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Posts Tagged: poverty
March 15, 2019
Reformed Theology teaches that, because a sovereign God is at work in the world, the church and Christian citizens should be concerned about public policy. The Office of Public Witness (OPW) is the public policy, advocacy, and information office of the PC(USA). We function as the voice of General Assembly in Washington, DC, and elsewhere…. Read more »
March 15, 2019
In February 2019, the Rev. Jimmie Hawkins, Director of the PC(USA) Office of Public Witness (OPW), stood with the Rev. Dr. William Barber and the Rev. Dr. Liz Theoharis to launch Phase 2 of the Poor People’s Campaign (PPC), which remains focused on the goal of organizing the 140 million poor folks in our country… Read more »
December 18, 2018
If you’re reading this digitally, you are probably doing so on a machine that contains minerals from the DRC. The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has vast reserves of mineral wealth. The Congo is home to 80 percent of the world’s coltan reserves, which is used in smartphones, tablets, computers, and other electronic devices…. Read more »
December 11, 2018
A Bipartisan Farm Bill is expecting a vote this week! Thanks to your advocacy efforts over the past year, this compromise Farm Bill does not include any of the harmful changes to the Nutrition Title that the House narrowly passed in June. Instead, the bill includes several provisions to strengthen the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance… Read more »
