Upcoming Events
 
Visit our Website for additional information on the following events or the mark your calendar section in this newsletter:

Justice For All Speakers forum 9/23/2007 featured speaker is Rima Vesely-Flad "Prison Re-entry" @ St. Margaret's Episcopal Church

Sowing Seeds for Justice Supper and Auction 10/18/2007 at Holy Trinity Episcopal Church for more info call 845-485-8627

Justice For All Speakers Forum 10/21/2007 featured speaker is Bich Ha Pham "welfare, poverty and economic security in NYS"

Choir Festival @ Christ Church on 11/4/2007
Harvesting Justice Conference 11/8/2007 in Batavia, NY keynote speaker will be Rev. John Fife for more info please call 585-637-8360

Rural Women's conference in Binghampton, NY 11/30-12/1

• Farmworker Legal Services of NY
• NYS Labor-Religion Coalition
• Justice For All

Eastern New York
hope@ruralmigrantministry.org
P.O. Box 4757
Poughkeepsie, NY12602
Phone:
(845) 485-8627
Fax:
(845) 485-1963
 
Western New York
rmmwestny@yahoo.com
14 State Street
Brockport, NY 14420
Phone:
(845) 637-8360
Fax:
(585) 637-8362
 

NEWS

There is a lot happening this Fall at RMM, it will be even more exciting if you can join us

• Acclaimed Actor Sam Waterston to Host Sowing Seed For Justice Dinner. Join us on October 18th at the Holy Trinity Episcopal Church on 88th St in NYC for the annual Justice For Farmworkers Harvest Supper. The Supper will honor Librada Paz, The Rev. Noelle D'Amico and the law firm Myer, Suozzi, English and Klein. The featured speaker is Assemblywoman Catherine Nolan, sponsor of legislation to remove all exclusions facing farmworkers in New York. TO ORDER A TABLE or TICKETS, please call Susan Agoglia at 212-319-2027. A key part of the Supper will be a great silent auction. Boy do we have some nifty items! If you would like to see them (or make a bid) visit our web-site.
• Prominent Church leader, John Fife, to speak at Harvesting Justice Conference on November 8, 2007. The Rev. John Fife has served as a pastor for more than 35 years and is a national leader in his denomination. He was one of many Americans outraged at U.S. foreign policy toward Latin America during the 1980s. He and his congregationjoined a network of churches and people who provided safe haven to Latin American refugees fleeing the death squads of El Salvador and Guatemala.  He was tried and convicted for offering hospitality and protection to the refugees. Today, he continues to be a voice and a witness for those who die each year trying to become part of the United States.
• We are sorry to see Sandy Cuellar Oxford leave RMM. Sandy has accepted a position with the Food and Commercial Worker's Union. We know that she will be a marvelous and effective presence with the Union, and we wish her well.
• We are honored and blessed to welcome the Rev. Maria Marta Aris-Paul to the staff. Maria Marta will serve as one of our Educators on a part time basis. Maria Marta brings extensive experience to RMM including: Director of the Instituto Pastoral, Greenfire and Union Seminary Maria Marta has also served in several congregations.

Mark Your Calendar!

• Inaugural Forum of the Fourth Season of the Justice For All Speaker's Forum.  Featured speaker will be Rima Veseley-Flad  "27,000 men and women leave NYS prison each year."  What happens when they come home? St. Margaret's Episcopal Church, September 23 at 4pm Justice For All.
• On October 21st the Justice For All Speaker's Forum welcomes Bich Ha Pham, Executive Director of the Hunger Action Network of New York.  Welfare, Povertyand economic security in New York State: Building "One New York".
• Choir Festival at Christ Church, in Poughkeepsie Sunday November 4th @ 4pm
• Rural Women's Conference "Destiny" will be held on November 30th through December 1st in Binghampton NY.   For more details on this event please call Ruth Faircloth @ 845-485-8627. 

Please help us get the word out about the needs of RMM !
Someone told us that we are not doing a good job in getting "our story" out! We need volunteer journalists and p.r. folk to help us share our stories.

Bored at home? Want to be around some very exciting people and make a difference in the world? Volunteer a day or two at RMM's offices

We sure could use some volunteers to also help us for a couple of months putting together the Harvesting Justice Conference in western New York and the state-wide Rural Women's Conference.

Give Janaira a call in the office - if you are able to join us!   845-485-8627