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Take Action: Tell Congress to Reform Prisons, Jails, and Migrant Detention
The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic has illuminated clearly the pre-existing injustices impacting our communities.
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faith in action
Was There Anything We Could Have Done? A Good Friday Reflection
From the Syrian town of Khan Shekihoun last week came the story of a woman who gave her name as Om Ahmed. In her deepest sorrow she said, “If the world wanted to stop this they would have done so by now. One more chemical attack in a town the world hasn’t heard of won’t change anything.” Her voice cracking, “I’m sorry, my son died yesterday,” she said. “I have nothing left to say to the world.” (Washington Post, April 5, 2017)
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faith in action
Ensuring a Fair and Equitable Democracy for All
As United Methodists, we can work for a fair and equitable democracy by ensuring all people are counted in the 2020 U.S. census.
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faith in action
Tell your Senators to fund the U.S. fair share for Climate Finance, Global Health and Political Stability
Now is the time to raise our voices calling for robust funding for critical international priorities.
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faith in action
Of COVID-19 and Solidarity: Social Distancing and Privilege
Deaconness Darlene Marquez-Caramanzana of the Philippines reflects on how social distancing, while a public health necessity, also magnifies existing social inequities.
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press release
Five Leaders Honored with United Methodist Global AIDS Committee Awards
The United Methodist Global Aids Committee (UMGAC) announced today the 2024 recipients of the United Methodist Global AIDS Fund Leadership Award. The awards ceremony is during the Breaking Barriers AIDS Conference on April 22, at The First United Methodist Church in Charlotte, N.C., 8:30 a.m. - 4:00 p.m., day before the opening of the United Methodist General Conference.
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faith in action
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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faith in action
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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COVID-19 Webinars: Pre-existing Disparities Exposed
Online seminars will be held Thursdays from May 21-June 18 at 2PM ET.
