Episcopal City Mission

09/25/2026

Please join us on October 10th at St. Andrew's Episcopal Church in Framingham, Massachusetts for ECM's 182nd Annual Meeting! We have a lot to share about our work this year, and what is to come. With other lay, ordained, and community leaders, join us in hearing stories of spiritual reckoning and resistance work throughout Massachusetts, and how together, we can dare to build a future where all of god's children of every faith, color, and ancestry are treated with dignity, with the resources to thrive, not simply survive, and prosper in the land they call their home.
Register at the link here! Spanish interpretation and childcare provided (and breakfast)! Virtual option also available.

Save the Date: ECM’s 182nd Annual Meeting 📍 St. Andrew's Church, Framingham, MA 📅 Saturday, October 10, 2026 🕘 Program: 9:00 AM – 1:00 PM Join us for Episcopal City Mission’s 182nd Annual Meeting with the theme: Reckoning, Resisting, and Reimagining Together You are invited as a membe...

09/24/2026

ICE SURGE IN SOUTHEAST MA: Out-of-state ICE agents have descended on New Bedford and nearby communities, targeting grocery stores, city streets, and even churches and schools. ECM grantee Mujeres Victoriosas is on the front lines of the resistance, with LUCE volunteers and participation of local Episcopal Churches, St. Andrews and Grace Episcopal. You can support by donating to Humanity at Work's fundraiser for workers and families impacted by the raids. https://givebutter.com/xMkiZZ .

Donate to support individuals and families harmed by ICE activities in greater New Bedford.

09/18/2026

ECM is excited to share that on Tuesday, September 15th we celebrated moving $2.75M, 20% of our endowment, for reparations payments to 25 incredible Black, Indigenous, and People-of-Color-led organizations in MA, as a part of living out our faith. At the event we lifted up all involved in the process of selecting these important recipients, and heard from recipients themselves. Read more about this powerful day. Thank you to our partners at Episcopal Diocese of Massachusetts who are in their own reparations process. ,

[Episcopal News Service] Episcopal City Mission, a Boston nonprofit affiliated with the Diocese of Massachusetts, distributed $2.75 million in reparations to 25 Massachusetts-based organizations th…

09/16/2026

09/09/2026

11 months ago ECM and our partners mobilized to support Blanca Martinez, a beloved member of the St. Peters/San Pedro’s Church community in Salem, and you all showed up in force! At that time, our mobilization and collective power resulted in a 1 year stay of deportation.

Now that year is up: Blanca’s annual ICE check-in is scheduled for September 15th at 8am in Burlington. ICE thinks they can wait us out. We know better. We won’t give up on our sister Blanca.

The cruelty and absurdity of this system is designed to overwhelm and divide us. We choose not to back down. We know Blanca belongs here.

Faith leaders, please wear stole and/or vestments, and plan to come to the front!

RSVP at https://forms.gle/xVUWUL1N1dWn1jct8

📅Tuesday September 15th
⏰ 8am
📍 Burlington ICE Field Office
1000 District Ave. Burlington MA

09/02/2026

End the Incarceration of Women and Girls in MA!

September 12, 2026 at 10:30 am: Free Her March

In Person Event in the Greater Boston Area (Exact location provided to those that RSVP)

ECM's grassroots grantee and partner, Families for Justice as Healing, has invited us to be part of their 6th annual FreeHer March, and we need you there! Together we are fighting to stop the construction of a new women’s prison in MA and uplifting the urgent need to bring our sisters out of prison and back to our community, especially through clemency. Join us in demanding investment in community-led solutions! A van will be available for those that need a rest or a ride to participate. RSVP Here: https://secure.everyaction.com/x9XSDZ3thkKBfUt7LwsYkg2

08/21/2026

08/20/2026

Please sign this petition in solidarity with National TPS Alliance. Our immigrant neighbors need our support. https://actionnetwork.org/petitions/emergency-petition-demand-two-year-extension-for-all-tps-holders-from-secretary-mullins?source=direct_link&

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has created the greatest de-documentation emergency in U.S. history. A million and a half Temporary Protected Status (TPS) holders are being stripped of their protections as part of the administration’s anti-immigrant program. The Supreme Court decision on...

08/10/2026

Last week, Governor Maura Healey signed the PROTECT Act into law in MA! In the midst of widespread celebration, there is also a lot of confusion about what this bill does and does not do. While it includes many important and meaningful provisions, it also includes carve-outs that allow local law enforcement to still collaborate with ICE.

Want to understand what’s in the newly released PROTECT Act and what it means for our communities? Join us Wednesday, August 12 at 6 PM ET for a virtual teach-in!

We’ll break down what’s in the bill, what it could mean for immigrant communities, and what comes next — with interpretation available in Khmer, Vietnamese, Spanish, and Cantonese!

📅 Wednesday, Aug. 12
⏰ 6 PM ET
💻 Zoom, register here: https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/v6VfFrDqSC6izYfBDtzN8g

Come learn, ask questions, and connect with the movement working to protect our communities! ✊🏽

07/31/2026

Yesterday, ECM and friends joined the MA TPS Committee outside the Moakley Courthouse in Boston to draw attention to a federal hearing to temporarily protect the work permits of people with TPS whose challenges to protect TPS are still moving though the courts. Watch the powerful video of their testimonies at this link!

Advocates for TPS rallied outside of the federal courthouse in Boston ahead of a hearing in a case challenging the freezing of work permits.