AID SARATOGA AREA IMMIGRANTS

Serving Those Who Have Served Us

Dairy farmers put milk on our tables; construction crews make our communities grow; hotel, restaurant and racetrack workers sustain our tourist economy. Yet current threats of “mass deportation” raise fears of ripping workers out of our community and tearing families apart. The Saratoga Immigration Coalition (SIC) has established an emergency fund to make sure that the immigrant members of our community are not forgotten. Please remember those who have served us by donating to this cause and sharing the news on social media!

An Emergency Fund

The SIC emergency fund is designed to meet immediate needs, in small amounts, enough to pay for a month’s rent, weekly groceries, or other daily needs while longer-term solutions are sought. Referrals come from service providers and faith leaders at work in the community, who in many cases are already familiar with the circumstances of those in need. And the fund is designed to serve the community well known to SIC, primarily Saratoga, Washington and Warren Counties in upstate New York.

How Much Is Needed?

An earlier round of emergency funding during the COVID pandemic raised and disbursed over $16,000 in the course of two years (2020-21). Based on that experience, we have raised our goal to $25,000 in this revived appeal. The additional $10,000 is a modest amount, and our appeal to donors is modest as well. Please donate any amount that you can afford so that collectively we send our immigrant neighbors a message of welcome as well as some means of practical support.

Who Is the Saratoga immigration Coalition? 

Founded in 2017, the Saratoga Immigration Coalition (SIC) is a network of civic groups, faith communities and concerned individuals. Group members currently include Presbyterian—United Church of Christ (PUCC), Saint Peter’s Roman Catholic Church, Saratoga Friends Meeting, Saratoga Springs United Methodist Church,Temple Sinai, Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Glens Falls (UUCGF) and Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Saratoga Springs (UUCSS). SIC seeks to foster, through support, education and advocacy, a community that is welcoming to all immigrants without regard to legal status. SIC works in partnership with immigrants and service providers who work directly with immigrants and cooperates with allied organizations that share SIC’s vision of social justice. The values informing that vision are recognition of the worth and dignity of all persons and acceptance of differences; obligation to love our neighbors and to welcome strangers with genuine hospitality; commitment to the American principles of equal opportunity and justice for all.  

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