What’s the best thing you can do for your immigrant neighbors? Many families came to the DMV community to escape dire poverty, war and gang violence. The Food Justice Initiative (FJI) does not ask people who are starving about their immigration status. However, nearly all are undocumented. This is critical because they receive NOTHING … Continue reading From the WES Immigration Team
Phonebanking Campaigns Reclaim Our Vote’s postcard campaigns have wrapped up – many thanks to all the WES members who participated! ROV now has phone banks for Arizona, Alabama, Florida, Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Texas with Mississippi coming soon. There are group phone banks daily. You can call from home – phone banks are … Continue reading Update: Reclaim Our Vote Efforts
Binsar Siahaan is home with his family, released from ICE custody in Baltimore. WES joined others in our community with calls to our representatives, with emails and tweets in resistance to his immoral arrest. Binsar was taken under false pretenses from the grounds of the Silver Spring church where he was sheltered. The immediate outcry … Continue reading From the WES Immigration Team — When We Fight, We Win!
In 2015, Amanda Poppei, Ann Baker, and Trish Weil offered a three-part workshop on Mindfulness. Following that workshop, there were people who wanted to continue to meet, for meditation and discussion. It was in this way that the present Mindfulness group was formed and has continued to meet first monthly, and now twice monthly. For … Continue reading WES Blog — From the Mindfulness Group
Scams are on the rise. I know I have been the target multiple times since March. I now suspect I may have been on even more occasions. In the last two weeks, I heard of several members of our WES community targeted and a few captured by scammers. Here’s how I think I’ve been targeted. … Continue reading WES Blog — Scams are on the rise
Today is October 6th. Four weeks from today, the United States will hold its Presidential Election determining who will run the vast Federal Government, who will control Congress, and who will hold thousands of state legislative seats all over the country. As we move through the upcoming month showing that activism for justice is love … Continue reading WES Blog — From the LLDC: About the upcoming LLDC election
From the Earth Ethics Action Team As WES moves forward with Casey Trees to plant three trees on the grounds, the Earth Ethics Action Team has information for congregants to get free trees for their own property to Improve air & water quality Cool homes and reduce energy bills Beautify neighborhoods Reduce global warming If … Continue reading WES Blog — Free Trees
The Board of Trustees is excited to announce that Kate Lang will be re-joining the Board to fill the recent opening. We are thrilled to have Kate back on the Board. She brings with her two years of recent WES Board experience and a wealth of professional and interpersonal skills. We are grateful to the … Continue reading WES Blog — Welcoming Our Newest Trustee
Dear Ones, I am holding you in love as we absorb the news that Ruth Bader Ginsburg has died. Our nation and our world are much better for her life and her work. She leaves a legacy of moral witness, ethical action, love of the arts, and legal scholarship. We can and will carry forward … Continue reading Ruth Bader Ginsburg
Dear WES Families, I hope that this month is bringing a wave of great Renewal as your children have returned to school virtually or as you have begun to continue your home school teachings at home. The slightest change in weather always makes me giddy about Fall and the beauty that is about to take place. It … Continue reading WES Blog — Renewal in Challenging Times
