Dignity, Not Hate

In the summer of 2024, the 81st General Convention passed the Migration with Dignity resolution.  As the resolution states, “Migration with Dignity is a statement of specific principles about migration that resonate with the teachings of Jesus and our baptismal promise to ‘respect the dignity of every human being.’”  Migration with Dignity is a framework to guide ministry with migrants and provides the basis for the advocacy of the Episcopal Migration Caucus.

Recent campaign events brought forth this response from The Episcopal Migration Caucus of TEC. After reading the letter, please consider the following ways to support the Call for Migration with Dignity.


DIGNITY, NOT HATE

A Call from the Episcopal Migration Caucus

October 29, 2024

We are saddened by the need to send this message: hate speech against our immigrant siblings must not be tolerated, and our Church at every level must denounce hate speech and violent threats and act to support migrants.

We are lay and ordained members of the Episcopal Migration Caucus, formed just before the 81st General Convention of our Church in June to advocate for Migration With Dignity.  We support the statements of the Rt. Rev. Kristin Uffelman White, Bishop of the Diocese of Southern Ohio, Words Matter – Speaking Up Against Hate in Springfield and the Rt. Rev. Mariann Edgar Budde, Bishop of Washington, Dignity Versus Contempt.  We join Bishops White’s and Budde’s call to oppose hate speech and violent threats with their devastating consequences for targeted populations and public officials.

We cannot be indifferent to the increasing anti-immigrant hate speech in our nation. While statements, resolutions, and prayers in support of immigrants are essential, they are not enough. Together we must act to:

  • Offer help and support to newcomers in our communities as they make their way in this country.
  • Affirm and spread The Episcopal Church’s call to Migration With Dignity embraced by our General Convention.
  • Live up to our baptismal covenant to strive for justice and peace and to respect the dignity of every human being.

Hate cannot be conquered by hate. As Bishop White urges, let us “stand strong and use the words and stories Jesus taught us. Together, we can confront this hate with love, this fear with compassion, these words of evil with the words of the Good News: that the way of Jesus is the way of God’s boundless and never ceasing love.”

Let it be so.

Add your voice to the call for Migration with Dignity!

Use this prayer in private and public worship:

https://episcopalmigrationministries.org/wp-content/uploads/EMM-Prayer-Downloadable-PDF-1.pdf

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