From Repairers of the Breach (https://www.breachrepairers.org/): Scroll to end for link to the letter. If you really change your ways and your actions and deal with each other justly, if you do not oppress the foreigner, the fatherless or the … Continued
From Amnesty International USA (http://www.amnestyusa.org): Activists have been near Miami, Florida, at the Homestead Facility, where thousands of migrant children are being held. What they are seeing is devastating. © Jonathan Kirn for Getty Images Migrant children are being held … Continued
From Amnesty International USA (http://www.amnestyusa.org): Native American women and Alaska Native women are going missing at alarming rates. This truth is incredibly chilling to me as a woman, and I need your help to find out why. This human rights … Continued
From Repairers of the Breach (https://www.breachrepairers.org/): You may have seen the video of me (Rev. Dr. William Barber) challenging Tennessee Governor Bill Lee to embrace a moral agenda on MLK Day. The press is saying that my speech “called out” Gov. Lee. … Continued
From Senator Kristin Phillips-Hill The legislature has made strides to combat human trafficking in Pennsylvania over the last few years. Representative Seth Grove (R-York) and I are working to close a loophole that exists in the current law. On Wednesday, … Continued
Posted at https://www.commondreams.org/news/2018/12/17/181-nations-just-voted-help-refugees-only-far-right-united-states-and-hungary-voted Published on Monday, December 17, 2018 by Common Dreams The Global Compact on Refugees aims to provide a better global framework to respond to the crisis By Andrea Germanos, staff writer Migrants gather outside a temporary shelter … Continued
From ¡Somos! Presente (https://somos.presente.org/): We are calling on members, supporters, and those who respect human rights to demand a UN investigation into US violations of human rights at the Mexican border. Recently, U.S. Officials attacked asylum seekers with tear gas … Continued
From the Poor People’s Campaign (https://poorpeoplescampaign.org/): Out now from Beacon Press: A collection of sermons, speeches and reflections by Rev. Dr. William J. Barber II, Rev. Dr. Liz Theoharis, and Rev. Dr. Rick Lowery that lays out a groundbreaking vision for … Continued
From Amnesty International USA (http://www.amnestyusa.org): Message from Albert Woodfox: On my 69th birthday, I walked out of prison. Finally, a free man. I walked out of prison because people like you didn’t turn away from my plight. I spent 44 … Continued
The Community Responders Network of Central PA has developed a new resource for discussing tensions related to cultural isolation and changing demographics. The videos have been made possible by funding from the Presbyterian Synod of the Trinity. They can be found at www.syntrinity.org/crn-videos/. … Continued