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Peace & Justice

Being antiracist means being like Jesus

Deep into the second hour of Tuesday’s virtual antiracism training session with the Presbyterian Office of Gender, Racial & Intercultural Justice, facilitator Natarsha P. Sanders put the focus squarely on Jesus.

Event sheds light on broken immigration system

During a webinar Wednesday evening, advocates for people seeking a better life in the United States expressed both optimism and uncertainty about the Biden-Harris administration’s ability to improve things at the U.S. southern border.

U.N. event inspires young women

Victoria Alexander, 22, is passionate about working with and learning from women leaders, so she jumped at the chance to be part of a Presbyterian delegation to the 65th session of the Commission on the Status of Women.

‘Girls on Fire’ raise voices against gender-based violence

In the shadow of a mass shooting in the United States that targeted women of Asian descent and the reality of the violence that women around the world face every day, Ecumenical Women at the United Nations turned its attention to violence against women in a parallel event to the 65th Annual UN Commission on the Status of Women last  Thursday.  

What’s next with the Iran nuclear deal?

Three panelists gathered by the Office of Public Witness for a webinar Wednesday discussed what Congress and the Biden administration ought to do to reduce human suffering in Iran brought on by both the pandemic and by U.S. sanctions, which prevent coronavirus vaccines, personal protection equipment and other necessities from reaching many of Iran’s nearly 85 million residents.

Lift each other up, ‘like Elizabeth did with Mary’

On International Women’s Day, Vilmarie Cintrón-Olivieri noticed her social media feeds were loaded with memes in celebration, but one stood out: “On this day, we don’t need flowers. We need justice and equity.”