NPR Covers Quakers at Border

Dear Editor: I thought Friends might enjoy reading / hearing this, produced by NPR on June 27, 2019:

Two years ago, Edie Salisbury hadn’t heard of the Adelanto Detention Center. Now, the retired psychologist leads members of her faith community on monthly trips into California’s largest immigrant lock-up, 80 miles northeast of LA.

Salisbury is a Quaker––part of the Christian group formally known as the Religious Society of Friends who faced historical persecution in England and the colonial U.S. 

“Quakers have a long history of visiting people who are in prison,” said Salisbury, as she drove with a group of volunteers recently to Adelanto. “In fact, they were imprisoned themselves to begin with. That’s pretty clear, and the work we do is supported by the Quaker community.”  . . .

To read/hear more, go to:

https://www.scpr.org/news/2019/06/27/90108/who-s-visiting-immigrant-detainees-at-the-adelanto/

From Arthur Kegerreis, Orange Grove Friends Meeting (7/1/2019)