Advocating for a Just Farm Bill
As Congress returns from recess, they have a lot of work ahead with several crucial business items...
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August Recess
Dear Advocates, Recess was often the favorite part of my school day growing up. It was a break...
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The ADA and The Church….It’s Complicated!
Every Sunday, hundreds of UCC pastors, ministers, liturgists, and lay people proclaim that, 'no...
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A Moral Call to End Solitary Confinement, Torture in Our Name
This summer, as the United Church of Christ gathers for the Thirty-Fourth General Synod,...
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The Nakba, Then and Now
This May 15, Palestinians commemorate 75 years of displacement and dispossession. The Nakba,...
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Bending Swords into Plowshares – Securing Enough for All
One of the most famous statues outside the United Nations in New York is the sculpture by...
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Our Missing and Murdered Indigenous Relatives
84% of Native women and girls experience violence in their lifetime and 56% will experience sexual...
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The State of the Union
On February 7th, President Biden will give his State of the Union address to a joint session of...
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Getting Started with the 118th Congress
In the political world, the turning of the calendar to January means a new Congress. The 118th...
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Dreaming Toward Freedom: Abolition Visions of Love-Made-Flesh
Whenever I talk about contemporary abolition movements with people, especially prison and policing...
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The Fight For Reproductive Justice Depends on this Election
It’s been more than 130 days since the constitutional protection of abortion access for women...
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Domestic Violence: The Shadow Pandemic
October is Domestic Violence Awareness month here in the United States. Domestic violence, also...
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The Imperative Right to Organize
Honoring the Dignity of All Means Empowering Workers Work in the modern industrial era is...
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A Seismic Shift
An Overview of the June 2022 Supreme Court Rulings It is not hyperbole to say that this past...
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‘Do Not Forget the Things Your Eyes Have Seen’
Juneteenth, Hidden Histories, and the Distance between Emancipation to Freedom This year offers...
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Join the Poor People’s Campaign on June 18, 2022
In 1968, the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. launched a Poor People’s Campaign believing that...
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The Fierce Urgency of Advancing Civil and Human Rights
The United Church of Christ is a co-sponsor and major supporter of the annual Ecumenical Advocacy...
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Those Naïve, Idealistic Peace Activists
A number of years ago during a period in which the U.S. occupation of Afghanistan was not a...
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Time to Re-Create
The hand of the Lord came upon me, and he brought me out by the spirit of...
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Showing Up in 2022
The work of building a just world for all, through public policy advocacy and transformative...
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