Madeline Hernandez, North Bay Regional Directing Attorney from Immigration Institute of the Bay Area (IIBA), will present on recent updates/changes to immigration law including the current status of DACA, the Public Charge, TPS, and humanitarian parole from Cuba, Haiti, Nicaragua and Venezuela.
Madeline Hernandez graduated from Santa Clara University School of Law and was admitted to the California Bar in 2012. In June 2013 Madeline inaugurated IIBA Napa as a team of one, serving as Program Director and staff attorney. Today, Madeline is the North Bay Regional Directing Attorney and oversees a staff of 15. Previously she worked as a private immigration attorney and a legal fellow with the Katharine & George Alexander Community Law Center in San Jose. Madeline is on the Board of Directors at OLE Health and the recipient of the 2019 Napa CanDo Spirit Award.
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Order of Service
Welcome — from “Grace Meets Us Where We Are” by Gretchen Haley
Centering through Music — “Antes Assim” by A. Godoy
Chalice Lighting — “Welcoming the Stranger” by Tracy Bleakney
Opening Hymn — #361 “Enter, Rejoice, and Come In”
Announcements
Sharing of Joys and Concerns
Time of Reflection — “Waiting” by Marta I. Valentin
Silence (one minute)
Musical Response — Improvisation
Offering — “La Llorona” (traditional Mexican for el Día de los Muertos)
Reading — “Complaint of El Rio Grande” by Richard Blanco
Musical Interlude — “Rosa” by Pixinguinha
Message — “Immigration Updates”, Madeline Hernandez
Closing Words — “Prayer for Living in Tension” by Joseph M. Cherry
Closing Hymn — #159 “This Is My Song”
Extinguishing the Chalice
We extinguish this chalice, but not the light of truth, the warmth of love, or the fire of commitment. These we carry in our hearts out into the world, until we meet again
Benediction — “Holy and Generous Love” by Elena Westbrook
