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Long Islanders Rally For Comprehensive Immigration Reform
Nassau Chapter director Samantha Fredrickson and Suffolk Chapter director Andrea Callan
March 4, 2010 -- The Nassau and Suffolk Chapters joined the Long Island Immigrant Alliance at a rally to call on Sen. Charles Schumer to introduce a comprehensive immigration reform bill that protects everyone's rights. About 50 Long Islanders gathered along Pinelawn Road in Melville and marched to the senator's office, calling out "Immigration -- The story of our nation!" and "What do we want? Immigration reform! When do we want it? Now!"
Leaders from several local immigrants' rights groups spoke about the need for comprehensive immigration reform. The group urged the senator to introduce workable legislation that supports a path to citizenship, provides due process protection for immigrants, prohibits the use of biometric ID cards, creates humane standards in detention centers and ends local enforcement of federal immigration law.
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Separation Between Church and State:
Are We Making Progress?
Nassau Chapter Director Samantha Fredrickson
The Nassau Chapter, in conjunction with Americans United for the Separation of Church and State and the Interfaith Alliance, participated in a panel discussion on February 24, 2010, to address issues of freedom of religion and the separation of church and state.
The event was sponsored by the Unitarian Universalist Congregation at Shelter Rock, which recently awarded $100,000 grants to each of the three organizations for their work protecting the separation of church and state.
About 75 people packed into the church's worship room for an interesting exchange of ideas. The panel was comprised of the Rev. Dr. C. Welton Gaddy, the director of the Interfaith Alliance; the Rev. Barry Lynn, the executive director of Americans United for the Separation of Church and State; and Daniel Mach, the director of ACLU's Program on Freedom of Religion and Belief.
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