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Advocacy & Social Justice

LGBTQIA community susceptible to coronavirus in ways you may not have considered

In a matter of a few weeks, the COVID-19 pandemic has changed the world from what we once knew to something we hardly recognize. Most Americans are sheltering in place and practicing social distancing. Face masks and gloves have become part of one’s everyday attire. Across social media the #StayHomeStaySafe hashtag is trending more and more each day.

Gayraud Wilmore, who led the Commission on Religion and Race, dies at age 98

The Rev. Gayraud Wilmore, a pastor, renowned scholar of African American church history, the first executive director of the United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A.’s (UPCUSA) Commission on Religion and Race (CORAR) and a key figure in the civil rights movement, died Saturday at 98.

A new response to challenges

We follow leaders who are more interested in pointing out who are enemies are rather than asking what kind of people we are.

Varied, far-flung mission is envisioned over the next two years

Proposed budgets for the Presbyterian Mission Agency — about $61.2 million in 2021 and about $62.9 million for 2022 — will allow the agency two more years to continue the Matthew 25 focus and to carry out no small number of other worthy ministries, too.

Compassion, Peace & Justice Training Day goes online

While Compassion, Peace & Justice Training Day is on a long list of events lost to the COVID-19 virus, the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) Office of Public Witness (OPW) is still offering a social justice event on April 24.