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14 Feb 2020

Tell Our Senators to Support Emergency Aid Package to Puerto Rico

by Sandy Strauss | posted in: Global Issues, Uncategorized | 1

From ELCA Advocacy (https://www.elca.org/Our-Work/Publicly-Engaged-Church/Advocacy): Congress moves on disaster aid for Puerto Rico. Take action at the ELCA Action Center. (NOTE: You do not need to be a member of the ELCA to act!) The House of Representatives passed an emergency aid … Continued

7 Sep 2017

‘It’s Sad That We Have to Have This Happen for Us to Come Together’

by Sandy Strauss | posted in: Economic Justice, Uncategorized | 0

Posted at https://www.chn.org/2017/09/01/sad-happen-us-come-together/#.WbFav7KGMdU By David Elliot September 1, 2017 The numbers are staggering: a death toll of 39, rising almost by the hour. Nearly 50,000 homes in Houston alone flooded and uninhabitable. 30 percent of Harris County submerged – an area … Continued