May's Second Sunday Plate collection will be going to the Washington Immigrant Solidarity Network  (WAISN). Your generosity funds UUC’s partnership with WAISN, a relationship that began shortly after it was founded in 2017. This coalition of immigrant-led organizations and individuals are working together to advance the rights, dignity and power of immigrants and refugees in Washington. As Roberta Ray shared in her introduction of last Sunday's plate collection, "WAISN organizes from a place of abundance and commits to intersectional, multifaith, intergenerational, multi-lingual, multiracial, multiethnic immigrant-led efforts by investing in and growing the leadership of forced migrants."

There are over 1.2 million immigrants and 30,000 refugees in our state, and the daily attacks on these communities makes supporting WAISN even more critical. Our congregation's commitment to immigrant justice began over four decades ago, including when UUC declared itself a sanctuary church for immigrants and refugees from Central America in 1985. Our partnership with WAISN solidifies our commitment to defending immigrant communities from deportation while advocating for meaningful, systemic change at the State legislative level.

You can still add your "Second Sunday" donation to benefit WAISN through Tuesday, June 2.

• Give online—select "Special Plate Collection" from the drop-down menu and enter "WAISN May Plate" in the memo line. You may give online today, in the coming days or on Sunday, May 17.
• Drop off a check made out to UUC in the office, with the memo note "WAISN May Plate."