Managing Director, Faith in Action International, grassroots organizing, campaign strategy, decolonizing U.S. development policy. Opinions are mine.
Joined September 2008
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18 Apr 2023
“The U.S. cannot help Central America if it does not trust Central Americans,” said Alberto Velazquez, Central America Regional Dir, Communities of Faith Organizing for Action @COFOA_FIA @SamanthaJPower @MarcelaEscobari @ModernizeAid @humentum_org @OxfamAmerica @FIAnational
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We need 10 Democrats 1 more Republican to sign @AyannaPressley's discharge petition to force a vote on extending Haiti TPS. @ijdh @nhaeon @HaitianBridge @FIAIntl @FIAnational @unitehere @SEIU
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207 House Members, including 3 R's have signed the Haiti TPS Discharge Petition. These 10 House Democrats still haven't. #HaitiTPS @FIAIntl
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8 May 2025
My profile of Cardinal Robert Prevost -- now Pope Leo XIV -- for @NCRonline last week:
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24 Apr 2025
I was happy to share thoughts on how Pope Francis represented & inspired a radical critique of top down technocratic approaches to development and social change. Article is free if you register devex.com/news/there-s-no-go… @FIAnational @devex @FIAIntl
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18 Apr 2025
Prophets of Love: A Message for Activists & Organizers
#LoveAndJustice #Activism #Organizing #ImmigrantRights #SocialJustice #CommunityLove #HopeAndInspiration #ProphetOfLove #StayStrong #WeWillGetThroughThis
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Gordon Whitman retweeted
17 Apr 2025
This is an absolute *must read* opinion from Judge Wilkinson on the Fourth Circuit - a very conservative judge - in the Abrego Garcia case.
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Gordon Whitman retweeted
26 Mar 2025
Yesterday I asked the Parker Administration why they want to cut $5 million from the Office of Homeless Services while homelessness is on the rise.
I was disappointed that after initially denying the decrease, the administration admitted they were reducing OHS’s budget but could not explain why this funding was “not needed.”
I’m challenged to understand how the City intends to deal with the increase in our homeless population while simultaneously reducing services.
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25 Mar 2025
El Paso’s religious leaders led by Bishop Mark Seitz marched with residents Monday to show solidarity with migrants and oppose deportation plans. @HopeBorder and others urged residents to contact elected officials and stand up for human dignity.
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15 Mar 2025
Hundreds of Thousands Will Die newyorker.com/podcast/the-ne… Where are @lisamurkowski @SenJohnCurtis @SenatorCollins @LindseyGrahamSC @johnthune And @marcorubio where is your conscience?
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13 Mar 2025
Texas border bishop announces march and vigil protesting Trump mass deportations
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11 Mar 2025
Saying threat of mass deportations is 'untenable' & 'demands response', USCCB immigration lead @BishopSeitz issues open call to people of faith and all committed to common good: participate in Mass March & Vigil in El Paso on Memorial of Oscar Romero, March 24th.
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Gordon Whitman retweeted
8 Mar 2025
Totally insane. First, a gym full of people. Then an overflow crowd. Then an overflow-overflow crowd, and an overflow-overflow-overflow crowd.
More than 9,000 people came out in Warren, MI to say NO to oligarchy & NO cuts to Social Security, Medicaid, and VA programs.
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Gordon Whitman retweeted
7 Mar 2025
ICE detained a U.S. citizen in Northern Virginia with guns drawn. He offered to show ID and told the officers he was an American citizen, but they handcuffed him anyway. The man is a Trump voter, but says he is reconsidering his support after he was targeted for being Hispanic:
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Georgetown tells Ed Martin exactly where to stick it, in the most Jesuit way possible.
(via @joshchafetz on the other site)
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4 Mar 2025
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The letters come the day after a vigil in DC focused on similar themes.
E.g., Catholic Bishop Mark J. Seitz at the vigil: “Cutting Medicaid and food assistance to fund massive detention and deportation of immigrant children and families, and billionaire tax breaks, is sinful.”
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Gordon Whitman retweeted
4 Mar 2025
The letters come the day after a vigil in DC focused on similar themes.
E.g., Catholic Bishop Mark J. Seitz at the vigil: “Cutting Medicaid and food assistance to fund massive detention and deportation of immigrant children and families, and billionaire tax breaks, is sinful.”
4 Mar 2025
EXCLUSIVE(S): In pair of Lent-focused letters, major Christian leaders and denominations blast the Trump admin, call on fellow Christians to take action to protect immigrants, refugees and the poor as a matter of faith. religionnews.com/2025/03/04/…
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Gordon Whitman retweeted
21 Feb 2025
Tonight, I am kicking off my coast-to-coast Fighting Oligarchy tour in Nebraska.
I hope you’ll join us.
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