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Posts Categorized: Justice

September 15, 2016

Presbyterians Standing with Standing Rock Sioux and Others

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You may have seen the recent Presbyterians News Service story on the Presbytery of Northern Plains’ earth care team sending a prayerful witness and supplies to the water “protectors” in North Dakota, through Rev. Paul Henschen, a member of Presbyterians for Earth Care.  This comes on the heals of the statement of support from Stated… Read more »
August 31, 2016

Environmental Justice: Prayerful Solidarity and Faithful Action

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From Jean Ritchie’s “Black Waters” lyrics about the environment in Appalachia to hazardous waste disposal occuring primarily African-American communities, environmental justice concerns are part of our faithful concerns for our world to do better and to be better. Presbyterian teens are discussing environmental racism, mission co-workers are working with sisters and brothers around the world… Read more »
July 25, 2016

Teens Gather Around Environmental Racism

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  What is environmental racism? What constitutes environmental “justice” for all? The discussions of these and other questions with the fabulous teens at the Presbyterian Youth Triennium last week were lively, stimulating, and meaningful. More than 85 young people made their way to this workshop on the Friday morning of Triennium, even as they had… Read more »
May 1, 2014

Disappearing Wetland Communities and a Church Calling for Change

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  Last month I visited, along with other members of the Presbyterian Hunger Program, the First Presbyterian Church of Bayou Blue, in Gray, Louisiana. We learned about the concerns and passions unique to their part of God’s creation. This hospitable, warm, and loving congregation shared much with us, including their deep grief about what is… Read more »
March 26, 2014

Environmental Justice Atlas resource online

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A great resource for finding out what environmental conflicts and environmental justice movements are happening around the world is the Environmental Justice Atlas.   You can go to this resource to see a world map and to sort by company, country, or issue. The site also includes reports and links to other world-wide Environmental Justice… Read more »
February 4, 2014

Christ’s light and asking for transparency in global trade

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Light: Global Economic Justice and the Trans-Pacific Partnership (Article by Alexa Smith and Catherine Gordon) Last week, the below action alert was released by the Office of Public Witness in conjunction with a helpful, timely article by Alexa Smith of the Presbyterian Hunger Program.  As the plummeting temperatures and winter storms of the last few… Read more »
September 24, 2013

Environmental Justice: learning from the southwest

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  I posted last week about Environmental Justice, particularly in reference to a reflection on a Louisville, KY based “environmental racism tour” connected to the Big Tent PCUSA gathering in August.   Issues of environmental justice are in my hometown, and in yours, and all across the globe. What do you see around you?  … Read more »
September 18, 2013

Environmental Justice: paying attention to people

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Environmental Justice is a term used to indicate that certain sectors of the human population suffer from the worst affects of environmental disaster and are kept from the best of environmental benefits. Correlating with a lot of other structural issues of injustice, people of color and people in lower economic brackets are documented to be… Read more »
August 31, 2011

Learn about Trade Reform

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New Webpage from the Presbyterian Hunger Program The Presbyterian Hunger Program has created a new webpage with resources related to trade reform.  Trade issues and eco-justice are inextricably intertwined, and this page has great resources for Presbyterians to learn what our reformed tradition has to say about just trade.  Explore this new webpage at www.pcusa.org/trade,… Read more »

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