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February 17, 2015

Reflection-Action Trip Participants and Partners Make Statement on Climate

Posted 3:51pm

Statement on Climate Justice: A Faithful Response We, youth representatives of diverse organizations and Christian institutions from Peru and Bolivia and pastors, elders, and young adults in the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.), met in December 2014 in Lima, Peru for an international gathering on climate change organized by the Red Uniendo Manos Peru with… Read more »

December 18, 2014

What Leads to Change?

Posted 11:26am

Like many of us whose hearts have been given over to God’s reconciling work in healing the creation, I have heard many, many presentations on climate change. For at least 15 years, I have been intentionally studying and hearing about the science of it, the moral imperative behind it, the actions… Read more »

December 15, 2014

The Hard Work of Justice: Reflections on Peru Trip

Posted 8:54am

Sometimes it takes getting out of my usual routine and daily surroundings to re-remember why this hard, long justice work consistently calls my name. The work for climate justice usually feels insurmountable. It is horrifying, intimidating, and heart-breaking. Driving past ash gray and white mountains, from acid rain, that should be brown and… Read more »

December 10, 2014

Glacier! by Colleen Earp

Posted 12:00pm

On Sunday we visited Huaytapallana glacier, up around 15,000 feet above sea level in the Andes mountains of Peru. It wasn’t just the altitude that had me short of breath and dizzy though; this was a truly awesome sight. The glacier itself has very sadly lost a great deal of its mass, and is… Read more »

December 10, 2014

Trip Reflections by Colleen Earp

Posted 6:21am

The Presbyterian Hunger Program delegation to Peru has been an amazing journey thus far. On Saturday, we stopped in La Oroya, a town badly affected by local mining and smelting projects carried out by international corporations. A local man named Wilmer met with our group to tell us about some of the social, political, and… Read more »

December 5, 2014

Presbyterians Learning in Lima!

Posted 4:08pm

Presbyterian Hunger Program, Joining Hands and Environmental Ministries action-reflection trip to Lima Our trip has begun! Presbyterians from across the USA have come together to journey with our sisters and brothers in our Joining Hands network in Lima, Peru, to learn from them about their realities related to climate change, extractive industries, and root causes… Read more »

November 26, 2014

Dec 7 Light for Lima

Posted 4:23pm

You are invited to follow along the PCUSA trip to Lima with our mission partners on this blog and you are also invited to light a candle or join a vigil in your own home community on Sunday Dec 7, as part of a global interfaith effort called “Light for Lima.” #LightForLima encourages people… Read more »

November 19, 2014

Climate Change Resources

Posted 4:39pm

In December 2014, the Presbyterian Hunger Program hosted a reflection-action trip in Lima, Peru with our Joining Hands partner networks in Peru and Bolivia, learning, marching, and observing as the major leaders of the world gathered in Lima for the United Nations’ Conference on the Parties (COP-20). PC(USA) continues to work for climate justice,… Read more »

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