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Posts Categorized: Advocacy
November 19, 2014
by Richard Aylor On Saturday November 8, I visited the Presbyterian Women of Monmouth at Brick Presbyterian Church in Brick, New Jersey. For the first part of my presentation, we did advocacy training, and had great conversations about ways to get involved in the community politically. We also talked about our calling as Disciples of… Read more »
October 2, 2014
Breaking the Chains:Mass Incarceration & Systems of Exploitation Come to Washington, DC, April 17-20, 2015, for the 13th Annual National Gathering of Ecumenical Advocacy Days for Global Peace with Justice titled, “Breaking the Chains: Mass Incarceration and Systems of Exploitation.” Join over 1,000 Christian advocates in building a movement to shake the foundations of systems… Read more »
September 29, 2014
At the Hudson River Presbytery’s “Changing the Conversation Conference“, participants traced our hands to raise awareness and send the message that it’s not okay to use children under the age of 18 for soldiers. In doing so, the participants joined other Presbyterians who support the Red Hand Campaign that calls for universal ratification and enforcement… Read more »
September 29, 2014
On September 27 and 28, Hudson River Presbytery hosted a weekend of theology, advocacy and worship called “Changing the Conversation: Claiming Our Voice.” The weekend included three events, a conference on Saturday at Stony Point Center from 9:00-‐3:30, a fundraising reception for the Office of Public Witness and Presbyterian Ministry at the UN that evening… Read more »
September 16, 2014
by Noelle Damico Scarborough – September 27-‐28th, Hudson River Presbytery will be hosting a weekend of theology, advocacy and worship called “Changing the Conversation: Claiming Our Voice.” Presbyterians throughout the Synod of the Northeast (and even beyond) are warmly welcome to attend. The weekend is built around three events, a conference on Saturday at Stony… Read more »
June 4, 2014
by Max Hill In March, the United Nations and UNICEF launched an initiative to end the use of children as security forces by governments. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and his Special Representative for Children and Armed Conflict, Leila Zerrougui launched the initiative. This campaign is known as Children, Not Soldiers. This initiative is a call to… Read more »
June 3, 2014
by Grace Segers On June 12, the Presbyterian Ministry at the United Nations will be supporting the International Labour Organization’s Red Card to Child Labour campaign. The ILO reports there are an estimated 168 million child workers in the world. These children suffer abuse as sweatshop workers, miners, child soldiers, sex workers, or in other… Read more »
May 22, 2014
By Catherine Warren This week the Presbyterian Ministry at the United Nations began hosting a two week seminar in conjunction with Columbia Theological Seminary (Decatur, GA). The class titled, “Israel, Palestine and the Future of the Middle East” is taught by Mark Douglas, professor at CTS, and our director Mark Koenig. In the first three… Read more »
May 7, 2014
Our colleagues in the Office of Public Witness invite us to join a call for action on South Sudan: Rep. Frank Wolf (R., Va.) is calling on the Obama administration to send former Presidents George W. Bush and Bill Clinton to South Sudan to help end mass ethnic violence. Please contact President Obama and urge… Read more »
April 28, 2014
The Office of Public Witness recently posted an action alert encouraging Presbyterians to advocate with our government to support increased diplomatic initiatives, humanitarian access and funding for humanitarian aid for South Sudan. Our Area Coordinator for Africa reports: The situation has only worsened since that time; the atrocities that have been committed in Bentiu and… Read more »
