Miriam Vargas walked into First English Lutheran Church on June 29, 2018 and was sheltered by the church in sanctuary from a deportation order issued by  Immigration, Customs and Enforcement (ICE). Nearly 1000 days later, on February 23, 2021, she walked out of the ICE office in Westerville,…

Miriam Vargas walked into First English Lutheran Church on June 29, 2018 and was sheltered by the church in sanctuary from a deportation order issued by  Immigration, Customs and Enforcement (ICE). Nearly 1000 days later, on February 23, 2021, she walked out of the ICE office in Westerville,…

Community Meeting in Support of Miriam Vargas & Family Monday, February 10, 2020, 6:30- 8:30 PM Please join us on Monday, February 10th, 2020 at 6:30 p.m. as we continue the conversation on how we can best support Miriam Vargas and her family. Your support over the past year has been much…

The “Building the Black Agenda” event January 23 used the term African Diaspora... “the disbursement of African peoples from their homelands through the Transatlantic Slave Trades between 1500s to the 1800s.” About 60 people attended the event at the Downtown Columbus Library – young and old, male…