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Recognizing the Stranger is a multi-year leadership development strategy of the West/Southwest Industrial Areas Foundation established with the support of the Catholic Campaign for Human Development (CCHD).
It is designed to assist parishes with large immigrant populations in developing stronger relationships both inside and between community institutions.
Launched in 2017, it is creating a new, regional effort to impact the broader civic and political culture of the immigration issue.
It begins by supporting immigrant leaders to more deeply engage their own parishes, schools and communities, and then to move towards building bridges with sister parishes... continue reading →
Posted by West/Southwest IAF
August 06, 2025
In response to changes in immigration law enforcement and the upsurge in ICE detentions and deportations, Dallas Area Interfaith (DAI) is developing a...
Posted by West/Southwest IAF
August 04, 2025
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ACTION Tulsa, a nonpartisan nonprofit organization, hosted an event this week at Congregation B’nai Emunah titled “Who...
Posted by West/Southwest IAF
May 19, 2025
Posted by West/Southwest IAF
April 25, 2025
Pope Francis meeting with Rabbi Lyon. He and Bishop John Ogletree (photo below) are leaders with TMO and wrote this...
Posted by West/Southwest IAF
April 23, 2025
Sally Boeckholt, AMOS leader of First Unitarian Church-Des Moines, gives a framed keepsake to Pope Francis. She and IAF Organizer Paul...
Posted by West/Southwest IAF
April 22, 2025
Pope Francis greets Silvia Camacho, a leader with San Juan Diego Catholic Church in Montana Vista, in a 2022...