Rev. Deborah Lee

Deborah in i2018 became the Executive Director of the Interfaith Movement for Human Integrity (IM4HI).
IN4HI is a Californian organization that connects clergy and people of faith to the work of social justice.

From 2009 until 2018 she served as the Program Director for the Interfaith Movement for Human Integrity. In that role she built up the immigrant Justice program of the organization, engaging dozens of congregations in Northern California to become Sanctuary congregations to respond to the wave of migrant youth and families and the detention and deportation crisis.

Deborah has worked at the intersection of faith and social justice in many areas for over 25 years. She has consistently sought to strengthen the voice and role of faith communities in today’s social movements.

She has been part of the founding, development and running of numerous organizations:-
Women for Genuine Security
Network for Religion and Justice for API- LGBTQ people
Institute for Leadership Development and Study of Pacific Asian North
American Religion
Pilgrimages to Manzanar and the Sacramento River Delta

Her work has been recognized as innovative and impactful. In 2019 she received the Yuri Kochiyama Impact Award from Advancing Justice -Asian Law Caucus. She has received recognition from other organizations.

Deborah sees the task of IM4HI to make the criminal justice system more just and the immigration system more fair and humane.

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Interfaith Movement for Human Integrity