Wind of the Spirit, a Morris County faith-based organization, celebrated 25 years of immigrant advocacy on October 6 with a symbolic 25-kilometer walk from Madison to Newark, ending in a prayer vigil calling attention to federal immigration policies. Since 2000, the nonprofit has worked to
The federal Department of Labor is proposing a change to the "companion rule" that would lead to the denial of federal minimum wage and overtime entitlement for caregivers. Home care agencies would no longer have a legal duty to pay minimum wage or overtime to
Written by: Jennifer Perez Mejía - Wind of the Spirit Early Monday morning, August 11, members and supporters of Wind of the Spirit: Immigrant Resource Center gathered at 8:00 a.m. at the Quaker Friends House in Plainfield and set out on an 8-mile walk
Sign this petition: We need the New Jersey State Legislature to protect our state from the federal government's threats to our most vulnerable residents and our democracy. Last week's budget cuts threaten food and housing security. Due to the astronomical increase in ICE funding, we
Wind of the Spirit is taking part in a march of more than 300 miles from New York City to Washington, D.C., to protest the Trump administration’s repression of immigrants. The march carries forward a long tradition of Quaker activism. Historically, Quakers have taken part
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] We have been viewing with dismay all the recent reporting that the White House has been negotiating with extremist anti-immigrant Republicans, and Democrats concerned more for staying in office than serving their constituents, by offering concessions on the right to asylum, and limits on the
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] New Jersey immigrant advocacy, civil liberties, human rights and faith-based groups reacted strongly against the 2024 Budget introduced by President Biden on Thursday. They characterized the Budget's immigration enforcement funding as an abandonment of immigrant communities and a cave-in to electoral concerns. "The proposed budget shows
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] For weeks, the worst-kept mystery in Washington DC has been what's in the "deal" being "negotiated" by a handful of Senators to trade short-term military funding desired by President Biden for permanent damage to American's system of welcoming new arrivals in desperate need, and protecting
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] The other shoe has dropped on immigration language in the "Emergency National Security Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2024," long negotiated in secret by a handful of hostile Senators (none of them from affected communities), and it's a boot to trample American values of welcome, diversity and