Today, Sunday, October 20, 2024, the Great Falls Worship Group joined together in unity of Spirit to add our worship group to those supporting the Methodist Church in Missoula in calling Tim Sheehy to accountability for his racists comments.  For more details please see the attached.


We are asking you to consider joining us in signing this letter to be distributed to weekly and daily newspapers (print and digital) and broadcast TV stations on or about October 21, 2024. For media outlets that do not accept letters, the letter will be converted into a press release that also describes the number of people and groups signing the letter.
We also ask you to consider forwarding this message to persons or groups you believe would also be interested in signing this letter—and asking them to do so.
To sign this letter as an individual or group, please send a message to [email protected] no later than 5:00 pm, Sunday, October 20, 2024, confirming that you or a group you are a member of agrees to sign and support the Human Dignity Letter.  
For individual(s), please include the following information:

1. To be printed with the letter:
   

Exact Name or Names to be listed, and
Town/City you live in or where you receive mail.
Optional:  If you wish to have a professional title or other affiliation identifier listed with your name, please feel free to do so.
Also: Even if you are part of a group signing the letter, you can also choose to sign the letter as an individual as an expression of personal support.

1. Not to be printed with the letter but used for verification by media sources:
   

Email address and phone number.
Please note: news sources may require us to submit for verification your email or phone number.
For groups endorsing and signing the letter, please include the following information:

1. To be printed with the letter:
   

Exact Name of the Group.
Town/City where the group is based.
The name or names of the leader(s) of the group and titles (if appropriate).

1. Not to be printed with the letter but used for verification by media sources:
   

Email addresses and phone numbers of the group’s leaders.
Again, please note:  News sources may require us to submit for verification the email addresses or phone numbers of the leaders.
In no instances will email addresses or phone numbers be released to the public.
Again, we also ask you to contact others to join in signing this letter. The more signatures, the more letters. Please simply forward or make a copy of this text to use as a means of contacting others. Emphasize in your forwarding messages that all replies should be sent to [email protected].
Thank you for your consideration and support of this effort to support respect for all Montanans!

Here's a story from NPYM in Missoula this past summer.
https://www.facebook.com/tomrawson/posts/pfbid02nNeEWidRk1mmMDSaU7pW9b1aRXrDQkyGvHH4HVmRxWR68WywtgTe55NUTUPqxoRxl?comment_id=1056067202830129&reply_comment_id=1097186465154589&notif_id=1729169616612785&notif_t=comment_mention&ref=notif

Hello Friends,

This is just a friendly reminder to put the date of the next Steering Committee meeting on your calendar.
We chose to meet in early December so we could review the planning for MGOF that had been accomplished at that point and to easily meet the submission date of Jan 1st for the newsletter.

Steering Committee will meet Thursday Dec 5th at 6:00pm.  A link and agenda will be sent to you a short time before the meeting.  I hope to see you there........

Jo Ann Kidder
Clerk of MGOF Steering Committee

Legislature 101: a tutorial for those who wish to engage the legislative process
 Monday, Oct. 21st: 6-7:30
Led by seasoned legislators Maryann Dunwell and Ed Stafman, with Jasmine Krotkov moderating.  Maryann Dunwell has served 4 sessions as a Representative and one session as a Senator from Helena. Ed Stafman has served two sessions as a Representative from Bozeman.
Join Zoom Meeting
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Meeting ID: 840 8232 3257
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If you have any trouble with the zoom call John Lund at 406-396-4974

Peter Husby published this letter to the Editor in the Bozeman Daily Chronicle today.
Read it at this link:
https://www.bozemandailychronicle.com/opinions/letter-to-the-editor-let-s-fix-our-broken-border-policy/article_9f8c64b0-6ecd-11ef-a5da-df16a2e800f9.htmlwww.bozemandailychronicle.com/opinions/letter-to-the-editor-let-s-fix-our-broken-border-policy/article_9f8c64b0-6ecd-11ef-a5da-df16a2e800f9.html

Let’s Fix Our Broken Border Policy
        U. S. immigration policy isn’t working well for anyone. Businesses are crying out for workers, the border is not secure and migrants are suffering and dying in the desert instead of going to work. Think about it: while our government spends billions on border security, legislators have been trying to come up with a guest worker program that meets our demand for labor. This makes no economic sense.
What can we do about it?
 First, make it relatively easy to obtain a guest worker permit. Let people stay as long as they are working and check in with immigration authorities every few months.
Second, help the “sending” countries develop their own sustainable economies and to eliminate cartel and gang violence.
Third, eliminate private, for-profit prisons. They cost taxpayer lots of money and keep migrants from working.
Fourth, give asylum-seekers a safe place to apply for asylum at the ports of entry. Asylum- seekers are extorted, mistreated and lied to by Mexican cartels as they are transported to the border.
Fifth, hire more immigration judges to process asylum requests. Decriminalizing needed workers would fund more judges.
Sixth, STOP the legal and illegal flow of guns into Mexico.
                Almost all of these weapons end up in the hands of organized crime. Last, put an end to border mythology. Anti-immigrant reactionaries would have us believe that the southern Arizona border, for example, is too dangerous to visit because of a predominance of drug smugglers, criminals, etc. Not true. As part of the humanitarian aid group Tucson Samaritans, I have personally made over 200 trips to the border area in an attempt to prevent death and suffering. I have never felt the least bit threatened by anyone. Most migrants are escaping violence and extreme poverty.

Dear New (to me) Friends,
Thank you so much for making me feel welcome at the Luccock Camp gathering.  Being with you lifted my heart and renewed my spirit.

Several of you expressed a desire to learn more about Luccock’s plan to replace the old Billings cabin with a new one that will that will be ADA accessible and inclusive.  We have plans, and are in the beginning stages of organizing fund raising.  You can follow us at the website https://luccockpark.org/ where you can sign up for the e-mailed newsletter and make donations if you wish. 

It was great to learn you have been coming to Luccock for 40 years!  You are one of our longest groups of guests, and we look forward to you every year.  

You are a Blessing,

Rev. Su DeBree, Luccock Camp Board of Trustees

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