Office of Government Relations
Celebrate Citizenship Day 2012 – exercise your right to vote!
"That day was a fun day. A lot of people were there and cheering for us. It feels good when you get it. It's a happy day and a proud day. Everybody is giving you an open hand and an open heart and loving you. But it's not easy to get there." -Fatuma Osman, a […]
Letter from Bishops to the President appealing for continued aid to Gaza Hospital
The Honorable Barack Obama President of the United States Washington, DC 20001 Dear Mr. President: We write as bishops of the Episcopal Church, the United States-based member of the 80 million member worldwide Anglican Communion. As longtime advocates for peace and reconciliation in Israel and the Occupied Palestinian territories, we stand in partnership both […]
VAWA Sign-On Letter
Dear Speaker Boehner and Minority Leader Pelosi, On 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 Title VIII of the House Judiciary Committee-approved version of H.R. 4970, legislation to reauthorize […]
Celebrate Earth Day April 22
Reconciliation is God's mission-reconciling the world to God in Christ is the way Episcopalians put it. Reconciliation means restoring God's intention for the world. It's needed in the relationships between human beings and their creator, between and among human beings, and-in ways of which we are becoming increasingly aware-between human beings and the rest of […]
Violence Against Women Act Reauthorization
This week, the U.S. Senate will begin floor consideration of the reauthorization of the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA). Since 1994, VAWA has been at the forefront of providing funding and services for victims and their children across the country, including in our local communities, to address sexual and domestic violence and its destructive impact […]
Lessons from South Sudan
"But what do you do to cope?" I asked my new friend, Anne, who coordinates refugee programming in Kenya and lived in the Dadaab refugee camp for several years. Anne looked up at me with a child-like grin and sparkle in her eye. "In Dadaab, we dance. Every night, we dance." I saw this same […]
Tell Congress to Help Avert Humanitarian Disaster
Your help is needed in urging the U.S. government to intervene in order to save critical funding for Al Ahli hospital, a unique healthcare institution in the Gaza Strip managed by the Episcopal Diocese of Jerusalem and the Middle East. Last week, the UN Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) announced, without public justification, that it […]
Big Step Forward for DREAMers- Let's say thanks!
Each year it is estimated that up to 65,000 undocumented students graduate from our schools into an uncertain future. These children speak English, have grown up in our school system and often have little to no memory of or connection to their parent's country of origin. Yet rather than opening our arms to these children, our immigrations […]
Speak Out for Clean Air
In late March, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) proposed new standards that would reduce harmful emissions from new power plants. Power plants are the single largest sources of carbon dioxide pollution in our country, and the new rule seeks to reduce emissions of carbon dioxide and other harmful pollutants. Currently the EPA is accepting public input […]
Fighting Stigma and Investing in the End of AIDS: A framework from the Presiding Bishop
This week, Presiding Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori joined with Presiding Bishop Mark Hanson of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) and activists around the United States to proudly welcome 20,000 practitioners, policymakers, advocates, and community leaders to Washington, D.C. for the biannual International AIDS Conference (IAC). Many of these visitors are living with HIV […]
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