Sanctuary People

Faith-Based Organizing in Latina/o Communities

Gina M. Pérez

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English

New York University Press
25 June 2024

Religion & beliefs; Migration, immigration & emigration; Ethnic minorities & multicultural studies

Explores ways faith communities offer protection and services for Latina/o communities

The New Sanctuary Movement is a network of faith-based organizations committed to offering safe haven to those in danger, often in churches, often outside the law, and often at risk to themselves. The practice of sanctuary, with its capacity to provide safety, shelter, and protection to society's most vulnerable, gained significant prominence after the 2016 presidential election and the ushering in of particularly harsh anti-immigration policies.

Since 2017, Ohio has had some of the highest numbers of public sanctuary cases in the nation. Sanctuary People explores these sanctuary practices in Ohio and locates them in broader local and national efforts to provide refuge and care in the face of the challenges facing Latina/o communities in a moment of increased surveillance, migrant detention, displacement, and economic and social marginalization. Pérez argues for a conceptualization of sanctuary that is capacious, placing support of Puerto Ricans displaced in the wake of Hurricane Maria within the broader practices of sanctuary and expanding our understandings of the movement that addresses the precarious conditions of Latinas/os beyond migration status.

Based on four years of ethnographic research and interviews at the local, state, and national levels, Sanctuary People offers a compelling exploration of the ways in which faith communities are creating new activist strategies and enacting new forms of solidarity, working within the sometimes conflicting ideological space between religion and activism to answer the call of justice and live their faith.

By: Gina M. Pérez
Imprint: New York University Press
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 229mm, Width: 152mm,
Weight: 467g
ISBN: 9781479823901
ISBN 10: 1479823902
Pages: 224
Publication Date: 25 June 2024
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Gina M. Pérez is Professor in the Department of Comparative American Studies in Oberlin College. She is the author of Citizen, Student, Soldier: Latina/o Youth, JROTC and the American Dream and co-editor with Alex Chávez of Ethnographic Refusals, Unruly Latinidades.

Reviews for Sanctuary People: Faith-Based Organizing in Latina/o Communities

Perez's timely and thought-provoking Sanctuary People is a beacon of hope. The book offers readers a profound understanding of the power of faith communities to shape a brighter, more inclusive future and of Latinx communities' activist strategies to enact expansive forms of solidarity. It also provides a model for conducting socially engaged and compassionate ethnography in the 21st century. * Arlene Dávila, New York University *