Presbyterian Mission Agency Advocacy & Social Justice Archives

PC(USA) Washington office calls for easing Iran sanctions to combat COVID-19

Posted March 27th, 2020

The Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) Office of Public Witness (OPW) has signed onto appeals to top U.S. officials, including President Donald J. Trump, to ease sanctions on Iran to help blunt the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.

The Rev. Darius Swann dies at age 95

Posted March 27th, 2020

The Rev. Darius Swann, the lead plaintiff in a landmark Supreme Court case, Swann v. Charlotte-Mecklenburg Board of Education, died March 8 at the age of 95.

Demanding a just economy

Posted March 23rd, 2020

A call to embrace a just and compassionate economic system that embodies God’s vision of hope for all people.

‘Does your theology suffocate protest?’

Posted March 20th, 2020

The latest webinar in a series on how churches can address American gun violence highlighted the need to refocus discussion on the communities most deeply affected by the problem and the societal pressures that may lead to shootings.

Compassion, Peace & Justice Training Day canceled

Posted March 18th, 2020

Compassion, Peace & Justice Training Day, set for April 24 in Washington D.C., has been canceled due to the coronavirus outbreak.

Confronting your role in racism topic of new book by Kerry Connelly

Posted March 18th, 2020

When it comes to race, most white Americans are obsessed with two things: defending our own inherent goodness and maintaining our own comfort levels. Too often, this means white people assume that to be racist, one needs to be openly hateful and willfully discriminatory — you know, a bad person. And we know we’re good people, right? But you don’t have to be wearing a white hood or shouting racial epithets to be complicit in America’s racist history and its ongoing systemic inequality.

PC(USA) church-based education program helps refugees succeed

Posted March 17th, 2020

Refugees waiting for the possibility of resettlement go through an exhausting, disconcerting process which can take many years to navigate, usually while waiting in a dangerous place.

New book encourages interfaith engagement between Christians and Muslims

Posted March 17th, 2020

For a long time, American Christians have been hearing a story about Islam. It’s a story about conflict and hostility, about foreigners and strangers. At the heart of this story is a fundamental incompatibility between the two religions going all the way back to their original encounters. According to that story, the only valid Christian response to Islam is resistance.

PC(USA) Washington Office urges passage of coronavirus bill

Posted March 16th, 2020

The Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) Office of Public Witness on Capitol Hill is calling for the United States Senate to quickly pass the Families First Coronavirus Response Act.

Joining Hands: Twenty years of perseverance

Posted March 16th, 2020

From advocating for the people La Oroya in Peru to fighting for farmers’ rights in Haiti, Joining Hands has been an international force for change for the last two decades.