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ACTION ALERT: Tell Congress to Reject The $1.5 Trillion Pentagon Budget
While massive cuts are being made to education, healthcare, food assistance, and other community needs, President Trump requested a historic $1.5 trillion Pentagon budget — an increase of 50 percent in just one year.
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faith in action
ACTION ALERT: Tell The Senate to Prioritize Social Safety in Budget Reconciliation
The United States Senate is seeking over $1 trillion in cuts to Medicaid and the Affordable Care Act (ACA) – terminating health insurance for 16 million people, and also radically altering the structure of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) affecting more than 11 million people, including children, seniors over 65 and people with a disability.
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faith in action
Important ICE Raids Statement from Bishop Julius Trimble, Church and Society
In the wake of the military escalation of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) raids in Los Angeles, CA and in other U.S. Cities, Church and Society General Secretary Bishop Julius C. Trimble urges United Methodist to pray, stand with immigrants, and protest peacefully.
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Protecting Transgender Civil and Human Rights
The United Methodist Church unequivocally supports gender inclusivity, sacred worth and equal protection for transgender and non-binary people.
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faith in action
Wong Kim Ark and Birthright Citizenship: A Reflection for Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month
With the current administration's executive order to challenge the 14th Amendment birthright citizenship in the U.S., we honor the legacy of Wong Kim Ark and his landmark 1898 U.S. Supreme Court case that affirmed birthright citizenship rights cannot be denied based on race or ancestry.
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faith in action
Taking Action for Human Rights and Environmental Protection in the Philippines (Justice Takes Courage Podcast Ep. 5)
Bishop Julius C. Trimble hosts UMC Philippines Regional Conference Church and Society (PRC-BCS) Leaders Rev. Glofie Baluntong and Pastor Thaad Kolin Samson as they discuss the condition of human rights and environmental protection in the Philippines, and how the UMC and Church and Society are engaging to make a difference.
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press release
GBCS Signs Co-Programming Agreement with Philippines Central Conference Board of Church and Society
Partnership formalizes decades of collaboration and strengthens contextual ministry in the Philippines
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faith in action
TAKE ACTION: Tell The U.S. Department of Homeland Security to End the 287(g) Program
The 287(g) program uses financial incentives to recruit local law enforcement officers to act as federal immigration agents causing harm carried out on immigrant children, families and communities.
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faith in action
Statement from The Council of Bishops Stands Against U.S. Military Aggression Toward Venezuela
The Council of Bishops of The United Methodist Church stands in full solidarity with The Evangelical Methodist Churches of Latin America and the Caribbean (CIEMAL) opposing the acts of violence and military action of the United States against Venezuela.
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I am Somebody
My personal reflection and tribute to The Reverend Jesse Louis Jackson, Sr., who taught millions of people to “Keep Hope Alive.”
