National Sanctuary Defense Fund Records

Lucinda Glenn

Graduate Theological Union Archives

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National Sanctuary Defense Fund Records

Collection number: GTU 98-9-04

Graduate Theological Union Archives

Graduate Theological Union

Berkeley, California

Processed by:: Lucinda Glenn
Date Completed:: November 2002
Encoded by:: David Stiver

Descriptive Summary

Title: National Sanctuary Defense Fund records

Dates: 1984-1996

Collection number: GTU 98-9-04

Creator: National Sanctuary Defense Fund

Collection Size: 8.5 linear feet (9 boxes, 2 folios) 6 images/objects

Repository: The Graduate Theological Union. Library.

Berkeley, CA 94709

Abstract: The National Sanctuary Defense Fund was established in 1984 to raise funds for the legal defense of sanctuary workers and refugees from Central America. Immigrants from El Salvador and Guatemala in particular were arrested and indicted during the 1980s for violating federal immigration laws. Other immigrant groups were also included. Work with Haitian refugees in the 1990s included a visit by Jean-Bertrand Aristide to Berkeley, CA in 1994.Board members included Gustav Schultz and Eileen Purcell. Administrators included Thomas Ambrogi, Penny Deleray, and Andrea Lampros.

Physical location: 1/I/2 - 1/I/5

Languages: Languages represented in the collection: English Spanish

Access

Collection is open for research.

Publication Rights

Copyright has not been assigned to The Graduate Theological Union. All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Archivist. Permission for publication is given on behalf of The Graduate Theological Union as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained by the reader.

Preferred Citation

National Sanctuary Defense Fund records, GTU 98-9-04. Graduate Theological Union Archives, Berkeley, CA.

Acquisition Information

The NSDF Collection materials were brought to the GTU Archives in one batch by NSDF Board members. The materials had been stored in boxes at the closing of the last NSDF office.

Biography / Administrative History

Growing political and military ferment in Central America in the 1970s caused people to flee their countries, particularly El Salvador and Guatemala. U.S. churches of all denominations became acutely aware of the situation after the assassination of El Salvador's Archbishop Oscar Romero in March 1980. Individual congregations began to assist Central American refugees escaping the oppression and violence by seeking asylum in the U.S.

The U.S. government, due to its policies in Central America and concerning asylum, did not recognize El Salvadorans or Guatemalans as qualifying for refugee status, deporting those who were caught. The churches understanding of Sanctuary and aiding the oppressed conflicted with U.S. law. By 1984, not only Central Americans were being detained, U.S. citizens who aided them were being arrested and indicted on various charges.

Those working in the Sanctuary Movement became aware of the need to support their fellow workers who were arrested. An Interim Committee met in Chicago in August 1984 to form a support fund and a Board to maintain it. The purpose of what they called the National Public Sanctuary Defense Fund was "to provide resources, financial and human, to facilitate the strengthening of a domestic movement working in solidarity with Central American peoples to stop U.S. economic and military support for repressive regimes in Central America" (Report, 8/12/84, Box 1 File Folder 4).

An Interim Board then met in Tucson, Arizona, in September 1984. Members represented a wide range of Sanctuary groups throughout the U.S. Gus Schultz, pastor of the University Lutheran Chapel in Berkeley, CA, was appointed Chair. The discussion centered on the understanding that "Sanctuary was beginning to be defined by court cases and attorneys rather than by Sanctuary churches" (Minutes, 9/21/84, Box 1 File Folder 4). The American Friends Service Committee was asked to be the fiscal agent for the fund, but they agreed to be temporary only until a permanent agent could be found. The proposal which came out of the meeting declared: "The purpose of the National Public Sanctuary Defense Fund is to solicit, receive, and allocate Funds" according to criteria that defendants should be either sanctuary workers or refugees, cases will have "the greatest potentiality for furthering opposition to unjust immigration policies regarding Central American refugees," and defendants be willing to have the case used publicly to strengthen the Sanctuary Movement (Proposal, undated, Box 1 File Folder 4).

Thomas (Tom) Ambrogi was appointed the fund Administrator (also referred to as Coordinator) in March 1985. That same year the Franciscan Friars of California agreed to be the fund's fiscal agent. Funds began to be raised and allocated. Throughout NSDF's existence, funds were raised through direct mailings, from church bodies, denominations, and foundations, and through events such as art shows and concerts. Performers for the concerts included Joan Baez, Jackson Browne, and Bonnie Raitt. Application guidelines were developed and allocations made throughout the years to sanctuary groups across the U.S.

Penny Deleray assumed the duties of Coordinator in mid-1986. She was followed in this position by Board member Eileen Purcell in 1991. Purcell, who continued as a Board member, was replaced by Andrea Lampros in 1992. Tessa Rouverol became Interim Director in November 1993 while Lampros continued on the staff. The last Director listed is Laura Castellanos del Valle beginning January 1996. Gus Schultz continued through the years as Board member, later as President.

By 1990, it was clear that the need for a legal defense fund in the Sanctuary Movement was not so pressing. There were fewer arrests and no trials as political and military policies and situations changed both in the U.S. and Central America. It became increasingly difficult to raise funds. In December 1990, NSDF became a non-profit corporation. When tax exempt 501(c)(3) status was received in 1993, they ended the fiscal relationship with the Franciscan Friars with great thanks and gratitude. NSDF began to look at new directions, redefining the mission, and diversifying the allocations. The mission began to shift toward human rights and immigration issues, particularly Guatemalan and, beginning 1993, Haitian.

The projects which grew from the mission shift included co-sponsorship with the Graduate Theological Union and the University of San Francisco of Jean Bertrand Aristide's visit to Berkeley, 1994; political organizing around the California ballot Proposition 187 on immigration, 1994; planning and participating in the interfaith human rights events around the 50th anniversary of signing the U.N. charter, 1995; as well as producing educational materials, participating in conferences, and monitoring state and national legislation.

Continued changes in the political climate and situations brought more changes to NSDF. The Interfaith Coalition for Immigrant Rights, which began as a program of NSDF in 1995, by 1997 incorporated as a separate organization. In 1999, the National Sanctuary Defense Fund corporation name was changed to the Monsignor Romero Foundation to continue work in the spirit of the Sanctuary Movement.

Scope and Content of Collection

The NSDF Collection contains the records of the organization from its inception in 1984 to its changed focus in 1996. The materials were boxed from the last NSDF office and had never been disassembled or dislocated. The 8.5 linear feet in this collection have been taken from the original gift of 20 feet. The discarded 11.25 feet were duplicate materials, cancelled checks, bills, and receipts. Of the bills and receipts, samplings were kept to show the nature of the organizations' work.

Arrangement

The arrangement of the records and series reflects the order in which the Collection was received.

Indexing Terms

The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.

Subjects

Sanctuary movement--United States.

Refugees, political--Guatemala.

Refugees, political--Legal status, laws, etc.--Cases.

Church and social problems--Central America--History--20th century.

Christianity and justice--United States.

Refugees--Haiti.

Index Terms Related to this Collection

Schultz, Gustav H., 1935-

Purcell, Eileen.

Ambrogi, Thomas E.

Deleray, Penny.

Lampros, Andrea.

Aristide, Jean-Bertrand.

Other Finding Aids

The Gustav Schultz Sanctuary Collection, 1971–1996, GTU 90-5-01, contains documentation on the Sanctuary Movement from its beginning, providing sanctuary for military personnel during the Vietnam War, through the Sanctuary Movement in the 1980s, to human rights issues in Korea.

The Oral History of the Sanctuary Movement, 1971-2007, GTU 2009-3-02, contains interviews of leaders in the NSDF and the movement in general. Transcripts from this collection are online .

For further information on the visit of Jean Bertrand Aristide in 1994, see the GTU Office of the President, Glenn R. Bucher Collection, GTU 97-1-1, Box 6, File Folders 28-29. For photographs of the visit, see the GTU Photograph Collection, GTU 97-9-1, Box 2 File Folders 44-59.

box 1:1 - 2:25b

Series 1. Administration 1984-1996

Physical Description: 123 folders

Scope and Content Note

Files containing the administrative/office work of the NSDF organization and arranged alphabetically.

box-folder 1 : 1

Associate Administrator position 1985 1992

box-folder 1 : 2

Bibliographies of Sanctuary 1982-86

box-folder 1 : 3

Bills and Receipts (Sampling) 1995

box-folder 1 : 4-31

NSDF Board Meetings, Minutes and Materials 1984-96

box-folder 1 : 32

Brochures: including NSDF SHARE, the Interfaith Coalition for Immigrant Rights and the Coalition for Immigrant and Refugee Rights and Services no date

box-folder 1 : 33-36

Budgets 1987-96

box-folder 1 : 37

By-Laws 1991

box-folder 1 : 38

Computer instructions and information 1991-96

box-folder 1 : 39

Correspondence, General 1993-95

box-folder 1 : 40

Correspondence, Jim Corbett 1984-88

box-folder 1 : 41

Correspondence, Right Wing or opposition opinions (some hate mail) 1985-86

box-folder 1 : 42

Fax logs and billing 1990-93

box-folder 1 : 43-44

Franciscan Friars of California correspondence and tax exempt information 1984-93

box-folder 1 : 45-45

Insurance Health and Liability 1995-96

box-folder 1 : 47

Leases for office space: 1610 Bush San Francisco 1985-86

box-folder 1 : 48

942 Market, San Francisco 1986-90

box-folder 1 : 49

University Lutheran Chapel, Berkeley 1992-93

box-folder 1 : 50

995 Market, San Francisco 1993-95

box-folder 1 : 52-53

Lobbying 1994-95

box-folder 1 : 54

Media contacts, strategies etc. 1985-93

box-folder 1 : 55

Morrison and Foerster, Attorneys at Law 1986-93

box-folder 1 : 56

Notebook from a staff person (some personal notes and poems) No date

box-folder 1 : 57-58

NSDF Office procedures and supplies circa 1995

box-folder 1 : 59

Registry of Charitable Trusts 1992-93

box-folder 2 : 1-3

NSDF Reports 1984-91

box-folder 2 : 4

Political problems in the Sanctuary Movement 1985

box-folder 2 : 5

Icon of Oscar Romero circa 1985

box-folder 2 : 6

Resumes for Community Organizer Search for Interfaith Coalition for Immigrant Rights (sampling) 1995

box-folder 2 : 7

Resumes for Executive Director Search (sampling) 1995

box-folder 2 : 8-9

Staff Work Plans 1991-95

box-folder 2 : 10

Subscriptions to newsletters and journals 1987-91

box-folder 2 : 11

Survey to assess the Sanctuary Movement questionnaires and results 1987

box-folder 2 : 12-13

Survey on the state of the Sanctuary Movement nationally, questionnaires and results 1991

box-folder 2 : 14

Taxes I-9s and W-4s no date

box-folder 2 : 15-19

Taxes payroll 1991-96

box-folder 2 : 20

Tax Returns 1991-92

box-folder 2 : 21

Tax Returns 1995

box-folder 2 : 22

Taxes, San Francisco Assessor's Office 1988-91

box-folder 2 : 23

Transition letter and plans (scaling back and moving offices) 12/1991

box-folder 2 : 24

Unemployment Insurance 1994-95

box-folder 2 : 25

Workers Compensation Insurance 1993

box-folder 2 : 25a

Visa application forms from El Salvador 1991

box-folder 2 : 25b

Volunteers 1985

box 2:26 - 3:13

Series 2. Financial Records 1985-1996

Physical Description: 38 folders

Scope and Content Note

Account and investment records for the NSDF organization and arranged alphabetically. Budgets are found in the Administration series.

box-folder 2 : 26

Prop. 187/Interfaith Coalition income ledger 1994

box-folder 2 : 27-35

Balance Sheets for Year-End from Accountant E. Glenn Ray 1985-95

box-folder 2 : 36

Bank Statements Great Western Bank 1985-87

box-folder 2 : 37-38

Bank Statements Bank of America 1991-95

box-folder 2 : 39

Bills and deposits worksheets 1995 (sampling)

box-folder 2 : 40-45

Check Book Registers 1985-95

box-folder 2 : 46

Check Book Register Citicorp 1987-88

box-folder 2 : 47

Check Book Register Concerts account 1989-90

box-folder 2 : 48

Chart of accounts/Expense reports 1995

box-folder 2 : 49

Statements/Account details 1995

box-folder 3 : 1

Statements/Account details 1996

box-folder 3 : 2

Stocks/Investments 1986-91

box-folder 3 : 3-4

There are no file folders 3-4 no date

box-folder 3 : 5-12

Working Assets Money Fund (investments) 1985-96

box-folder 3 : 13

Working Assets Appeal Fund 1988-92

box 3:14 - 3:45d

Series 3. Fundraising 1985-1993

Physical Description: 35 folders

Scope and Content Note

Records of the fundraising efforts of the NSDF organization and arranged alphabetically.

box-folder 3 : 14

Art Exhibit and Sale, George Moore (Nicaragua Cultural Alliance) 1985-87

box-folder 3 : 15

Art work (hand-drawn flowers) Gini Alvarez 1993

box-folder 3 : 16

Avocado Productions (concert promotions) 1985-91

box-folder 3 : 17

Fundraising brochure and orders 1985-86

box-folder 3 : 18

Bulk-mailing permits 1985

box-folder 3 : 19

Catholic Bishops solicitation and other materials re: Sanctuary 1985-86

box-folder 3 : 20

Concerts Joan Baez and Bruce Cockburn 1986

box-folder 3 : 21

Concerts Jackson Browne 1986-87

box-folder 3 : 22

Concerts Bonnie Raitt Texas 1989

box-folder 3 : 23

Grant Proposals to Foundations denied 1985-86

box-folder 3 : 24

List of early contributors and solicitation letter 1985

box-folder 3 : 25-28

Mazel Mailings (direct bulk mailings) 1985-86

box-folder 3 : 29-36

House List Mailings (direct bulk mailings) 1985-95

box-folder 3 : 37

Sonoma County CA Sanctuary contributor 1988

box-folder 3 : 38-43

Thank You letters to Donors (sampling) 1986-97

box-folder 3 : 44

Marc Van Der Hout contributor 1986

box-folder 3 : 45

Wineries (for possible donations) 1988

box-folder 3 : 45a

Key Contact letter 12/1993

box-folder 3 : 45b

Marsha Lee Cutting contributor 1986-87

box-folder 3 : 45c

Direct Mail Registry 1992-93

box-folder 3 : 45d

Matching Gifts 1985-90

box 3:46 - 3:62

Series 4. Articles and News-Clippings 1982-1993

Physical Description: 16 folders

box-folder 3 : 46

Application of Refugee Laws to Central Americans in the United States by Carmen Carrillo circa 1988

box-folder 3 : 47

Border Issues 1988-94

box-folder 3 : 48

Cross-Cultural Experience in the Sanctuary Movement by Javier Castro 1988

box-folder 3 : 49

El Salvador circa 1986-89

box-folder 3 : 50

El Salvador's Negotiated Revolution by Terry Lynn Karl circa 1992

box-folder 3 : 51

Faith Community and Resistance in the Guatemalan Highlands undated

box-folder 3 : 52

General Immigration Issues 1993

box-folder 3 : 53

Guatemala circa 1987-90

box-folder 3 : 54

Illegal/Undocumented Aliens by Joyce Vialet Congressional Research Service Library of Congress 6/27/1986

box-folder 3 : 55

INS 1982-88

box-folder 3 : 56

Massacre at El Mozote, El Salvador 1993

box-folder 3 : 57

El Neoliberalismo: o el mecanismo para fabricar mas pobres entre los Pobres (Spanish) circa 1992

box-folder 3 : 58

White House Digest: Persecution of Christian Groups in Nicaragua 2/29/1984

box-folder 3 : 59

Sanctuary circa 1982-88

box-folder 3 : 59a

Sanctuary in the San Francisco Bay Area 1984-86

box-folder 3 : 60

Gus Schultz: The Case of the Passionate Pastor 1989

box-folder 3 : 61

Scriptural References applicable to the Immigration debate

box-folder 3 : 62

Testimony of the Center for Constitutional Rights before the House Committee on the Judiciary Subcommittee on Civil and Constitutional Rights 1987

box 4:1 - 4:50

Series 5. Court Cases/Trials 1982-1994

Physical Description: 50 folders

Scope and Content Note

Court transcripts, general information, news-clippings, or correspondence on the cases in which the NSDF had an interest or provided grants/allocations to assist in the defense.

box-folder 4 : 1-3

American Baptist Churches v. Thornburgh (known as the ABC case) 1991; selected press clippings; and The ABC Settlement Agreement: A Guide for Advocates by Debbie Smith, 1995 1991, 1995

box-folder 4 : 4-18

U.S.A. vs. Maria De Aguilar et al (known as the Arizona Trials of the Tucson Trials) The Sanctuary Trial chronology 1/14/85-3/20/86 Court transcripts Appeals1987-89 Arizona Sanctuary Defense Fund 1985-87 News-clippings, 1985-87 1985-89

box-folder 4 : 19

Iris Castillanos de Platero 1981

box-folder 4 : 20

Jose L. Checo Ascona 1991

box-folder 4 : 21

Hortensia deAllende et al v. James Baker et al 1989

box-folder 4 : 21a

Jack Elder 1984-85

box-folder 4 : 22

Fenton Communications (publicity firm). Publicizing the Arizona Trial and verdict 1986-89

box-folder 4 : 23

Flores v. Meese 1988

box-folder 4 : 24

Dora Flores 1981

box-folder 4 : 25

Alejandro Gomez 1986

box-folder 4 : 26

INS v. Zacarias 1992

box-folder 4 : 27

Humberto Laines 1984

box-folder 4 : 28

Lazo-Majano v. INS 1987

box-folder 4 : 29

Maldonado-Cruz v. INS 1989

box-folder 4 : 30

Cesar Joya Martinez 1990

box-folder 4 : 31-32

U.S.A. v. Stacey Merkt 1984-87

box-folder 4 : 33

Moakley-DeConcici Bill HR 618 S 332: Voluntary departure status to Salvadorans and Nicaraguans 1985-89

box-folder 4 : 34

Jose Moran-Marroquin 1982

box-folder 4 : 35

Orantes-Hernandez v. Meese 1988-90

box-folder 4 : 36-41

Pin Lin denial of asylum (known as the Golden Venture or Golden Vision case); Court transcripts updates events planning news-clippings photographs 1993-94

box-folder 4 : 42

Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) et al v. U.S.A. 1989

box-folder 4 : 43

St. John's Lutheran Church v. City of Hoboken 1983

box-folder 4 : 44

Santos-Gomez deportation proceedings 1990

box-folder 4 : 45

America Sosa 1989

box-folder 4 : 46-49

U.S.A. v. Glen Remer-Thamert Demetria Martinez and Luis Ventura-Rivas (known as the Albuquerque case) court transcripts and news-clippings 1987-90

box-folder 4 : 50

St. Michaels Episcopal Church at Rutgers 1985-86

box 5:1 - 5:87

Series 6. Allocations 1984-1996

Physical Description: 92 folders

Scope and Content Note

Grants allocated from the national fund to organizations and projects which applied and met the grant criteria. Arranged alphabetically by organization name. Included is the grant numbering system from NSDF based on the grant year. Some organizations can also be found in the following series Organizations.

box-folder 5 : 1

Allocation Letters to Organizations 1991

box-folder 5 : 2

Applications letters lists 1992

box-folder 5 : 3

Application forms guidelines selection criteria undated

box-folder 5 : 4

Application memo forms 1987-90

box-folder 5 : 5

Annual totals reports 1985-92

box-folder 5 : 6

Pending applications/requests 1991-93

box-folder 5 : 7-8

ABC (American Baptist Churches) Implementation Project 91-1, 91-2, 91-3, 91-7, 92-3 1991-92

box-folder 5 : 9

Albuquerque Border Cities Project, 89-22 1989

box-folder 5 : 10

Arizona Sanctuary Defense Fund, 89-6, 89-20 1989

box-folder 5 : 11-12

Atanasio Tzul Guatemalan Education Center and Guatemalan support, Concordia KS87-22 (and un-numbered) 1987-93

box-folder 5 : 13

Atlanta Sanctuary Committee 87-29 1987-88

box-folder 5 : 14-15

Binational Human Rights Center/Centro Binacional de Derechos Humanos, Tijuana, Mexico, 90-22, 91-4 1990-91

box-folder 5 : 16

Call to Sanctuary, national meeting from the Chicago Metropolitan Sanctuary Alliance, 87-33 1987-88

box-folder 5 : 17-18

CARDF - Central American Refugee Defense Fund Boston, MA, 89-16, 90-10 1989-90

box-folder 5 : 19

CARECEN - Central American Refugee Center Los Angeles INS Monitoring Project and Refugee Rights Promoters Program, 90-3, 90-6 1990

box-folder 5 : 20

CARECEN - Washington, D.C. ,90-20 1990

box-folder 5 : 21-22

Casa de Proyecto Libertad, Harlingen, TX , 90-1, 92-7 1990,1992

box-folder 5 : 23-24

CHRCL - Center for Human Rights and Constitutional Law, Los Angeles, 92-4, 93-1 1992-93

box-folder 5 : 25

Center for Immigrant Rights New York, NY/CARECEN, 87-15 1987

box-folder 5 : 26-27

Centro Presente Cambridge MA/CARECEN, 90-11 (and un-numbered) 1988-91

box-folder 5 : 28

Chicago Area Sanctuary, 87-6 1987

box-folder 5 : 29

Chicago Religious Task Force, 89-15 1989

box-folder 5 : 30

Chinese Asylum Protection Program - the Golden Venture American Immigration Law Foundation, 94-3 1994

box-folder 5 : 31-32

CRISPAZ - Cristianos por la Paz en El Salvador/Christians for Peace in El Salvador, 89-12 90-5 1989-90

box-folder 5 : 33-36

D.C. Metro Sanctuary Committee/Defense Fund, 87-2, 87-35, 89-3, 89-5, 90-15 1987-90

box-folder 5 : 37-39

East Bay Sanctuary Covenant, Berkeley, CA, 87-1, 89-11, 90-9, 90-13 1987-90

box-folder 5 : 40

Ecumenical Immigration Services New Orleans, LA (un-numbered) 1988-92

box-folder 5 : 41-42

El Centro Asylum Project of the San Diego Interfaith Task Force on Central America, 90-8 (and un-numbered) 1988-90

box-folder 5 : 43

Esperanza Para los Ninos Proyecto San Pablo, Yuma, AZ, 92-5 1992

box-folder 5 : 44

Eucharistic Missionaries of St. Dominic Sanctuary New Orleans, LA 90-12 1990

box-folder 5 : 45

Father Moriarty Central American Refugee Program, San Francisco, CA, 87-14 1987

box-folder 5 : 46

Friends Meeting of Austin, TX, Political Asylum Project 89-18 89-21 1989

box-folder 5 : 47

Guatemala Education Center Concordia, KS, 89-2 1989

box-folder 5 : 48

Inter-faith Committee on Latin America, St. Louis, MO, 87-19 1987-90

box-folder 5 : 49

Metroplex Sanctuary Committee, Dallas, TX, 89-23 1989

box-folder 5 : 50

Michigan, Indiana, Ohio and Northern Kentucky Regional Sanctuary Defense Fund, 87-7 1987

box-folder 5 : 51

Monterey County, CA, Sanctuary ,87-30 1987-88

box-folder 5 : 52

National Coalition for Haitian Refugees (un-numbered) 1993

box-folder 5 : 53

National Immigration Project National Lawyer's Guild, 95-1 1995

box-folder 5 : 54

National Jewish Sanctuary Coalition Newsletter, San Francisco Jewish Sanctuary Coalition (un-numbered) 1987-90

box-folder 5 : 55

New England Sanctuary Defense and Education Committee Central American Refugee Defense Fund Project (un-numbered) 1987

box-folder 5 : 56

North Bay Sanctuary Defense Fund, Sonoma, CA, 90-2 1990

box-folder 5 : 57

The People of the Golden Vision (Golden Venture), 94-1, 94-2 1994

box-folder 5 : 58-59

Proyecto Adelante Metroplex Sanctuary Organizing Committee Dallas, TX, 89-8 (and un-numbered) 1988-89

box-folder 5 : 60

Proyecto Hospitalidad, San Antonio, TX (Bonnie Raitt concerts), 89-24 1989

box-folder 5 : 61

Refugee Aid Project, San Antonio, TX, 90-19 1990

box-folder 5 : 62

Refugiados por la Paz/Refugees for Peace, Harlingen, TX, 90-21 1990

box-folder 5 : 63

Rio Grande Border Witness Program, 95-2 1995

box-folder 5 : 64-65

Rio Grande Defense Committee, San Benito, TX, (Border Witness Program Casa de Proyecto Libertad) 87-3, 90-4, 90-14, 90-16 1987, 1990

box-folder 5 : 66-68

San Diego Interfaith Task Force on Central America; El Centro Asylum Project Central America Political Asylum Project PAP and Fieldworker Outreach Program, 87-12, 89-19, 90-18 1987-90

box-folder 5 : 69-70

SCITCA - Southern California Interfaith Task Force on Central America; CARECEN and El Rescate, 87-8,87-25 1987

box-folder 5 : 71

SHARE - Salvadoran Humanitarian Aid Research and Education and CORDES - Foundation for the Cooperation with Salvadoran Repopulators and Displaced El Salvador-Central America; EBSC - East Bay Sanctuary Covenant, Berkeley, CA (un-numbered) 1988-89

box-folder 5 : 72-73

South Bay Sanctuary Covenant, Palo Alto, CA, 87-16, 87-24, 89-4 1987-89

box-folder 5 : 74

South-Side Sanctuary Coalition, Chicago, IL, 87-28 1987-88

box-folder 5 : 75

Scott Stoll Legal Defense (un-numbered) 1988

box-folder 5 : 76-79

TECLA - Tucson Ecumenical Council Legal Assistance; Arizona Sanctuary Defense Fund, 87-17, 89-9, 89-10, 90-23, 92-6 1987-92

box-folder 5 : 80-81

TECO Inter-American Education Center 90-17 (and un-numbered) 1987-90

box-folder 5 : 82

Tutela Legal del Arzobis pado Comision Arquidiocesana de Justicia y Paz, San Salvador, El Salvador, 92-8, 92-9 1992

box-folder 5 : 83-84

Valley Religious Task Force on Central America Legal Services and Florence Asylum Project, Phoenix, AZ, 89-13, 89-14, 90-7 1989-90

box-folder 5 : 85-87

Washington Association of Churches Joint Legal Task Force Central American Asylum Project 91-5, 91-6, 91-8, 92-1, 92-2 (and un-numbered) 1988-92

box 6:1 - 7:9

Series 7. Organizations 1984-1996

Physical Description: 60 folders

Scope and Content Note

Arranged alphabetically by organization. Files may contain general information, correspondence, unsuccessful applications for grants, newsletters, etc. Some organizations can also be found in the preceding series Allocations.

box-folder 6 : 1

American Friends Service Committee 1985-94

box-folder 6 : 2

Las Americas Refugee Asylum Project, El Paso, TX 1987-90

box-folder 6 : 3

Americas Watch 1992

box-folder 6 : 4

Asian Law Caucus 1994-95

box-folder 6 : 5

Austin, TX, Religious Community for Central America 1985-89

box-folder 6 : 6

Border Association for Refugees from Central America, Edinburg, TX 1992

box-folder 6 : 7

Border Support Group Madison Sanctuary Committee, WI 1987-91

box-folder 6 : 8

California Interfaith Coalition, Sacramento, CA circa 1994

box-folder 6 : 9

CARE - Central American Refugee Project; Marin Interfaith Taskforce on Central America, Calif. 1987-90

box-folder 6 : 10

CASA - Central American Sanctuary Alliance, Swarthmore, PA circa 1987-90

box-folder 6 : 11

Casa de Proyecto, Libertad, TX 1987-94

box-folder 6 : 12

Centro de Asuntos Migratorios, San Diego, CA 1992

box-folder 6 : 13

Centro Binacional de Derechos Humanos, Tijuana, Mexico 1988-92

box-folder 6 : 14

CHRICA Committee for Health Rights in Central America, San Francisco 1993

box-folder 6 : 15

Christian Committee for the Displaced of El Salvador (raid on offices and arrests in San Salvador) 1989

box-folder 6 : 16

Christians for Peace in El Salvador - CHRISPAZ 1989-93

box-folder 6 : 17

Christic Institute a Religious Public Policy Center, Washington, D.C. 1984-85

box-folder 6 : 18

Co-madres - Committee of Mothers and Relatives of Political Prisoners Disappeared and Assassinated of El Salvador Marin Interfaith Taskforce on Central America, Calif. 1987-91

box-folder 6 : 19

Conversion for Reclaiming Earth in the Americas 1993

box-folder 6 : 20

Committee for United States Action on Asylum Concerns - CUSAAC; and the IRCA - Immigration Reform and Control Act 1988-89

box-folder 6 : 21

Data Center, Oakland, CA 1993

box-folder 6 : 22

Denver Area Sanctuary Network 1985

box-folder 6 : 23

Duluth Interfaith Sanctuary Committee 1987

box-folder 6 : 24

EPICA - Ecumenical Program on Central America and the Caribbean 1992-94

box-folder 6 : 25

Father Moriarty Central American Refugee Program, San Francisco 1986-87

box-folder 6 : 26

Florence Asylum Project, AZ 1990

box-folder 6 : 27

Global Exchange 1993

box-folder 6 : 28

on Guatemala 1990-92

box-folder 6 : 29

Guatemalan Education Center, Concordia, KS 1989-92

box-folder 6 : 30

Immigrant Legal Resource Center (Border Patrol and INS raids) 1989-90

box-folder 6 : 31

Immigrant/Refugee Children's Clearinghouse from the Center for Human Rights and Constitutional Law 1991-93

box-folder 6 : 32

Institute on Religion and Democracy 1984

box-folder 6 : 33

Interfaith Office on Accompaniment, San Francisco 1986-89

box-folder 6 : 34

Inter-government Committee for Migration 1986-89

box-folder 6 : 35

Jewish Community information 1986-94

box-folder 6 : 36

Los Angeles Sanctuary Defense Fund 1985-86

box-folder 6 : 37

Marin Interfaith Task Force on Central America, Calif. 1986-93

box-folder 6 : 38

Medical Aid to El Salvador 1987

box-folder 6 : 39

Monterey County Calif. Sanctuary 1988-91

box-folder 6 : 40-43

National Immigration and Citizenship Forum Washington D.C. 1991-95

box-folder 6 : 44

National Sanctuary Communications Council 1985-87

box-folder 6 : 45

NEST Foundation - New El Salvador Today 1987-91

box-folder 6 : 46

New Mexico Sanctuary Defense Fund 1988

box-folder 6 : 47

on Nicaragua 1992-93

box-folder 6 : 48

Refugee Aid Project, San Antonio, TX 1987-90

box-folder 6 : 49

Refugees for Peace/Refugiados por la Paz 1987-91

box-folder 6 : 50

Refugio del Rio Grande, TX 1991

box-folder 6 : 51

El Rescate 1986-91

box-folder 7 : 1-2

Rio Grande Defense Committee and Border Witness, TX 1985-91

box-folder 7 : 3

St. John of God Sanctuary Committee, San Francisco 1996

box-folder 7 : 4

San Diego Interfaith Task Force on Central America 1988-92

box-folder 7 : 5

Southern California Interfaith Task Force on Central America and the Southern California Ecumenical Council, Los Angeles 1985-90

box-folder 7 : 6

Southwest Refugee Rights Project, Tucson, AZ 1992

box-folder 7 : 7

Valley Religious Task Force on Central America, Phoenix, AZ 1989-92

box-folder 7 : 8

Vive: an Organization for the World's Refugees, Buffalo, NY 1987-91

box-folder 7 : 9

Wilde Ganzen/Wild Geese, Holland 1987

box 7:10 - 8:14

Series 8. Program 1984-1996

Physical Description: 52 folders

Scope and Content Note

Events, events planning, and general information. Arranged alphabetically.

box-folder 7 : 10

Asylum and Safe Haven Conference Washington D.C. 1993

box-folder 7 : 11

Break-ins the FBI and the Freedom of Information Act 1984-87

box-folder 7 : 12

Call to Sanctuary National meeting in Chicago 7/1987

box-folder 7 : 13

Canadian Immigration issues 1988

box-folder 7 : 14

Cars confiscated by the government: trying to get them returned 1987-90

box-folder 7 : 15

Central America Solidarity Roundtable Blue Mountain Lake NY 1992

box-folder 7 : 16

Central American Peace Plan 1987

box-folder 7 : 17

Chinese Asylum Resource Packet: For Presenting Coercive Population Control Cases 1994

box-folder 7 : 18

Church-State conflict 1986

box-folder 7 : 19-20

Information on Cuba 1992-93

box-folder 7 : 21

Death threat incidents in Los Angeles CA 1987

box-folder 7 : 22

Denominations Position Statements on Sanctuary and refugees 1981-88

box-folder 7 : 23

Deposition made by Tom Ambrogi in San Francisco on the situation in El Salvador and experiences of refugees 1981

box-folder 7 : 24

Information on El Salvador 1980-94

box-folder 7 : 25

European Immigration and Refugee issues 1986-94

box-folder 7 : 26

From Despair to Hope: Peacemaking in Isaiah a study series by Walter Brueggeman and Vera K. White; Presbyterian U.S.A. Church circa 1993

box-folder 7 : 27

General information and handouts 1980s

box-folder 7 : 28

Medardo Gomez Luthran Bishop of El Salvador 1987-92

box-folder 7 : 29

Information on Guatemala 1987-93

box-folder 7 : 30

Immigration Conferences March 1994

box-folder 7 : 31

INS information and early Sanctuary information 1981-86

box-folder 7 : 32-33

Interfaith Celebration of Human Rights: On the Occasion of the 50 Anniversary of the Signing of the Charter of the United Nations; Planning Program and Handouts San Francisco 6/25/1995

box-folder 7 : 34

Interfaith Coalition of Immigrant Rights 1995

box-folder 7 : 35

Interfaith News Conference San Francisco: on the rights and dignity of refugees 9/28/1993

box-folder 7 : 36

Interfaith Witness for Justice: A Call to Affirm the Rights and Dignity of Immigrants packet 2/23/1994

box-folder 7 : 37

LA Eight: Deportation of Palestinians Committee for Justice to Stop the McCarran-Walter Act Deportations 1992-93

box-folder 7 : 38

LA Riots response questionnaire 1992

box-folder 7 : 39

Mesa Grande Refugee Camp and Repatriation and Going Home a the massacre El Salvador 1992

box-folder 7 : 41

El Mozote Massacre: Report of the Argentine Forensic Anthropology Team undated

box-folder 7 : 42

National Caravan for Peace in El Salvador 1993

box-folder 7 : 43

Proposal for Peace with Justice/Paz con Justicia en El Salvador Cultural Festival 10/1987

box-folder 7 : 44

Proposition 187 (California ballot initiative re: immigration services) Educational Packet California Council of Churches and information 1994

box-folder 7 : 45

Sanctuary Celebration Washington D.C. 9/1986 project of SHARE 1987-88

box-folder 7 : 40

El Mozote Massacre: events surrounding the revelation of

box-folder 7 : 46

Sanctuary Information for Central Americans 1982-85

box-folder 7 : 47

Sanctuary Information on and for Military Personnel during the Gulf War 1990

box-folder 7 : 48

Sanctuary Information on and for Military Personnel during the Vietnam War 1971-72

box-folder 7 : 49

Shadows of Justice in El Salvador: A Report on the Judicial System in El Salvador by a Delegation to El Salvador National Lawyer's Guild Albany CA and CARECEN - Central American Refugee Center San Francisco 10/1992

box-folder 7 : 50

Song Festival; Canto por la Paz/Song of Peace El Salvador 4/1987

box-folder 7 : 51

South Texas Issues Border Issues 1988-89

box-folder 8 : 1

Speeches on Sanctuary circa 1986

box-folder 8 : 2

Pete Stark Congressman 1987

box-folder 8 : 3

Suggested Reading List 1/1987

box-folder 8 : 4

U.N. International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights and Universal Declaration of Human Rights undated

box-folder 8 : 5

Unaccompanied Minors in detention 1990-91

box-folder 8 : 6

U.K. Sanctuary Information and immigrant rights 1988-90

box-folder 8 : 7-13

Washington Association of Churches Seattle Conference Call Grant Proposal Mailing INS Raid on offices Defense Fund Support for Fund 1990-92

box-folder 8 : 14

WCC Proclaiming Immigrant Rights: The New International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of their Families. World Council of Churches commentary on the U.N. Convention 1990-92

box 9:1 - 9:53

Series 9. Haiti 1993-1995

Physical Description: 53 folders

Scope and Content Note

Files documenting the NSDF focus on the political situation in Haiti, efforts to re-instate Jean Bertrand Aristide as President, and the plight and status of Haitian refugees.

box-folder 9 : 1

Haiti Action Coalition 1993

box-folder 9 : 2

Calls for Action including information and events undated

box-folder 9 : 3

Haiti Activists lists undated

box-folder 9 : 4

American Friends Service Committee, Haiti School Supplies Campaign 1995

box-folder 9 : 5

Rev. Riche Andris 1994

box-folder 9 : 6-7

Jean-Bertrand Aristide visit. Photographs: Aristide, Gus Schultz 1994

box-folder 9 : 8

Democracy in Haiti Solution to the Refugee Crisis Conference, Miami 1994

box-folder 9 : 9

Democracy Intervention in Haiti: The USAID Democracy Enhancement Project from the Washington Office on Haiti 1994 March

box-folder 9 : 10

Education Packet 1994

box-folder 9 : 11

Haiti Events, Correspondence undated

box-folder 9 : 12

Local Events undated

box-folder 9 : 13

Events, Mailing Lists and some enclosures undated

box-folder 9 : 14

Events, Religious Groups 1993-95

box-folder 9 : 15

Paul Farmer event, The Uses of Haiti 1994 November 10

box-folder 9 : 16

Global Exchange, Fact Finding Delegation to Haiti 1994

box-folder 9 : 17

Global Exchange 1995

box-folder 9 : 18

Haiti Conference of Religious People 7/1994

box-folder 9 : 19

Haiti National Network including the Washington Office on Haiti 1993

box-folder 9 : 20

Haiti Packet originals 1994

box-folder 9 : 21

Haitian Refugees 1992-93

box-folder 9 : 22

Haitian Refugee Center 1992-93

box-folder 9 : 23

Haiti Solidarity Week organizing packet 1993 February 7-13

box-folder 9 : 24

Haiti Solidarity Week organizing packet 1994 February 6-13

box-folder 9 : 25

Haiti film project Harvest of Hope proposal 1994

box-folder 9 : 26-28

Haiti information 1991-95

box-folder 9 : 29-30

Interfaith Delegation to Haiti 1995

box-folder 9 : 31

Interfaith Witness for Justice: Affirming the Dignity and Defending the Rights of Immigrants 1994 February 24

box-folder 9 : 32

Yolanda Jean 1993

box-folder 9 : 33

Journal articles 1994-95

box-folder 9 : 34

Media Haiti undated

box-folder 9 : 35

NSDF - National Sanctuary Defense Fund Work 1994

box-folder 9 : 36

National Coalition for Haitian Refugees 1993

box-folder 9 : 37

National Day of Action 1995 August 7

box-folder 9 : 38

National Student Campaign for Haiti circa 1993

box-folder 9 : 39

News-clippings 1991-94

box-folder 9 : 40

Occupation Coverage: Haiti Info, Vol. 3, nos. 1-2 1994 October

box-folder 9 : 41

Poem, May the Tears Keep on Coming 1994 May 5

box-folder 9 : 42

Roots, Vol. 1 no. 2 ,Winter 1995, Special Report Haiti Where Do We Go from Here? 1995

box-folder 9 : 43

Haiti and Sanctuary 1994

box-folder 9 : 44

Statements to the Press 1994

box-folder 9 : 45-48

Tet Ansanm (Heads Together or All Together): Students from California spent 5 weeks in Haiti working with grassroots organizations. Planning delegates, budgeting, orientation, media. undated

box-folder 9 : 49

Updates on Haiti 1993-94

box-folder 9 : 50

Voices for Haiti 1994

box-folder 9 : 51

Washington, D.C. trip 1994 June

box-folder 9 : 52

Washington Office on Haiti including Haiti National Network 1992-94

box-folder 9 : 53

Why We Oppose U.S./U.N. Intervention in Haiti undated

Folio 1. Justice for Refugees Day in San Francisco, 1/31/1991,Proclamation from the City and County of San Francisco in celebration of the legal settlement victory in the case of American Baptist Churches v. Thornburgh, 1990 December. 1991 January 31

Folio 2. Certificate of Honor to the National Sanctuary Defense Fund which furthered the humanitarian goals of sanctuary through its work in American Baptist Church v. Thornburgh, from the Board of Supervisors, City and County of San Francisco 1991 January 31