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faithful budget press conference

Faithful Budget Campaign: Act now!

‘The budget is like breathing; no one pays attention to it until someone is choking to death’ WASHINGTON — Standing in stark contrast to partisan budget proposals that seek first to address a bottom line instead of the nation’s needs … Continue reading

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Jasson Perez and his daughter, Nisa

Hip-Hop: Rhyming & Reasoning Justice

There Is a Reason to the Rhyme Toward the end of 2011, a new blog hit the web. Its name: Rhymes and Reasons. Its purpose: to provide a series of interviews with hip-hop heads who discuss their lives in the context … Continue reading

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open door

God’s Door Is Open: 2012 National Multicultural Conference

Register Online Now! By Jessica Reid, General Assembly Mission Council   Calling all God’s people. Join us for the 13th annual National Multicultural Conference, where people of various languages, cultures, ethnicities, theologies, genders, generations, and backgrounds come together for a … Continue reading

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Presbyterian Criminal Justice Network

People, Not Profit: Presbyterians Form Criminal Justice Network

  By Patrick David Heery   Last Thursday, March 1, 2012, Presbyterians all across the country hand-delivered letters to their governors, saying no to private prisons: not in our state, not anywhere. Forty-eight governors in total received letters faxed, emailed, … Continue reading

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