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EPPN Alert: Demand Protections for All Families in S. 744
Family unity has long been a driver of immigration and a cornerstone of our immigration system. Despite this prioritization of family, however, lengthy backlogs, inadequate country caps, and preference categories have meant that our immigration system often keeps families apart for decades. Through pastoral care to members of our congregations and our ministry to resettle […]
EPPN Alert: ACT TODAY for a Farm Bill that Feeds the Hungry
This week, the Senate considers a five-year Farm Bill that will have profound implications for hungry and malnourished people in the United States and around the world. Despite promising improvements in the Millennium Development Goals, an estimated one billion people still live on less than $1.25 each day, 870 million people are chronically undernourished, and […]
IAN: Immigration Bill Passes the Judiciary Committee 13-5!
Immigration Advocacy Newsletter After a debate that spanned two weeks and saw 212 amendments considered, the Border Security, Economic Opportunity, and Immigration Modernization Act (S. 744) passed out of the Judiciary Committee on May 21, 2013 with bipartisan support 13-5! Your advocacy was vital throughout this process. Episcopalians and other people of faith across […]
ONE Episcopalian: You are Invited to a Conference Call with Roger Thurow
ONE EPISCOPALIAN UPDATE The ONE Campaign has invited us to participate in an exciting conference call next Friday, June 7. The Last Hunger Season charts the course of a new exodus, one occurring in smallholder farmers all over the world. It isn't an exodus from one place to another — it is an exodus of […]
S.744 Summary and Episcopal Church Resolutions
On April 17, Senators Schumer D-NY, Durbin D-IL, Graham R-SC, Flake R-AZ, Menendez D-NJ, Bennet D-CO, McCain R-AZ and Rubio R-FL introduced their long awaited bill, the Border Security, Economic Opportunity, and Immigration Modernization Act of 2013, S. 744. The bill proposes the largest overhaul if our immigration system in decades and touches nearly every […]
Immigration Advocacy Newsletter Mar/Apr 2013
Immigration Action Newsletter Thousands of people will converge on Washington for a Rally for Citizenship on April 10; Congress passes a Continuing Resolution with robust funding for refugees thanks to YOUR advocacy; Bishop Kirk Smith of Arizona joins Richard Trumka President in a call for family unity in immigration reform; and the Gang of 8 […]
EPPN Alert: Lent – Human Trafficking
This Lent, we are committed to reflecting upon and transforming our culture of violence toward one in which we may all live safely and freely into the fullness of whom God uniquely created us to be. The violence of slavery, manifested in human trafficking, tragically stifles that safety and freedom for millions around the world […]
Immigration Call-in Day — March 14, 2013
Tell Your Members of Congress You Support Compassionate and Inclusive Immigration Reform in 2013! Call 1-866-940-2439 on Thursday, March 14 to be connected with your members of Congress. As Episcopalians, we have pledged to lift up our voices in support of an immigration system that honors the dignity of every human being and protects our […]
A Roadmap for Continued US Leadership to End Global Hunger
Executive Summary In the wake of the global food price crisis of 2008, a broad-based coalition of non-governmental organizations, advocacy groups, and faith-based organizations developed a document entitled the Roadmap to End Global Hunger that was endorsed by more than 40 organizations and became the basis for legislation introduced in the House of Representatives […]
Immigration Advocacy Newsletter Feb/Mar 2013
In this month’s edition, the 113th Congress kicks off the year with hearings on comprehensive immigration reform, the Presiding Bishop participates in an Ash Wednesday vigil at Ellis Island, the Uniting American Families Act is introduced with bipartisan support in both houses, leaked provisions of the White House Immigration bill, and Congress is headed your […]
