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  • faith in action

    EYA Experiences: Kelly Dunlap

    August 7, 2019

    Kelly Dunlap served as the Ethnic Young Adult Chaplain and seminar assistant. She reflects on an experience from earlier this summer which allowed her to mentor and learn from a group young adults which paid a visit to Church and Society.

    EYA interns pose for a group picture on the steps of the Supreme Court Building.

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    So other families won't know my grief

    May 23, 2018

    Mary Ward, a United Methodist from Virginia, lost her son, Adam, to gun violence. She recently spoke about the experience of losing her son and finding her voice in advocacy.

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    ON THIS DAY the Board of World Peace Offered Congressional Testimony Opposing the Draft

    March 26, 2024

    On March 26, 1959, Mr. Herman Will, Administrative Secretary of the Board of World Peace, (later to become The General Board of Church and Society), walked across the street from his United Methodist Building office to the Senate Armed Services Committee Hearing and testified against the 4-year extension of the military draft.

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    Breaking Barriers AIDS Conference

    August 15, 2018

    The United Methodist Global AIDS Committee will host a conference, Breaking Barriers, Oct. 25-27, 2018, in Indianapolis, Indiana. Register now.

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    Ministry With the Poor

    "One great reason why the rich in general have so little sympathy for the poor is because they so seldom visit them. Hence it is that...one part of the world does not know what the other suffers." - John Wesley

    Group with seven people work through hay on a farm.

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    Meet our Church and Society Fellows

    February 21, 2017

    We are happy to welcome our second cohort of Church and Society Fellows! Church and Society Fellows have the opportunity to work with the staff of Church and Society full-time on a project. Fellows are required to do weekly reading, check-ins and blogging to reflect on their experience of living faith. Another aspect of this program is living in community. The Church and Society Fellows program is designed to encourage spiritual and professional development.

    Two Church and Society Fellows stand shoulder to shoulder.

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    Scenes From the US-Mexico Border

    November 18, 2021

    UMC Photographer and Deaconess Try to Amplify the Voices of Migrants

    United Methodist Deaconess Cindy Johnson visits with children at a makeshift camp for migrants in the Plaza de la República in Reynosa, Mexico. About 2,000 migrants, many from Central America, have taken up residence in the plaza, just yards away from the McAllen - Hidalgo International Bridge into the U.S. Many of those living in the camp were deported from the U.S. under Title 42, a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention order that allows the U.S. to rapidly expel migrants for public health reasons during the COVID-19 pandemic. Photo by Mike DuBose, UM News.

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    Church and Society Interns Offer Their Reflections as Summer Internships Close

    July 29, 2025

    GBCS Ethnic Young Adult (EYA) Interns Jenna Hopgood, University of Michigan, Kudzaishe Faith Tariro Muchanyerey, Africa University, Tafadzwa Chikawa, Africa University, and Lucas Chung, Boston College, share their Church and Society internship experiences; what they learned; the impact it had; and what they plan to do going forward.

    2025 EYA Interns reflections

  • The United Methodist Building

    Erected in 1923, the United Methodist Building has been a center for faithful advocacy for over one hundred years

    UMC Building

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    Dignity Without Permission

    March 31, 2026

    Reflections for March during celebrations of Women’s History Month, recognition for International Women’s Day, and a tribute to women’s peace and justice advocate Mavic Balleza Cabrera.

    The Present Tense