RADICAL WELCOME
Celebrating and Defending Community Without Borders
TUESDAY, SEPT. 1
1-2pm - Sign-in and Information
2-2:30pm - Welcome
2:30-4pm - Opening Worship, with special guest John Fife, a founder of the 1980s Sanctuary Movement!
4:30-6pm - Regional Break-outs with guided discussions
6:15-7:30pm - Dinner
on site
WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 2
8-9am - Continental Breakfast on site
9-10am - Worship
10:30-11:45pm - "What is Sanctuary?" Regional Break-outs
12:15-1:15pm - Lunch on site
1:30-3pm - Skill-Building Cross-Trainings (Choose 1):
a) Faith-Rooted Community Organizing (note that this will also be offered on Thursday)
b) Families for Freedom: Fighting Back against Deportation
c) Communication Strategies: Telling Our Stories to Media and Elected Officials
d) Faith-Rooted Community Organizing, in Spanish, with English translation available ("Organizando a nuestras comunidades de fe," en espanol)
3-3:30pm - Performance and Sing-along with Dan Zanes and Friends!
3:30-5pm - Plenary on Detention, featuring local coalitions and Detention Watch Network
5:15-6:15pm - Travel to Varick Street Detention Center in downtown Manhattan
6:30-7:15pm - Vigil outside Varick Street Detention Center (201 Varick St.)
THURSDAY, SEPT. 3
8-9am - Continental Breakfast
9-10am - Worship
10:30-12pm - Skill-Building Cross-Trainings (Choose 1):
a) Responses to Local ICE Enforcement
b) Basic Immigration Law
c) Building Bridges with Communities of Different Faith Backgrounds
d) Grassroots Fundraising
12:15-1:15pm Lunch on site
1:30-3pm - Skill-Building Cross-Trainings (Choose 1):
a) Faith-Rooted Community Organizing (also offered on Tuesday)
b) Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA) Certification
c) Responses to 287g and the Secure Communities Initiative
3:30-5:30pm - Town Hall Meeting on Legislative issues, featuring voices of families, religious leaders, and elected reps
5:30-6pm - Closing Worship
The Gathering is co-sponsored by the Mission and Social Justice Commission of the Riverside Church.
***Click Here to Register Now! - Last Day to Register = Friday, August 21st***
Location
The Riverside Church is located on Manhattan's Upper West Side in the Columbia University area. The church covers a two-block area extending between Riverside Drive and Claremont Avenue and 120th Street to 122nd Street. (120th Street is also named Reinhold Niebuhr Place.) The Claremont Avenue entrance (91 Claremont Avenue) is open daily from 7:00 a.m. to 10:00 p.m.
Directions
Subway Take train No. 1 (Broadway Local) to 116th Street. (If the Broadway Express (#2 or #3) is taken uptown from midtown Manhattan, be sure to transfer to the local 1 train at 96 Street and then get off at 116th St.) Walk north along Broadway (the street numbers increase and you will pass Barnard College on the left) to 120th Street (Reinhold Niebuhr Place). Turn left and walk one block to Claremont Avenue. Turn right onto Claremont Avenue to 91 Claremont, which is a half-block north of 120th Street on the left hand side of the street.
Bus Take the M-104, M-4, M-5, or M-60 to the 120th or 122nd Street.
Directions by Car Henry Hudson Parkway Northbound - Take the 95th Street Exit, turn left (continuing north) on Riverside Drive. The church is located at 120th Street.
Henry Hudson Parkway Southbound - Take the 125th Street Exit. Drive straight to 125th Street. Turn left onto 125th Street. Take 125th Street to Broadway. (You'll see the elevated train tracks at Broadway.) Turn right onto Broadway and go to 102th street (Reinhold Niebuhr) and turn right. The church is one block west of Broadway.
Triborough Bridge to Manhattan - Take 125 Street Exit. Take 125th Street to Broadway. Turn left on Broadway, drive to 120th Street (Reinhold Niebuhr). Turn right. The church is one block west of Broadway.
Parking
The Claremont Avenue Garage, located below the church’s South Wing, is operated by Rapid Park Inc., 212.870.6736, and is open to the public: Monday through Friday 6 a.m. to midnight (7am on weekends). The entrance is on 120th Street between Riverside Drive and Claremont Avenue. The night fee is a flat rate of $15; for all day the fee is $30. They do not take reservations in advance.
Street parking in New York City is limited and tricky (read all the signs around you before you decide to park!). But it is much easier to come by if you arrive early. Alternate side of the street parking is found on Claremont Avenue but usually are taken as soon as the street sweeper goes by in the morning.
Garages in the following list are the closest to the church. Prices are not regulated, but garages must post their rates conspicuously near the entrance. Garages are required to charge sales tax (over 18%) and also impose various surcharges. Please call garages directly for current prices and reservations. An online search tool for comparison prices can be found at www.nycgarages.com.
GMC Parking Garage
532 West 122nd Street
(Broadway & Amsterdam Avenue)
(212) 888-7400
E & B Operating Corp
137 West 108th Street
(Amsterdam & Columbus Avenues)
(212) 865-8315
Park Yorkshire Garage
151 West 108th Street
(Amsterdam & Columbus Avenues) (212) 865-2314