Colorado AFSC

Record deportations point to loss of moral compass

Gabriela Flora 8-1-11

Gabriela Flora of AFSC addresses a rally outside the immigrant detention center.

Gabriela Flora, AFSC Regional Project Voice Organizer, addresses a crowd of 150 people outside the GEO immigrant detention center in Aurora, Colorado on August 1, 2011.

October 18, 2011 - Today the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced they deported more people from the United States during Fiscal Year 2011 than ever before. Nearly 400,000 migrant workers were removed from our communities across the United States, the largest number in the agency’s history.

Immigrant detention center vigil in Aurora, CO

Jennifer Piper and clergy 8-1-11

Jennifer Piper and clergy 8-1-11

At right, Jennifer Piper, AFSC Colorado Interfaith Organzing Director, visits with clergy Anne Dunlap at the August 1, 2011 vigil outside the GEO immigrant detention center in Aurora, Colorado.

Monday, November 7, 2011 - 6:00pm

Immigrant detention center vigil will start at the Northwest corner of 30th Avenue and Peoria Street in Aurora. ICE just renewed and expanded its contract with for-profit detention corporation GEO. The contract is for ten years and expands the number of people ICE will be detaining from 432 to 525. $23 million more taxpayer dollars will go to GEO each year. The move comes despite the Obama administration’s repeated commitments to limit the use of detention and the Colorado community’s clear demands over the last 3 years to close GEO.

Vigil in Solidarity with Detained Immigrants

Jennifer Piper and clergy 8-1-11

Jennifer Piper and clergy 8-1-11

At right, Jennifer Piper, AFSC Colorado Interfaith Organzing Director, visits with clergy Anne Dunlap at the August 1, 2011 vigil outside the GEO immigrant detention center in Aurora, Colorado.

Monday, October 3, 2011 - 6:00pm

Did you know...very close to your own home, thousands of hard working immigrant mothers, fathers, students and community members are detained every year? For more information, please contact Piper at jpiper@afsc.org or 303.623.3464 ext. 5.

AFSC Annual Public Gathering in Denver

Sarah Bardwell receives Jack Gore Award 2010

Sarah Bardwell receives Jack Gore Award 2010

Sarah Bardwell, left, receives one of three Jack Gore Memorial Peace Awards at AFSC Colorado's Annual Public Gathering in 2010. Barbara Donachy presents the award to Sarah, whose many interests include youth and militarism.

Saturday, September 17, 2011 - 5:00pm

 

Friends are warmly invited to join the celebration of AFSC’s energetic work and advocacy on behalf of immigrants, as well as Jack Gore Peace Award honorees and Mountain View Friends Linda Smoke and Paula Van Dusen. The evening will include music, food, a silent auction, and an encore presentation by the Romero Troupe! Please join us!

Contact Information: 

Gabriela Flora, 303-623-3464, ext. 3

Email: 

Education leads to action in Denver

Jennifer Piper and Immigration 101 8-1-11

Jennifer Piper and Immigration 101 8-1-11

Jennifer Piper, Interfaith Organizing Director for AFSC Colorado, leads an "Immigration 101" workshop for students of Something Grown Together, a social justice institute in Denver. For a slideshow of photos, please click here.

By Jon Krieg, AFSC Senior Administrative Associate

AFSC’s immigrant rights organizing team in Denver is good, but their timing? It would be pretty hard to top the rainbow which followed a few sprinkles at the August 1, 2011 vigil outside the GEO immigrant detention center in Aurora, Colorado.

The colorful vigil was the capstone event for a group of community members at Something Grown Together, an “autonomously organized social justice institute” in Denver sponsored by Let Us Rise, the Wolcott Family Foundation, and Earth Force.

Clergy Immigration Witness Network Launch and Breakfast

Jennifer Piper and clergy 8-1-11

Jennifer Piper and clergy 8-1-11

At right, Jennifer Piper, AFSC Colorado Interfaith Organzing Director, visits with clergy Anne Dunlap at the August 1, 2011 vigil outside the GEO immigrant detention center in Aurora, Colorado.

Thursday, September 22, 2011 - 8:00am

“Through witness, presence & prayer, demonstrate to immigrants they are not alone while demonstrating to the larger community our faiths’ commitment to justice.”

 Breakfast Burritos will be provided by El Centro Humanitario’s Women’s Project

RSVP by September 9 to:

Jennifer Piper at 303-623-3464 ext. 5 or jpiper@afsc.org

AFSC Colorado Committee Seeks Volunteers

AFSC's Colorado Area Office in Denver is looking for folks to join the Colorado Area Program Committee (APC). The APC helps AFSC employees see the big picture, provides support for the local immigrant rights program, connects AFSC with other work/worship/networking communities of which the APC member is a part, does minimal fundraising, and learns from and teaches others.

Who we are

AFSC is a Quaker organization devoted to service, development, and peace programs throughout the world. Our work is based on the belief in the worth of every person, and faith in the power of love to overcome violence and injustice. Learn more

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AFSC has office around the world. To see a complete list see the Where We Work page.

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