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| Interfaith Activists Push for Citizenship for All |
July 09, 2021 |
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As co-chair of the Interfaith Immigration Coalition, Peniel Ibe is working with advocates and activists around the country calling on lawmakers to create a path to citizenship for the estimated 11 million undocumented American residents. She explains how her work is inspired by her faith and her experience being a black immigrant from Nigeria. In addition to her coalition work, Ibe describes her advocacy at the Quaker-affiliated American Friends Service Committee (AFSC) and her work mobilizing grassroots networks to advocate for policies that challenge the incarceration systems of detention and deportation. One new strategy that Ibe describes in detail is an emerging state-focused approach to preventing detention facilities in the states from contracting with the federal government.
Peniel Ibe. Policy engagement coordinator at AFSC’s Office of Public Policy and Advocacy. Leader of AFSC’s advocacy efforts to coordinate grassroots engagement strategies to impact policy change. She is an immigrant from Nigeria who recently relocated to the United States and is advocating for the rights of others like her.
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Our theme music is by MC Yogi
This week's closing music, New Hope, by Audiobinger.
Additional music by Blue Dot Sessions.
Remixes and original loops by Dissimilation Heavy Industries.
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