The Episcopal Church is engaging with the Poor People’s Campaign and the A.C.T. to End Racism campaign and rally.

Below are Episcopal Church policy highlights that intersect with this campaign. This is just a sample of policies from General Convention and Executive Council that could be included in this list. Visit The Archives of the Episcopal Church to search for other policies.

• Commend and Support the Public School System
• Advocate for Immigration Reform
• Advocate for a Just Food System, including
  • Development of Native and Indigenous community food programs
  • Development and maintenance of sustainable, equitable, culturally appropriate, and accessible food systems
• Urge Advocacy for Policy Changes to End Mass Incarceration Practices, including
  • Alternatives to incarceration for those who are addicted
  • Alternatives to incarceration for those who are mentally ill
  • Protection of the civil rights and provision of appropriate support and accommodation for people with disabilities
  • Funding for job training and apprentice programs
  • Create pathways to living wage jobs for formerly incarcerated people 
  • Repeal mandatory-minimum sentences for nonviolent offenses
  • Eliminate “three strikes” sentencing protocols
  • Oppose “for profit” prisons and immigration detention centers
  • Reform monetary bail bond systems
  • Return of the right to vote for those who have served their sentences and left prison 
  • Creation of restorative justice programs to transform juvenile justice systems
• Support Living Wage and Increase in the Minimum Wage
• Urge Job-Creation Legislation
• Urge Passage of a Universal Health Care Program
• Affirm Support for Government Funding of Social Safety Net Programs
• Affirm Abhorrence of Racial Profiling and Violence
• Develop Advocacy Agenda of Refugee Admissions and Asylum, including
  • A generous program of refugee admissions 
  • A just system of asylum for persecuted persons seeking safety in the United States
  • Ensure that needy immigrants are not unfairly denied access to essential services and benefits
• Reorder Budget Priorities to Alleviate Hunger
• Seek Environmental Justice, including
  • Transformation of the world’s energy away from fossil fuels and toward renewable energy
  • Ensure fossil fuel workers and their families are supported during transition
• Oppose Environmental Racism

Updated June 2018