Orange Day: Say NO to Violence Against Women

The 25th of every month is Orange Day.* Today, join with others around the world in saying NO to violence against women!  Email yourmembers of Congress to ask, “what are you doing to end violence against women?”Last week, Sept. 18, we celebrated the 18th anniversary of the Violence Against Women Act being signed into law.  Many who worked to make VAWA a reality in 1994 will remember the ceremony on a warm September day in the White House...

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The Office of Public Witness joins with 123 organization calling for humanitarian access in the South Kordofan and Blue Nile regions of Sudan.SUDAN: Letter to UN Security Council Members from 123 Organizations Regarding Humanitarian Access September 21, 2012 Dear Ambassador: We are deeply alarmed by the ongoing lack of full and unhindered access for international humanitarian aid agencies to all areas within the Sudanese states of South Kordofan and Blue Nile, as well as Darfur. Despite a United Nations Security Council Resolution calling on the...

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Rev. Gradye Parsons, Stated Clerk of the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church (USA), issued the following statement today in response to the recent violence in Libya.September 12, 2012The Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) is deeply grieved by the attack on the U.S. Consulate in Benghazi that resulted in the death of Ambassador Christopher Stevens and three other staff members. Government leaders of both Libya and the United States have appropriately condemned the attack. We join people of different faiths and people of good will in recognizing...

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Response to the Census Bureau's Poverty Data

Evidence of Continuing Income Inequality:A Response to the Census Bureau’s Poverty DataBy J. Herbert Nelson, Director, PC(USA) Office of Public WitnessSept. 12, 2012This morning, the U.S. Census Bureau released Income, Poverty, and Health Insurance Coverage in the United States: 2011, the annual report sometimes referred to as the “poverty data.”  In this report, we learn that median household income declined by 1.5 percent, and that poverty in the U.S. remains statistically unchanged between 2010 and 2011, but still unacceptably high at 15...

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Yesterday, the Interfaith Working Group on Trade and Investment released the following statement on the Trans Pacific Partnership and the onerous investment state provisions.INTERFAITH WORKING GROUPON TRADE AND INVESTMENTAWASHINGTON-BASED WORKING GROUP WITH REPRESENTATIVES FROM A RANGE OF FAITH-BASED ORGANIZATIONS COMMITTED TOASSERTING A STRONGER PRESENCE OF COMMUNITIES OF FAITH IN PUBLIC POLICY DISCUSSIONS ON INTERNATIONAL TRADE AND INVESTMENT.Contact: Catherine Gordon(Chair, IWG on Trade and Investment)(202) 543-1126 catherine.gordon@pcusa.orgAs...

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