Las Posadas is a Christmas tradition celebrated in Mexico and other Latin American countries that commemorates Mary and Joseph's journey from Nazareth to Bethlehem, asking for lodging/Posada. After hearing many times that there was "no room at the inn," they finally found refuge in a humble stable. Today, we recreate this tradition by asking for “posada” in places where our communities continue to be denied the resources, access, and services they need to survive and thrive.

Join us as we walk through different sections of the Upper West Side in Manhattan, calling attention to the different sites in the neighborhood that have denied access to the least of us, who are most of us, and walk alongside others, singing and sharing reflections until we are welcomed into one of the churches in the neighboorhood.

Join us one evening or all evenings as we prepare for a petition delivery to End Child Poverty in New York on our last evening together. New York State continues to have the worst income inequality and some of the highest child poverty rates in the nation, yet we also have the resources to solve these problems. (To sign the petition go to bit.ly/SIGNON.)

Tuesday, December 17th

Theme: Joy as Resistance

Start Location & time: Trinity Lutheran Church (164 W 100th St, New York, NY 10025) - 5:30pm ET

End location & time: Advent Lutheran Church (2504 Broadway, New York, NY 10025) - 6pm ET

• Clowning for kids, Pinata, music, community building & meal

Wednesday, December 18th

Theme: Worker Justice & Health

Start Location & time: Broadway & W 73rd St, New York, NY 10023 - 4:00pm ET

End location & time: Grace and St. Paul's Church (123 W 71st St, New York, NY 10023) - 6pm ET

• Reflection, singing, community building & meal

Thursday, December 19th

Theme: Community & Hunger

Start Location & time: Advent Lutheran Church (2504 Broadway, New York, NY 10025) - 5:30pm ET

End location & time: Trinity Lutheran Church (164 W 100th St, New York, NY 10025) - 6pm ET

• Reflection, singing, community building & meal

Friday, December 20th (Gentrification & Militarization)

Theme: Gentrification & Militarization of Our Communities

Start Location & time: Outside The Forum at Columbia University (601 W 125th St, New York, NY 10027)

End location & time: St Mary's Episcopal Church (521 W 126th St, New York, NY 10027)

• Reflection, singing, community building & meal

Saturday, December 21st

Theme: Housing & Homelessness - “Longest Night”

Start Location & time: 96th and Riverside Drive, New York, NY 10025 - 5:30pm ET

End location & time: 116th and Riverside Drive, New York, NY 10025) - 6pm ET

• Reflection, singing, community building & meal
• Important reminder: this evening we will be mainly outdoors with our unhoused sibblings so dress warmly.

Sunday, December 22

Theme: End Child Poverty in New York: Las Posadas Petition Delivery - Learn more & RSVP

Start Location & time: Exact location TBD, Albany, NY 12210 - 4:00pm ET

• A bus will be leaving from New York City, departing from Advent Lutheran Church (2504 Broadway, 93rd & Broadway near 1/2/3 96th Street Subway) at 1:00pm, please arrive by 12:30pm ET.

End location & time: Exact location TBD, Albany, NY 12210 - 5:30pm ET

• Reflection, singing, community building & meal

Sponsored by: Advent Lutheran Church, Trinity Lutheran Church, La Iglesia del Pueblo, Grace and St. Paul's Church, St Mary's Episcopal Church, and the Kairos Center.