SMIILD is made up of representatives of several of the following faith communities and community organizations that have taken positions in support of the legal defense fund.
Vecinos Unidos, Alliance of Chicano, Hispanic, and Latino Americans (ACHLA), ISAIAH, Sisters of St. Francis, First Unitarian Universalist Church of Rochester, Rochester Friends (Quakers), Peace United Church of Christ, Rochester International Association, Rochester Indivisible, Tzedek (Social Action/Social Justice) Committee of B’Nai Israel Synagogue, Intercultural Mutual Assistance Association Board, Holy Ground catholic Community, In the City for Good, CURE (Communities United for Rochester Empowerment), Christ United Methodist Church (Social Justice Committee), Evangelical Lutheran Church of America SE Minnesota Synod AMMPARO (Accompany Migrants and Minors with Protection, Advocacy, Representation, and Opportunity), Congregational Church UCC, and Rochester’s Little Minyan.
BOARD
Phil Wheeler, Chair
Mike Resman, Secretary (and Past Chair)
Mark Boorsma, Treasurer
Patricio Aleman (alternate)
Kent Bailey
Jean Binkovitz
Richard Dahl
Miriam Goodson
Andrew Greenhaw
Marlys Jax
David Turner
Jean-Claude Velasquez
Mark Wieland