Participate in the Presiding Bishop's online forum on Human Trafficking
[…] Presiding Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori will host an hour-long exploration into the church’s work in Human Trafficking. Human Trafficking: A Churchwide Conversation will originate from the Chapel of Christ the Lord […]
Easter 4C – Earth Day
[…] Last week an advisory council I’m part of gave the Obama administration a report on human trafficking. It has ten major recommendations on how government, faith groups, and non-profits can work […]
When Rape is a War Game: Sexual Violence and Women's Wounds
[…] for their work in ending gender violence in conflict. Nadia Murad, herself a survivor of human trafficking and rape, became an activist for the Yazidi people after her escape in 2014. […]
VAWA Sign-On Letter
[…] behalf of the undersigned faith leaders and faith-based organizations concerned about victims of domestic violence, human trafficking, sexual assault, and other forms of violence, we write to express our concerns about […]
Human Beings Should Not Disappear
[…] creating a deeply flawed and harmful narrative. During their visit, Glenda and Elizabeth learned that human trafficking – of live human beings or sometimes only their organs – is now more […]
Presiding Bishop issues statement on Senate introduction of Comprehensive Immigration Reform
[…] following statement on the US Senate Introduction of Comprehensive Immigration Reform. We affirm that human beings are made in the image of God, created with dignity and intrinsic value. […]
Ending Violence Against Our Children
Yvonne O’Neal and her son Dorian Our guest blogger today, Human Rights Day, is Yvonne O’Neal, a member of the L.O.V.E. (Liberate Ourselves, Value Everyone) Task Force on Non-Violent Living […]
16 Days of Activism Against Gender Violence
Today, December 10th, is International Human Rights Day and the final day of the 16 Days Campaign against Gender-Based Violence. This campaign was started in 1991 by the Women’s Global […]
Lent 5: Purge me from my sin
Today we hear of the promise of a new covenant written not on stone but in our hearts. We hear Jesus speaking of being lifted up from the earth, and […]
House of Bishops issues Pastoral Letter along with a Theological Resource: The Nation and the Common Good: Reflections on Immigration Reform
[…] the Dominican Republic and Haiti, and Colombia and Ecuador. Holy Scripture teaches us that all human beings are made in the image of God, and that Jesus Christ gave his […]
Searching for Home: North American (Im)migration and the Reign of God
[…] a central focus in making such policy, and it continues in what we euphemistically call human trafficking as well as waves of refugees fleeing wars and violence. We are beginning to […]
On-demand now available of Episcopal Church forum: The Intersection of Poverty and the Environment
[…] Dobrahner, Coordinator, Children’s Environmental Health & Environmental Justice Project, EPA; Dr. George Handley, Professor of Humanities at Brigham Young University and contributor to LDS Perspectives on Environmental Stewardship; Dr. Gerry […]
Archbishop of Canterbury’s Christmas sermon at Canterbury Cathedral
[…] statement possible of what’s new and different about Christmas. God has always been communicating with humanity, in any number of ways; but what we need from God is more than […]
Immigration Advocacy Newsletter Feb/Mar 2013
[…] ease their transition to self-sufficiency in their new communities, while also serving asylees, victims of human trafficking and torture, Cuban-Haitian entrants, Iraqi and Afghan Special Immigrant Visa holders, and unaccompanied immigrant […]
Easter 7C – All Saints Church
[…] it’s no longer legal in most places. Even so, slavery continues in the form of human trafficking and the kind of exploitation that killed so many garment workers in Bangladesh recently. […]
Women and the Media
[…] young women between 18 and 29 years of age.2 Technology is also increasingly used to facilitate human trafficking.3 150. Among other factors, stereotypes and the significant underrepresentation of women in the media […]
Immigration Advocacy Newsletter Winter 2014
[…] the country, watch this inspiring video Learn more about work across The Church to combat human trafficking at the Episcopalians Against Human Trafficking Facebook Page 5 Facts About the Child Tax […]
Presiding Bishop Speaks to the 16 Days of Activism Against Gender Violence
[…] Rwanda, domestic violence victims here and around the world, and those who fall prey to human trafficking. The Super Bowl next year will be the largest episode of human trafficking in […]
Presiding Bishop’s Opening Remarks to Executive Council
[…] e.g., Lent, Christmas, Easter messages, climate change events, churchwide webcasts like the recent one on human trafficking. My participation in various meetings – the chancellors’ network, with Church Pension Group, the […]
A Faithful Response to the Caravan: Five Things to Know
[…] are asylum seekers and are fleeing dangerous and unstable conditions. Individuals from Central America experience human rights abuses, gang violence, extreme poverty and hunger, and their governments are often unable […]