The Episcopal Church is com-mitted to welcoming strangers as a matter of Christian respon-

sibility. Its triennial General Convention has called for comprehensive reform of United States immigration policy.

To help fulfill this commitment, the Episcopal Church Advocacy Center re-cently added a staff person, Ana White, who will focus specifically on immigrant and refugee issues, according to the Rev. Canon Brian Grieves, Advocacy Center director.

Since joining the staff, White has pro-

duced a series of fact sheets on refugees, human trafficking, comprehensive im-migration reform, and Immigration and Customs Enforcement raids. These are available at www.episcopalchurch.org/eppn.htm. Those interested can also sign for a newsletter on immigration public policy advocacy issues.

In the restructuring of the Church Center staff undertaken by Presiding Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori over the last year, greater focus has been put on advocacy on the broad array of issues faced by both immigrants and refugees.

When I was hungry, you gave me something to eat, and when I was thirsty, you gave me something to drink. When I was a stranger, you welcomed me...

—Matthew 25

Refugees and immigrants are the strangers and aliens of today’s world. Our duty to love and care for them is just as urgent. The Episcopal Church works to do just that. We equip our members to welcome the stranger, advocate for just governmental policies, collaborate with ecumenical and interfaith partners, and, through Episcopal Migration Ministries, do the practical work of resettling refugees in the United States.

—Presiding Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori

To welcome the stranger ...To welcome the stranger ...PHOTOS: DEBBIE DECKER/INTERFAITH REFUGEE & IMMIGRATION SERVICE, LOS ANGELES

The Episcopal Church is com-mitted to welcoming strangers as a matter of Christian respon-

sibility. Its triennial General Convention has called for comprehensive reform of United States immigration policy.

To help fulfill this commitment, the Episcopal Church Advocacy Center re-cently added a staff person, Ana White, who will focus specifically on immigrant and refugee issues, according to the Rev. Canon Brian Grieves, Advocacy Center director.

Since joining the staff, White has pro-

duced a series of fact sheets on refugees, human trafficking, comprehensive im-migration reform, and Immigration and Customs Enforcement raids. These are available at www.episcopalchurch.org/eppn.htm. Those interested can also sign for a newsletter on immigration public policy advocacy issues.

In the restructuring of the Church Center staff undertaken by Presiding Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori over the last year, greater focus has been put on advocacy on the broad array of issues faced by both immigrants and refugees.

When I was hungry, you gave me something to eat, and when I was thirsty, you gave me something to drink. When I was a stranger, you welcomed me...

—Matthew 25

Refugees and immigrants are the strangers and aliens of today’s world. Our duty to love and care for them is just as urgent. The Episcopal Church works to do just that. We equip our members to welcome the stranger, advocate for just governmental policies, collaborate with ecumenical and interfaith partners, and, through Episcopal Migration Ministries, do the practical work of resettling refugees in the United States.

—Presiding Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori

To welcome the stranger ...To welcome the stranger ...PHOTOS: DEBBIE DECKER/INTERFAITH REFUGEE & IMMIGRATION SERVICE, LOS ANGELES

Ana WhiteImmigration and Refugee Policy Analyst

Born and raised in Argentina, Ana White has lived in the United States since 2004. She became a U.S. citizen in November 2007. She received an

undergraduate degree from the Universidad Nacional de Cordoba and graduated with a master’s degree in Latin American Studies/ International Migration from the University of California San Diego (UCSD), with an emphasis on gender and migration issues.

In the past, she has done research on social issues affecting migrant communi-ties, and worked in an immigration law firm, where she assisted in a variety of cases dealing with the application process, deportations, etc.

White recently moved to Washington D.C., where she worked for the Interna-tional Migration Organization, first in the media and external relations depart-ment and later in the community stabilization unit.

White is based at the Office of Government Relations in WashingtonD.C. She can be reached at awhite@episcopalchurch.org or 800-228-0505 or 202-547-7300.

Ana WhiteImmigration and Refugee Policy Analyst

Born and raised in Argentina, Ana White has lived in the United States since 2004. She became a U.S. citizen in November 2007. She received an

undergraduate degree from the Universidad Nacional de Cordoba and graduated with a master’s degree in Latin American Studies/ International Migration from the University of California San Diego (UCSD), with an emphasis on gender and migration issues.

In the past, she has done research on social issues affecting migrant communi-ties, and worked in an immigration law firm, where she assisted in a variety of cases dealing with the application process, deportations, etc.

White recently moved to Washington D.C., where she worked for the Interna-tional Migration Organization, first in the media and external relations depart-ment and later in the community stabilization unit.

White is based at the Office of Government Relations in WashingtonD.C. She can be reached at awhite@episcopalchurch.org or 800-228-0505 or 202-547-7300.

EMM (Episcopal Migration Ministries) is now primarily a resettlement agency, with its programs administered through the main of-fice in New York, directed by Deborah Stein. EMM receives federal funding, but relies also upon the support of individual parishes and its affiliate network around the country to pro-vide direct services to refugees.

The Office of Government Relations in Washington, directed by Maureen Shea, is part of the Advocacy Center, one of four mission centers in the new structure.

“The plight of immigrants and refugees is a major issue both in the United States and around the world,” says Shea. “We are delighted to have Ana with us as she can so ably help us to advocate for just government policies. There is

a great deal of work to be done in educating policy makers about the important issues to be addressed in immigration reform.”

For more information, visit the Advocacy Center website at www.episcopalchurch.org/advocacy.htm

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EMM (Episcopal Migration Ministries) is now primarily a resettlement agency, with its programs administered through the main of-fice in New York, directed by Deborah Stein. EMM receives federal funding, but relies also upon the support of individual parishes and its affiliate network around the country to pro-vide direct services to refugees.

The Office of Government Relations in Washington, directed by Maureen Shea, is part of the Advocacy Center, one of four mission centers in the new structure.

“The plight of immigrants and refugees is a major issue both in the United States and around the world,” says Shea. “We are delighted to have Ana with us as she can so ably help us to advocate for just government policies. There is

a great deal of work to be done in educating policy makers about the important issues to be addressed in immigration reform.”

For more information, visit the Advocacy Center website at www.episcopalchurch.org/advocacy.htm

PHOT

O: P

ENNY

JENN

INGS

, LOS

ANG

ELES