{"id":27509,"date":"2026-07-31T20:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-07-31T20:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/?p=27509"},"modified":"2026-07-31T20:19:00","modified_gmt":"2026-07-31T20:19:00","slug":"ddr-encourages-generous-support","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/2026\/ddr-encourages-generous-support\/","title":{"rendered":"Deportation Defense Response Team encourages generous support for Haitian church members"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>From the Deportation Defense Response Team<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In this time in which many of our Haitian sisters and brothers no longer have valid work permits due to the termination of Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for Haiti, it is more important than ever that the church give generously to the Legal and Mutual Aid Fund. This fund directly supports our Haitian Church of the Brethren members in the US, among others.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We urge you to take up an offering to support this fund, as this will allow church members to access legal assistance and basic necessities in this time of great need and uncertainty.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Congregations needing financial help for church members facing personal and legal expenses related to immigration, asylum, or related processes may apply for grants from the fund by contacting\u202f<a href=\"mailto:ddrcobcoordinator@gmail.com\">ddrcobcoordinator@gmail.com<\/a>\u202for 561-647-8981 to receive the application form.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>The Legal and Mutual Aid Fund<\/strong> is described at the top of the Deportation Defense Response webpage at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/intercultural\/ddr\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"www.brethren.org\/intercultural\/ddr\">www.brethren.org\/intercultural\/ddr<\/a>, where there is a link to donate online. Checks can be sent to the Church of the Brethren\u2019s Atlantic Southeast District with \u201cDDR\u201d in the memo line, mail to Atlantic Southeast District, 64954 Orchard Dr., Goshen, IN 46526. To send checks larger than $10,000, and for any other questions, contact\u202fBeth Sollenberger at <a href=\"mailto:atlanticsoutheastcob@gmail.com\">atlanticsoutheastcob@gmail.com<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Legal and Mutual Aid Fund donations sent to On Earth Peace or to Atlantic Southeast District are designated funds and do not contribute to those organizations\u2019 annual budget needs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">#MissionAndMinistryBoard #StrategicPlan #RacialJustice #LoveOurNeighbors #Discipleship #NewTestamentGiving<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;-<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Find more Church of the Brethren news:<\/p>\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__list wp-block-latest-posts\"><li><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/2026\/standing-with-haitian-church-family\/\">Standing with our Haitian church family: A pastoral message from the General Secretary<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/2026\/ddr-encourages-generous-support\/\">Deportation Defense Response Team encourages generous support for Haitian church members<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/2026\/wcc-season-of-creation\/\">World Council of Churches invites churches worldwide to celebrate the Season of Creation<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/2026\/svmc-seeks-weird-wonderful-stories\/\">Susquehanna Valley Ministry Center seeks \u2018Weird and Wonderful Stories\u2019<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/2026\/n-ohio-food-drive-challenge\/\">Northern Ohio District churches participate in Peanut Butter and Canned Food Drive challenge<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In this time in which many of our Haitian sisters and brothers no longer have valid work permits due to the termination of Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for Haiti, it is more important than ever that the church give generously to the Legal and Mutual Aid Fund. This fund directly supports our Haitian Church of the Brethren members in the US, among others.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"rop_custom_images_group":[],"rop_custom_messages_group":[],"rop_publish_now":"yes","rop_publish_now_accounts":[],"rop_publish_now_history":[],"rop_publish_now_status":"pending","ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1703],"tags":[3626,3657,3627,3860,2023,1135,3608,2093,2195],"wf_post_folders":[],"class_list":["post-27509","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-church-of-the-brethren-newsline","tag-ddr","tag-deportation-defense-legal-and-mutual-aid-fund","tag-deportation-defense-response","tag-haitian-americans","tag-immigration","tag-intercultural-ministries","tag-temporary-protected-status","tag-tps","tag-service"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27509","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=27509"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27509\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":27510,"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27509\/revisions\/27510"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=27509"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=27509"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=27509"},{"taxonomy":"wf_post_folders","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/wf_post_folders?post=27509"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}