As a student, I travelled to Tanga, Tanzania to do community development work and research for 3 months. Before I left for Tanzania, I received every vaccination that was required, received the most expensive and top-of-the-line antimalarial pills and bought…
Read more »Today, Reliefweb shared the statement by the United Nations Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator for the Occupied Palestinian Territory. Speaking on Palestinian Prisoners day, the United Nations Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator, Maxwell Gaylard called for protection of rights of Palestinians in…
Read more »April is the National Sexual Assault Awareness month. As part of this year’s celebration, I had the opportunity to speak with the New York Chapter of Zonta International. The goal of Zonta is to improve the lives of women by…
Read more »Ecumenical Advocacy Days is meeting in Washington, DC this weekend and the Presbyterian Ministry at the United Nations is excited to be joining our Presbyterian Church (USA) partners and the Office of Public Witness to be advocating for a just…
Read more »The Reverend Gradye Parsons, Stated Clerk of the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.), issued the following statement in response to the bombing in Jerusalem today: We have received word today of the detonation of a bomb near a…
Read more »Reposted from Forgiven, Freed, Empowered…Witnessing to God’s Promise, http://presbyterianwomenblog.blogspot.com/2011/03/csw-55-round-up.html As the flags in front of the UN continue to flap in the breeze, Presbyterian participants in this year’s Commission on the Status of Women have returned home, agreed conclusions have…
Read more »Presbyterian Ministry at the United Nations If you happen to be in Brooklyn this weekend and are looking for a way to help support UNICEF’s work to care for children around the world. Here’s an opportunity: Brooklyn for Peace, which…
Read more »The Thoughtful Christian provides several resources to help address bullying and cyberbullying: Bullying in the Classroom By Martha Bettis Gee. This one-session study for adults addresses a public health issue that can have long-lasting effects for both the bully and…
Read more »One dad’s response to teen suicide : Bruce Reyes-Chow : City Brights. Thanks to former PC(USA) Moderator Bruce Reyes-Chow for his reflection on recent suicides by teenagers that have resulted from bullying and cyberbullying often around issues of sexuality and…
Read more »by Karen Maurer Which piece of peace will you work on? Thirty years ago, the Presbyterian Church identified peacemaking as the believers’ calling, emphasizing the connection between peace and justice. In August of 2010 at Ghost Ranch in New Mexico…
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