LIFTING OUR LAMPS
Interfaith Vigil for Immigrant Detainees
Bergen County Jail
December 2, 2007

Religious leaders and community members are coming together to express concerns about detention conditions of immigrants at Bergen County Jail and in New Jersey County Jails that hold immigrants.

We will be calling for a "community accountability board" as a mechanism to provide meaningful oversight that is needed for safe and humane conditions in New Jersey immigration detention facilities.

(Partial List) Sponsored by the Interfaith Coalition for the Rights of Immigration Detainees and their Families in partnership with American Friends Service Committee, American Civil Liberties Union-New Jersey, Families For Freedom, New Jersey Association on Corrections, Interfaith Refugee Action Team-Elizabeth, Haiti Solidarity Network of the Northeast, Jubilee Immigrants' Rights Task Force, Lutheran Office of Governmental Ministry in New Jersey, Hispanic Development Corporation, New Jersey Immigration Policy Network, Casa de Esperanza, New Jersey Association of the United Church of Christ, Wind of the Spirit, People's Organization for Progress/Bergen County Branch, Episcopal Diocese of Newark, Unitarian Society of Ridgewood/Anti-Racism and Peace and Justice Committees, Bergen Peace and Justice Coalition, Ethical Culture Social Action Committee