Church World Service is a not-for-profit, international humanitarian assistance organization comprised of 37 protestant denominations. The CWS Immigration and Refugee Program provides assistance to displaced persons abroad and works with the State Department and our 36 local offices and affiliates … Continued
The Pennsylvania Council of Churches, Chris Satullo of the Philadelphia Inquirer and Rabbi George Stern, formerly of the Neighborhood Interfaith Movement and the Jewish Social Policy Action Network are working together to develop a program aimed at providing safe spaces … Continued
August 2017 Pennsylvania Partnerships for Children (PPC), a statewide children’s advocacy organization located in Harrisburg, PA, has an immediate full-time opening for a health policy professional. PPC’s vision is to be one of the top ten states to be a … Continued
David Lauter, Los Angeles Times The Trump administration, faced with increasing pressure from Republican members of Congress, backed away from causing an immediate crisis in healthcare marketplaces and agreed Wednesday to continue making payments to insurance companies that are widely viewed as critical … Continued
Posted at http://www.publicnewsservice.org/2017-08-17/environment/environmental-hearing-board-overturns-mining-permit/a59053-1 August 17, 2017 – Andrea Sears, Public News Service (PA) Play Audio in Browser Window Polen Run is one of the few remaining water features in Ryerson Station State Park. (Center for Coalfield Justice) GREENE COUNTY, Pa. … Continued
Editor’s Note: Here is an account from the president of the Reform synagogue in Charlottesville about what they experienced this past Shabbat. For those of us who aren’t Jewish, this is a must read. We must all stand in solidarity … Continued
From the Alaska Wilderness League (http://www.alaskawild.org): Caribou in Alaska’s Western Arctic need your public comment by September 6. Located within the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska, the Teshekpuk Lake Special Area provides calving grounds for the 40,000-head Teshekpuk Lake Caribou Herd, and … Continued
From the Women’s Law Project (http://www.womenslawproject.org/): We already know that violence against women—including rape, domestic violence, harassment and stalking—can have profound physical, psychological and emotional effects on survivors. A consequence of sexual assault that is less discussed is the economic … Continued
From the Interfaith Network on Drone Warfare (https://www.interfaithdronenetwork.org/): The last of the Interfaith Network on Drone Warfare’s five free half hour videos on drone warfare was recently finished–just in time to use to educate congregations in the new program year on … Continued
From First Focus (https://firstfocus.org/): Child poverty in the U.S. remains high, with nearly 1 in 5 children living in poverty. In order to make real headway in reducing child poverty in the U.S., we need a national commitment that involves … Continued