... of individual and collective faith-based movements that laid the foundation for creative, courageous and resilient responses to state-sanctioned policies and practices that heightened Latinas/os and others’ vulnerability. Becoming sanctuary is rooted in a commitment to accompaniment and solidarity that leads...

... of thousands of Salvadoran and Guatemalan asylees fleeing persecution in their homelands and arbitrary deportation from the United States. Influenced by scriptural exhortations to offer safe harbor to those in need, sanctuary members transformed the biblical tenet of accompaniment into a form of spiritual...

...This chapter analyzes the work of the case study organizations in the area of accompaniment, which the authors define as helping immigrants access basic needs like housing, child care, medical care, food, and nonlegal logistical support as well as giving spiritual and emotional support to those...

...Chapter 3 explores how practitioners at the Precious Blood Ministry of Reconciliation in Back of the Yards conceive of and implement restorative justice practices there. The range of initiatives includes peacemaking circles, trauma-informed accompaniment, urban farming, arts and performance...

...Chapter 8 makes the case that “restorative accompaniment”—a central pillar of restorative justice as it is conceived at Precious Blood and in related restorative justice hubs across Chicago—is both coherently “spiritual” in virtue of the forms of association it promotes, and also serves as a mode...

...This chapter introduces the reader to the concepts of sanctuary and accompaniment and discusses the role of faith-based organizing in Latina/o communities both in Ohio and nationally. It also locates this study within new scholarship focusing on Latina/o midwestern communities as well as much-need...

...This chapter reflects on the responsibility of teaching Latinx studies as praxis of social justice and accompaniment. Insisting on the classroom as a space for co-creating, the author challenges Latinx Studies teachers, calling them to enact in the classroom the change they want to see in the world...

... for state and local policies banning cooperation between local law enforcement and Immigration and Customs Enforcement. The chapter ends with an analysis of the role of faith in these strategies and how advocacy and accompaniment uniquely intersect in faith-based organizations. Assemblies of God...