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Ministry with: San Fernando Valley Refugee Children Center
Obstacles for refugees do not subside once resettled, especially for unaccompanied minors. After fleeing their homes in search of protection from violence, children face a unique set of challenges even once they’ve reached safety.
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The Importance of listening
Many people were shocked and angered by the U.S. government's decision to tear immigrant children from their parents. Less covered, and also terrible, is the administration's revocation of a longstanding policy that allowed survivors of domestic and gang violence to seek asylum in the U.S.
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Title X funding: Cutting our nose off to spite our face
Rebecca Lucas served as a nurse in labor and delivery for more than 30 years. She argues that in an effort to prevent abortions, the cuts to Title X will increase the number of abortions and increase the number of women who die due to complications related to pregnancy.
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To be made new
Nica Sy is interning at Church World Service a part of Church and Society's Ethnic Young Adult internship program. She reflects on her first week in Washington, D.C.
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Our witness cannot stop now
In response to President Trump's executive order, the general secretary calls on United Methodists for further action on immigration.
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Ministry With: Kapatiran-Kaunlaran Foundation, Inc.
We often talk about poverty as a result. For those caught in the cycle of poverty, however, the divisions of cause and effect are not always apparent. We spoke with Nancy Nicolas, executive director for the Kapatiran-Kaunlaran Foundation, Inc. to learn more about how they alleviate poverty.
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Everybody’s got the right to live: Living wages and housing
The typical full-time worker earning the federal minimum wage — stuck at $7.25 per hour since 2009 — would have to work 122 hours each week of the year to afford a two-bedroom apartment or 99 hours each week for a one-bedroom apartment. That's neither possible nor moral.
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A shocking violation of the spirit of the Gospel
In recent weeks, we have watched with horror at the implementation of policies from the Department of Justice regarding the treatment of people migrating to the United States.
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The promise of diplomacy on the Korean Peninsula
Leaders from four United Methodist groups — Church and Society, Global Ministries, the United Methodist Korea Peace Committee and United Methodist Women — join together to pray for peace, the work of diplomacy, disarmament and denuclearization on the Korean Peninsula.
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Tell Jeff Sessions to care for immigrants!
Use social media to contact Attorney General Jeff Sessions about the recent policy decisions at the Department of Justice regarding immigrants.
