Action Alerts

Action Alerts are actionable items that may change at any moment. We endeavor to share these with our readers and implore them to look deeper into these events and stories via our site, our Twitter account, and Facebook account.

Human Trafficking Awareness Day

January 11, 2012 – A Day for Prayer and Action   Over 12.3 million people are estimated to work in conditions of forced labor world-wide according to the International Labour Organisation. On January 11th, consider marking human trafficking day with … Continue reading

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Criminal Justice Conference

February 17 – 19, 2012.  Stony Point Conference Center, Stony Point, New York. Join Presbyterians, people of faith of all denominations, and national experts for a consultation on the complex issues surrounding criminal justice in the United States with the … Continue reading

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Christmas and the Better Angels of our Nature

The following letter comes from the December 2011 Salt & Light e-newsletter of the Advisory Committee on Social Witness Policy, speaking to violence in Palestine, the recent Human Rights Day issue of “Unbound,” an upcoming Convocation on Criminal—and Restorative—Justice, the … Continue reading

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Bethlehem—More Besieged than Ever

December 20, 2011, by Chris Iosso, A Christmas Editorial    When we pray for the peace of Jerusalem, we should also pray for Bethlehem. Most readers will know that the city is largely surrounded by a high cement wall. Israeli … Continue reading

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