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Free and Fair Elections for All
The Wesleyan tradition has a long tradition of fighting for voting rights.
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Church and Society Executive Committee Meets to Address Racial Justice and COVID-19 Pandemic
Calls for racial justice witness at 2021 General Conference; Makes $10,000 gift to the World Health Organization COVID-19 Solidarity Response Fund; Launches Special COVID-19 grant application
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Church and Society Introduces Special Grant Application
Apply by June 26 for grants up to $10,000.
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May is Mental Health Awareness Month—The Church Should Lead the Way
Jesus did not tell us to pray for the sick. Jesus tells us to heal the sick. Changing our mental health care systems is how we participate in healing the sick.
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Saving Mothers' Lives: A Call to Do No Harm
Although I am not yet a parent, I understand parenthood to be a sacred undertaking, a covenant relationship that parents enter into. Parents must nurture and care for their children, raising them to love God, love themselves, and love their neighbor.
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Saving Mothers' Lives: A Call to Stay Together
Whether it is separation through forced zero tolerance immigration policies, incarcerated mothers who give birth in the prison system, or relinquishment through adoption or to relatives, there will be deep psychological scars and trauma mothers and their children will have to endure.
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Saving Mothers’ Lives: Justice for Incarcerated Moms
All mothers should be able to mother with dignity and grace regardless of whether the child is born in a manger or a prison medical ward.
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Saving Mothers' Lives: A Call to Action
Laura Kigweba James, Organizing Program Coordinator, talks with OB-GYN and United Methodist Dr. Kathy Hartke on how COVID-19 impacts maternal health, and how people of faith can take action to save mother’s lives.
