Is your church working with Immigration within your community?  Would your church like to begin working with Immigration in your community? If so, Mennonite Central Committee has funding to help. The following is a list of activities MCC will be funding:

• Immigration Law Training – This is a 40-hour training in Akron, PA. The training will teach the fundamentals of immigration law which will help churches better explain and advocate around the tension in our country right now. The training will also teach skills for working with immigrant communities on their rights and pathways to citizenship.
• Immigration Documentation Programs – The grant will provide start up/support funds for churches who are offering immigrants assistance will preparing proper documentation and helping communities better understand the system of immigration and their rights.
• Know-you-right brochures – If your church needs the know-your-rights brochures and postcards, please contact MCC Great Lakes and we can assist with getting them for their specific communities.
• Trauma Healing Training – If someone in your church or community is interested in taking Trauma Healing Training, the grant will pay for classes in your area. WE have limited spots for this part of the grant, so if people are interested they should contact me soon.
• Translation  – The grant will pay to have immigration material translated to Spanish.
• Advocacy Day – The grant will pay for a few people to go to Washington DC for advocacy training. The grant will also pay to bring Washington DC staff to your community and offer a training as well.

  These are a few areas in which MCC has funding for local congregations and communities. If you would like more information about these grants, please email Cyneatha Millsaps, MCC Program Director for the Great Lakes Region.