Road to Sanctuary

Amada Armenta is associate professor of urban planning at UCLA’s Luskin School of Public Affairs.Caitlin Barry is associate professor of law and director of the Farmworker Legal Aid Clinic at Villanova University. Abel Rodríguez is visiting assistant professor of law and director of the Clinic for Asylum, Refugee, and Emigrant Services at Villanova University.

• Part I: Organizing Sanctuary Campaigns 1. En la Lucha: A Movement Leader Reflects on Her Search for SanctuaryA Conversation with Carmela Apolonio Hernández2. Resistance in Sacred SpacesA Conversation with Reverend Renee McKenzie-Hayward3. Taking Sanctuary: The Fight for Immigrant Liberation through Public Sanctuary Church CampaignsDavid C. Bennion4. Building a Movement for Sanctuary for AllErika Almirón and Erika Guadalupe Núñez with Caitlin BarryPart II. Creating Sanctuary in the City 5. Coalition Building for City Sanctuary Policies Blanca Pacheco 6. Creating Sanctuary through Art and Organizing Michelle Angela Ortiz7. Redefining Justice in ProsecutionCaleb Arnold8. Sanctuary and Worker RightsJennifer Lee with Cristina Martínez and Benjamin MillerPart III. Perspectives on Sanctuary 9. Deconstructing Police-ICE Collaboration in PhiladelphiaAmada Armenta10. Sanctuary in Policy and Practice at Swarthmore CollegeElaine Allard and Edwin May

This group of leading activists and scholars has produced a brilliant set of chapters. From congregations to college campuses to city hall, they illuminate the diverse practices and meanings of sanctuary. A provocative and moving read, and a highly original contribution to social movement studies!