Tuesday Family and Faith Call-In Day
Every Tuesday evening, in coordination with other faith groups, we want to encourage families to get together, play a game, talk, and call both of your Senators call 1-866-940-2439 and urge them to support the family immigration system. If this is an evening phone call, you will probably get voicemail and you can just leave a message. Here’s a sample script:
“Hi, we are the ________ family from _________, Washington (or Idaho). We value our time together as a family and we urge Senator to value families as well by prioritizing families in any immigration reform package and increasing the number of family visas for immigrant families to reunite.”
We invite families across the conference to do this every Tuesday while Congress is discussing immigration reform. So make a plan with your family to have fun together and advocate for immigrant families – and send in pictures of your family together, talking, playing a game or calling. The pictures will be added to a national United Methodist journal.
Additional information
- Currently the dialogue about immigration reform is being held in the senate, so the focus is on contacting senators. It will later move to the house of representatives.
- More information about immigration, immigration reform and United Methodist reflections and statements can be found at www.pnwumc.org/immigration.
- You can be routed to your senators through the above number or directly to their offices using the numbers below.
Senators related to our conference:
IDAHO
Crapo, Mike – (R – ID)
239 DIRKSEN SENATE OFFICE BUILDING
WASHINGTON, DC 20510
(202) 224-6142
Risch, James E. – (R – ID)
483 RUSSELL SENATE OFFICE BUILDING
WASHINGTON, DC 20510
(202) 224-2752
WASHINGTON
Cantwell, Maria – (D – WA)
311 HART SENATE OFFICE BUILDING
WASHINGTON, DC 20510
(202) 224-3441
Murray, Patty – (D – WA)
154 RUSSELL SENATE OFFICE BUILDING
WASHINGTON, DC 20510
(202) 224-2621
Special thanks to the Rev. Lyda Pierce, Coordinator of Hispanic/Latino Ministries (GBGM)
