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Two hundred Bay Area faith leaders representing more than 45 faith-based organizations participated in a fast Thursday to raise awareness in the wake of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement activity in Minneapolis and around the country. Other clergy traveled to Minneapolis to partake in large-scale protests last Friday. The fast, organized by the Interfaith Movement for Human Integrity, began at a demonstration at San Francisco City Hall and lasted 24 hours. Berkeley churches, such as First Presbyterian Church of Berkeley, took part in the fast along with other Bay Area places of worship. The fast ended with a demonstration at the San Francisco ICE field office to prevent a community leader from being detained by the agency. According to the Rev. Ranwa Hammamy, congregational justice organizer at the Unitarian Universalist Association, they think many of the fast participants “are folks who have either been activated or had their awareness raised as a result of what they witnes...

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