Here’s Rev. Jo’s eyewitness account of her January trip, where she found ICE agents were snatching people off the streets, as presented at our Jan. 25 service. Also during this service, Worship Associate David Mendelsohn shared a powerful reflection about how his family’s immigration journey holds lessons for our lives today.

Our own Rev. Jo is featured in a story on syracuse.com today. Headlined “After 3 days in Minneapolis, a Syracuse minister is inspired: ‘We need to ramp up,’” it provides new details about her trip (and great publicity for May!).

Rev. Jo traveled to Minneapolis January 21–24, 2026, with more than 600 clergy from across the country to witness ICE operations firsthand. What she found: ICE agents are snatching people off the streets within minutes, regardless of documentation, and flying them to concentration camps in Texas. Black and brown bodies are being targeted in their … Continue reading What I Witnessed: A Report from Minneapolis