This Billboard went up today in Joplin, MO!

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When you travel Missouri this summer look for the billboard.

Sign the Welcoming Missouri pledge in support of immigrants:  http://org2.democracyinaction.org/o/6737/p/dia/action/public/?action_KEY=10673

IFCLA is collaborating with the Intercommunity Justice Ministry on this project!   Please contribute so we can put it up on the major interstates in the Fall for the election.

The billboards are scheduled:

  • Hannibal, May 7–June 3, 2012
  • Joplin, May 14–June 10, 2012
  • Camden, June 4–July 1, 2012
  • Kirksville, June 11–July 8, 2012
  • Sedalia, July 2–29, 2012 and August 1–31, 2012 (State Fair August 9-19)
  • Branson, July 9–August 5, 2012

INTERCOMMUNITY JUSTICE MINISTRY (ICJM) is a collaborative Ministry of Catholic Sisters living in Metropolitan St. Louis. The goal of ICJM is to speak with a united voice to effect change on some local justice effort.

http://www.mira-mo.org/wordpress/?p=417 (linkd to MIRA website)

As Welcoming Missourians, we believe that Missouri is a hospitable, welcoming state that is inclusive of diversity and that we have a shared responsibility to treat all our neighbors with respect and decency.
As Welcoming Missourians, we recognize that immigrants are fellow human beings and we reject the use of de-humanizing language.
As Welcoming Missourians, we pledge to raise the level of public discourse concerning immigrants and immigration, so that public policies reflect our highest values.
As Welcoming Missourians, we pledge to create a better understanding the contributions that immigrants make to our state and the effects of immigration on our communities, and to challenging common myths and stereotypes.

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