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Posts By: Nora Leccese
August 16, 2018
Dear Presbyterian Community, This Friday August 17th will be Representative for Domestic Policy, Nora Leccese’s last day with the Office of Public Witness . Nora has been with the OPW since September 2015 and has made a tremendous contribution to our work in D.C. the past three years. She began her work as a fellow, but… Read more »
August 16, 2018
By Jamila Cervantes, Emerson National Hunger Fellow with the Office of Public Witness From behind the bars of the Birmingham Jail, Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. wrote, “I am cognizant of the interrelatedness of all communities and states. […] We are caught in an inescapable network of mutuality, tied in a single garment of… Read more »
July 26, 2018
By Jamila Cervantes, Emerson National Hunger Fellow with the Office of Public Witness In response to a question on energy policy during a Democratic town hall in Ohio in 2016, then presidential candidate Hillary Clinton said, “We’re going to put a lot of coal miners and coal companies out of business.” Though this response was… Read more »
July 16, 2018
In line with a legacy of affirming the right for all citizens to participate in the democratic process, the 223rd General Assembly passed an overture calling on the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) to oppose, “any efforts to restrict participation in elections, including, but not limited to, voter suppression initiatives and racially based and/or partisan gerrymandering.” The… Read more »
July 6, 2018
“1Woe to those who decree iniquitous decrees, and the writers who keep writing oppression, 2 to turn aside the needy from justice and to rob the poor of my people of their right, that widows may be their spoil, and that they may make the fatherless their prey!” Isaiah 10:1-2 NRSV As President Trump puts together a list… Read more »
June 28, 2018
June 28, 2018 Rodney McMullen Kroger 1014 Vine Street Cincinnati OH, 45202 Dear Mr. McMullen, On behalf of the undersigned organizations, which represent millions of customers, sustainable and responsible investors, and other stakeholders, we are urging the food retail sector to put pesticides at the top of its sustainability agenda. We urge your… Read more »
June 21, 2018
The 223rd Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) General Assembly “condemns the President’s June 20th Executive Order ‘Affording Congress an Opportunity to Address Family Separation’ that further criminalizes migration through the expansion of family detention on military bases and other government property, potentially indefinitely.” Watch Rev. Jimmie Hawkins statement HERE The president’s order does nothing to address the plight… Read more »
June 19, 2018
“Truly I tell you, just as you did it to one of the least of these who are members of my family,[g] you did it to me.” Matthew 25:40-41 NRSV Update July 26, 2018– 1. On Monday, July 30 at 4 PM EST members of the Interfaith Immigration Coalition and the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops… Read more »
June 11, 2018
For Immediate Release June 11, 2018 Media Contact Nora Leccese, nora.leccese@pcusa.org Rev. Jimmie Hawkins Risks Arrest With the Poor Peoples Campaign What good is it, my brothers, if someone says he has faith but does not have works? Can that faith save him? If a brother or sister is poorly clothed and lacking in daily… Read more »
June 6, 2018
“The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he has anointed me to bring good news to the poor. He has sent me to proclaim release to the captives and recovery of sight to the blind, to let the oppressed go free.” Luke 4:18 (NRSV) With the 223rd General Assembly quickly approaching, the “Hands and… Read more »
