“I’m fasting for 40 days in gratitude for how immigrant have enriched my life.” – Matt
“I am fasting for 15 days because I will not stand for the deportation of good, hardworking people and separation of families.” – Iliana
“I am fasting for 40 days because I want to live in a city where we LOVE – not DEPORT – our neighbor” – Peter
“I am fasting for 40 days to end the use of inhumane facilities and treatment by ICE I experienced as a little girl.” -Corina
“I am fasting for 40 days because I believe in a culturally diverse community” – Sister Betty
“I am fasting for 40 days because I don’t want my kids to end in foster care if I was DEPORTED.” -Blanca
“I am fasting to return the open-hearted hospitality my parents received during the Great Depression when they became immigrants to Latin America.”-Sister Patrice
Our long term fasters on what their reasons are for fasting for a certain amount of days!