From the National Religious Campaign Against Torture (http://www.nrcat.org): We need your help this election season. The President supports torture, he is expanding drone warfare, nearly 100,000 people are still held in solitary confinement, and the Administration is slashing the number of … Continued
From Unidos US (https://www.unidosus.org/): Recently, we celebrated Women’s Equality Day at UnidosUS. While we have made many strides in the struggle to achieve gender equality, we are still faced with challenges including closing the gender pay gap, access to reproductive … Continued
From Church World Service (http://www.churchworldservice.org): Right now, ICE is asking Congress for additional funding for family incarceration and immigration detention. It is critical for the faith community to make their voices heard and urge Congress to reject any proposal that fuels family … Continued
Thanks to Lutheran Advocacy Ministry in PA for sharing this action. Safe Harbor Children in our Commonwealth who are sexually exploited by traffickers become re-victimized in the juvenile justice system when they are arrested and prosecuted for prostitution and other … Continued
From the Center for the Victims of Torture (http://www.cvt.org/): It’s the worst refugee crisis since the Second World War. Brutal violence in places like Syria, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, South Sudan and Myanmar drove more than 68 million … Continued
Feeding America is hosting a call-in day on Thursday, September 13, for people to call their members of Congress in support of a Farm Bill that protects SNAP. You can use this toll-free number (888-398-8702), or call your Congressperson directly at … Continued
10 THINGS YOUR CONGREGATION CAN DO Prepared by Scott D. Anderson, Former Executive Director, Wisconsin Council of Churches (reprinted with permission from Wisconsin Council of Churches Ecu-News, July 2004) Download this list, along with guidelines for organizing an adult education forum, a … Continued
From Pre-K for PA (http://www.prekforpa.org/): In communities across the commonwealth, kids are heading back to the classroom, members of the legislature are getting ready to head back to Harrisburg, and we’re gearing up for another successful season of pre-k advocacy! … Continued
Posted By: Common Cause (campaign leader) We must end partisan gerrymandering to create a democracy where everyone’s voice is heard. Add your name to support fair maps now at https://www.causes.com/actions/1804629-sign-the-petition-to-united-states-congress. This week, we learned that Common Cause’s legal challenge to … Continued
From PennEnvironment (http://www.pennenvironment.org): The administration has proposed far-reaching rollbacks of air pollution protections from cars and trucks. Add your name to our comments against this attack today at https://pennenvironment.webaction.org/p/dia/action4/common/public/?action_KEY=27904! Pennsylvanians have already seen more than our fair share of smoggy … Continued