Health Care Justice

"I suffer no illusions that this will be an easy process. It will be hard. But I also know that nearly a century after Teddy Roosevelt first called for reform, the cost of our health care has weighed down our economy and the conscience of our nation long enough. So let there be no doubt: health care reform cannot wait, it must not wait, and it will not wait another year." -President Barack Obama, Feb. 24, 2009

The largest faith-inspired mobilization to ever happen around health care reform is being planned by national, state and local faith and community organizations.
Plan now to mobilize your congregation today to attend the:

Interfaith Service of Witness and Prayer
Wednesday, June 24, 2009
4:00 – 8:00 pm
Freedom Plaza in Washington, DC

If you are unable to attend the Interfaith Service, please participate by hosting a State or Local event during the week of June 19-28, 2009:

An Ounce Of Prevention

Health Care Justice and HIV/AIDS Ministries will host a luncheon during the Twenty-Seventh General Synod titled: “An Ounce of Prevention: Faith In Action for Health” on Monday, June 29, 2009, at the Devos Convention Center in Grand Rapids, Michigan. From theology to policy, from HIV to Diabetes, we will look at the state of health care, address gaps and barriers in health services, lift-up collaborations that work, and identify planning and implementation strategies that make a difference.

Register here or contact Barbara Baylor (216)736-3708, baylorb@ucc.org OR Michael Schuenemeyer (216) 736-3217, schuenem@ucc.org.

NEW RESOURCE!

"A Sacred Commitment to a Faith Inspired Vision of Health Care"