Sunday, September 20
10:00am Sunday Service, Christ Church UCC
The worship service at Christ Church United Church of Christ will be available on Facebook live; to view, visit their Facebook page. To join worship through Zoom, check the weekly newsletter from CCUCC or email the office for the link or phone call-in number. Service will also be recorded, which will then be available on the Church’s Facebook page. *Registration is NOT required for this event.
7:00pm Vigil for Alex Garcia
CCUCC will host a Zoom vigil to recognize the long three years that Alex Garcia has lived in sanctuary. Please plan to be present to share your prayers with Alex. We will not grow weary in fighting for his freedom. Click here to join on Zoom. *Registration is NOT required for this event.
Monday, September 21
1,095 Days / 36 Months / 3 Years Living in Sanctuary
ALL WEEK Social Media Support
Please change your Facebook profile picture to demonstrate support for Alex! Here’s how: go to your Facebook profile, click your profile picture, and click "Update Profile Picture." In the box that pops up, you'll see the button "Add Frame" at the top. Click this and search for our design name “ABH 1095” in the search bar at the top left. Then, just select the frame and click the “Use as Profile Picture” button to add it to your profile photo for the week and show your support for Alex. Please leave the frame up for the rest of the week - or longer!
6:00pm Documentary Sneak Preview and Live Q&A
The Garcia’s have worked with Mission Man Media over the last year, and we are excited to host a Sneak Preview of the resulting documentary! Join us Zoom (also will be broadcast via Facebook Live) with filmmaker Emmett Williams for a live sneak preview of the documentary. We are honored that the talented bilingual independent journalist, Milli Legrain, will facilitate a panel and Q&A session with Carly & Alex, Emmett and Sara John. *Registration IS required for this event.
Tuesday, September 22
ALL DAY Online Day of Action: #1095 reasons why #AlexBelongsHere
Stand with Alex today by participating in 3 online actions: post a selfie, sign the pledge, sign a petition.
SELFIE. Print out this template and write in your message. Then share a selfie holding your sign on social media. Please include the following handles and hashtags: @AlexBelongsHere #AlexBelongsHere #1095
Feeling spicy? Skip the printing and make a short video to complete the sentence, “I stand with Alex because…”. Then share your video message with the same handles and hashtags.
Not on social media? No problem! Snap a selfie and email it to ifcla@ifcla.net - we can post it for you!
PLEDGE CARD. After reflecting on Alex’s sacrifice and the Garcia Family’s struggle these last 3 years, please take a moment to wrestle with the moral obligations that linger in your heart. How will you be transformed? Then, click here to sign the pledge card and commit to standing alongside Alex and his family moving forward.
PETITION. Click here to sign a petition to Democratic Presidential Nominee Joe Biden, encouraging him to commit now that he will take swift, immediate action on DAY 1 if elected, to free Alex and all those living in sanctuary, reunite their families, and lay the foundation for permanent unity.
Wednesday, September 23
6:00pm How Did We Get Here? Film and Discussion
Courtesy of Hostile Terrain 94 and the Undocumented Migrant Project, we will offer the film Border South, which offers an intimate perspective on undocumented migration from Central America to the US, available for viewing at no cost on your own computer! Check out the trailer here. After you register (using this link), you’ll receive details for how to access and view the film online. Please make time to watch the 90-minute documentary before our discussion on Wednesday evening.
Then, join Attorney Nicole Cortes from the MICA Project and Sara John from IFCLA for a discussion to help us understand how US laws and policies have shaped Alex’s circumstances in this country. We look forward to sharing some clips of the film throughout the evening, but please make time to watch it in advance. Click here to register. *Registration IS required for this event.
Thursday, September 24
Noon Strategizing Together: Panel and Teamwork
Grab your lunch and join us for a panel discussion with Pastor Becky, Sara John and lay leaders of CCUCC. We will learn how standing with Alex has impacted Christ Church and will introduce the strategy for Alex’s liberation in #year3. We will split into breakout rooms (by congregation/team where available) to brainstorm our collective involvement and commitment to pursuing that strategy together. Click here to register for this Zoom meeting. *Registration IS required for this event.
*Congregational teams/members are strongly encouraged to attend this event. Individuals who do not identify with a congregation or a team are also invited and encouraged to attend!
Friday, September 25
4:30pm Closing Ceremony: Hopeful Hour Toast
Join us on Friday afternoon at 4:30 to wrap up the Week of Action together with Alex and Carly. For this hopeful-but-not-quite-happy hour, bring your beverage of choice to Zoom - be careful not to spill on your computers, tables or phones! - and we will review the week’s successes, hold ourselves accountable to the work to come, and send Alex and Carly into week 2 of year 3 with special toasts, blessings, cheers, mantras, and hope. Click here to join the Zoom meeting at 4:30pm on Friday. *Registration is NOT required for this event.