Presbyterian Mission Agency Presbyterian Office of Public Witness Archives

Panelists encourage churches to get involved in gun violence prevention

Posted July 31st, 2023

Near the end of a recent Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) webinar, Tracie Campbell made an impassioned plea for people of faith to “do something” to curtail gun violence in this country.

Churches can respond to extreme heat and climate change

Posted July 14th, 2023

With climate change and other factors contributing to scorching conditions in various parts of the world, Creation Justice Ministries recently hosted a webinar to help churches spring into action, from becoming cooling centers to advocating for environmentally friendly legislation.

Lobby Day gets a boost from the Poor People’s Campaign at Ecumenical Advocacy Days

Posted April 28th, 2023

As participants in Ecumenical Advocacy Days prepared to head off to meet with their congressional representatives on Thursday, a minister from the Poor People’s Campaign provided a virtual pep talk with a one-word takeaway: “Surely.”

PC(USA) webinar calls for environmental justice for Iraq

Posted January 19th, 2023

The Presbyterian Office of Public Witness and some of its partners held a webinar Wednesday about an environmental justice issue — depleted uranium contamination in Iraq — and the church’s desire for the United States to do more to help those affected by the crisis.

Jubilee Weekend is an opportunity for advocacy Oct. 15-17

Posted September 24th, 2021

Presbyterians are being encouraged to support a weekend of advocacy by the Jubilee USA Network, a partner of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) that promotes debt relief for poor countries and an equitable distribution of vaccines.

Golden Rule 2020: a call for dignity and respect in politics

Posted October 15th, 2019

Do you find yourself wishing political leaders would speak more respectfully to one another as they share their perspectives on important issues?

Baltimore premiere of PDA’s ‘Flint’ shows water issue bigger than one city

Posted October 8th, 2019

It’s a line that appears twice in the documentary, “Flint: The Poisoning of an American City.” “What happened here is now happening in other places. It could happen in any city in the United States. It did happen in the city of Flint, Michigan.”

Presbyterians urged to protest proposed rule limiting food stamp benefits

Posted August 19th, 2019

The Office of Public Witness is calling on Presbyterians to speak against a proposed administrative rule revision that will eliminate food assistance benefits to nearly 3 million Americans.

How to speak truth to power

Posted July 24th, 2019

Nearly 400 people took part in Tuesday’s Office of Public Witness webinar offering listeners, among other suggestions, tips on how to respond to people seeking asylum or refuge in the United States — and ways to lobby their member of Congress to alter the laws and budgets that impact people fleeing their country for a new life in the U.S.

Webinar explores how Presbyterians can help ease border crisis

Posted May 24th, 2019

The causes of the refugee crisis along the United States’ southern border and its many communities — as well as actions Presbyterians and others can take to help stem the crisis — were among the topics of a Friday webinar put on by the Presbyterian Mission Agency’s Office of Public Witness.