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Children and Youth

https://episcopalmaine.org/ministries/children-youth/

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Take Action to Support Our Refugee and Immigrant Neighbors

https://episcopalmaine.org/take-action-to-support-our-refugee-and-immigrant-neighbors/

On January 21, 2025, the Trump administration signed a range of executive Borders that will profoundly impact immigration in the U.S. and put the lives of hundreds of thousands of vulnerable people at risk. Read...

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Summit on Truth-telling and Reparations

https://episcopalmaine.org/event/summit-on-truth-telling-and-reparations/2024-09-19/

Virginia Theological Seminary in Alexandria, Virginia, Sept. 19-21, 2024 A historic summit gathering for Episcopal lay, and clergy leaders engaged in reparations and truth-telling ministries sponsored by the church’s Office of African Descent Ministries and the Department...

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Know Your Rights with ICE in Public, at Home, at Work

https://episcopalmaine.org/resources/know-your-rights-if-ice-stops-you-in-public/

ILAP, Maine’s Immigrant Legal Advocacy Project, offers this guide that explains the rights of a person stopped by an immigration officer in public. All people living in the United States, including undocumented immigrants, have certain...

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Diocese Working with Government Agencies to Address Current Homelessness Crisis

https://episcopalmaine.org/homeless-crisis-update/

Update February 20, 2023 Jane Field of the Maine Council of Churches and I participated in a call with state officials from the Governor’s office, the Department of Health and Human Services, Portland legislators, the...

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Immigration Resources from the Maine Council of Churches

https://episcopalmaine.org/resources/materials-from-here-we-are-send-us-online-discussion-jan-14-2025/

Materials from “Here We Are. Send Us!” Online Discussion Jan. 14, 2025 The Maine Council of Churches (MCC) held the first in a series of online “town hall” gatherings to discuss ways Maine’s communities of...

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For Earth Day, Honor the Wabanaki’s Response to the Climate Crisis

https://episcopalmaine.org/for-earth-day-honor-the-wabanakis-response-to-the-climate-crisis/

How should parishes celebrate Earth Day (April 22) and Earth Week (April 17-23) this year? The Diocese of Maine’s Creation Care Team suggests that we look to the Wabanaki experience as they respond to the...

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Environmental Land and Water Organizations

https://episcopalmaine.org/resources/land-and-water-organizations/

Creation Care Team Land and Waters Casco Baykeepers Improves and protects the environmental health of Casco Bay by collecting scientific data, advocating for clean water and engaging the community. Island Institute Working to further the...

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Migration, Refugees, & Immigration from OGR

https://episcopalmaine.org/resources/migration-refugees-immigration-from-ogr/

Office of Government Relations (OGR) of The Episcopal Church Migration, Refugees, & Immigration As we look ahead to a new presidential administration and congress, we anticipate many changes in immigration policy that may cause a...

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Territory acknowledgement prepared by Episcopal Maine Youth

https://episcopalmaine.org/youth-territory-acknowledgement/

This territory acknowledgement was prepared in honor of Indigenous Peoples’ Day. It was written by a group of middle schoolers from Episcopal Maine Youth who gathered on Zoom to better understand and map the history...