Pacific Northwest Vigil
Bishop Cedrick Bridgeforth leads Holy Communion during a demonstration outside an ICE detention facility in Tacoma, Wash. (Photo by Paul Jeffrey/Life on Earth Pictures)
Bishop Cedrick Bridgeforth celebrates communion during a United Methodist-sponsored vigil in solidarity with people being held in the Northwest ICE Processing Center in Tacoma, Washington, on September 20, 2025.
During the demonstration, participants prayed and sang, celebrated communion, listened to descriptions of life inside the for-profit prison, and chanted "No estan solos! You are not alone!" and "Free them all!" as buses brought in newly detained persons.
Bridgeforth is the United Methodist Bishop of the Greater Northwest Episcopal Area. Also pictured are the Rev. Lyda Pierce (left) and the Rev. Karen Yokota Love (right).
Photo by Paul Jeffrey/Life on Earth Pictures