Speaking up is necessary to Abide in Love.
Denise Meyer speaks at the Abide In Love event on May 22 in Rolla that marked a year of the advocacy group working to help immigrants detained by ICE.
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Abide in Love, a group formed after the death of an immigrant detained in the Phelps County Jail, marked its first anniversary.
The Rolla-based organization has grown to seven chapters across three states. The group shared stories of people they are helping during a two-hour event in Rolla on May 22.
“Voices of Hope” featured eight speakers, immigrants and their families, whom Abide in Love helped with services including money for jail phone calls and commissary, grocery deliveries, bus tickets to go home after a detainee was released, hotels, rent, bills and more.