Bread National Grassroots Conference Call and Webinar

April 16,2013 4pm EST

Welcome

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LaVida Davis Director of Organizing and

Grassroots Capacity Building #BreadWeb

Opening Prayer

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Ricardo MorenoNational Associate for Latino Relations

Washington, DC

Heart of Bread of Involvement

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David GistRegional Organizer

Western HubPasadena, CA

Tamela K. WalhofSenior Regional Organizer

Central HubMinneapolis, MN

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Why Immigration?

Immigration is a Hunger Issue!

Matagalpa Region of Nicaragua

Hilipo Base Community Worship Band

Cap for an underground stream. Clean water was piped 1½ km. into Hilipo.

Antonio and Petrona weigh & measure children at a monthly child monitoring session in Hilipo.

Nicaraguans picking coffee

Costa Rican coffee plants

Landowner home at the top of a hill in Costa Rica

Health Promoter, Karen, charts a child’s progress to make sure the child isn’t undernourished (before Karen & her family moved to Managua)

Cardboard & scrap metal houses in Managua

Noon meal for the coffee workers.

Kids as young as 6 or 7 work from dawn to dusk to help the family make money.

Worker homes and barracks on a plantation.

“What would it take to get my family to the United States. Could I make a living for my family there?”

Why Bread?

Biblical Bases…

Rev. Walter ContrerasBread for the World Board Member

Immigrants in the Bible

Referred to as • Strangers• Aliens• Sojourners

Lifted up for special protection with widows and orphans

Bread for the World’s Role

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Bread Principles for Immigration Reform

1 - Legalization of unauthorized immigrants in the United States will reduce poverty

2 - Immigration is an international issue

3 - Immigration reform should provide continued access to safety-net programs

4 - Future flow of immigrants to the United States should be managed through immigrant worker programs

5 - The well-being of U.S.-born low-wage workers must be considered in immigration reform

Bread’s Coalition Partners

• Interfaith Immigration Coalition

• Evangelical Immigration Table

• Justice for Immigrants Campaign (USCCB)

• Church World Service

• Catholic Relief Services

• Sojourners

Questions

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Why Now?

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Ana Bread for the World

Hunger Justice Leader

Legislative Update

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Eric P. Mitchell

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What’s Happening on the Hill?

• Immigration Gang of 8

•House Bipartisan Group

•How do we try to influence

legislation?

•When and how will legislation

move?

Questions

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Latest Bread Newsletter

• Next Call: May 21st

• Closing Prayer

Next Steps

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Closing Prayer

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