June 19, 2018 Help Immigrant Children in Pittsburgh Holy Family Institute is currently hosting 50 immigrant children until they can be reunited with their families. Donations are currently being accepted online or can be mailed to 8325 Ohio River Boulevard, Pittsburgh, PA, 15202. Items are requested for children ages four to 14-years-old and include gift cards, suitcases, swimming supplies, and more. For a full list of donation requests visit hfi-pgh.org. Those wishing to help in person must attend a federally-mandated, 60-hour training. The next training begins July 9 and runs for a two-week period from 8:30 a.m. – 5 p.m. Bi-lingual volunteers who speak English and Spanish fluently are preferred. Contact Lynn Guerra at Guerra.Lynn@hfi-pgh.org if you’re interested in volunteering. #KeepFamiliesTogether
June 18, 2018 Call Congress and #KeepFamiliesTogether What is going on at our border is shameful. Take action now and call Congress. Senator Pat Toomey: 412-803-3501 (Pittsburgh); 202-224-4254 (Washington D.C.) Senator Bob Casey: 412-803-7370 (Pittsburgh); 202-224-6324 (Washington D.C.) Congressman Keith Rothfus: 412-837-1361 (Pittsburgh); 724-359-1626 (Beaver) Congressman Connor Lamb: (412) 344-5583 (Pittsburgh) (202) 225-2301 (Washington D.C.) Congressman Mike Doyle: 412-390-1499 (Pittsburgh) 202-225-2135 (Washington D.C.) Your two Senators and one Representative are in the best position to force the administration to abandon this new policy of separating kids from their families at the border. If you don’t call them, they don’t know that people are paying attention to this issue. Tell them that you will call back regularly for updates on this issue (and then call back!). Also, tell them that this issue is so important to you, that if they do not act, you will actively work to get someone else elected instead of them. #KeepFamiliesTogether Photo Credit: AP
June 8, 2018 Keep Families Together Since May 2018, approximately 658 children have been separated from their parents at the border. More than 540 organizations from all 50 states, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico that represent well-recognized experts in the fields of child welfare, juvenile justice, and child health, development, and safety including Trying Together have shared collective concern about this practice in letters sent to the Department of Homeland Security. To learn more, view the letter sent to Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen or visit theyoungcenter.org. #KeepFamiliesTogether
