE: THE MASS HAS BEEN CANCELED AND WILL BE RESCHEDULED.
Purchase tickets here
More information about the work of Father. Ismael Moreno:
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Recipiente del galardon Voz de Los Sin Voz 2018
El recipiente del galardón Voz de Los Sin Voz 2018 es Padre Ismael “Melo” Moreno, S.J. Mas informacion en español sigue abajo.
OJO: LA MISA HA ESTADO CANCELADO Y ESTARA REPROGRAMADO.
NOTE: THE MASS HAS BEEN CANCELED AND WILL BE RESCHEDULED.