2008, Issue 3
Links is the electronic newsletter of Presbyterian Women’s Justice and Peace Committee. Each issue explores a topic of justice and peace and offers suggestions for how to be involved and advocate on the topic.
The DREAM (Development, Relief and Education for Alien Minors) Act is proposed legislation that would provide a way for undocumented youth to legalize their status, and then be able to enroll in higher education or join the military.
Links is the electronic newsletter of Presbyterian Women’s Justice and Peace Committee. Each issue explores a topic of justice and peace and offers suggestions for how to be involved and advocate on the topic.
Every year, thousands of members of nongovernmental organizations (NGOs)—both faith-based and not—gather in New York City during the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women (UN CSW). Groups exert tremendous amounts of energy to influence the commission’s outcome document, and to enforce the resolutions and conventions on which UN member states have agreed. These advocates work to impact political processes, to tell their stories and to share their lives.
This issue of Justice and Peace Links spotlights the 57th UN CSW, and its focus on the theme of “The Elimination and Prevention of All Forms of Violence Against Women …
The United Nations Commission on the Status of Women is an annual meeting of nongovernmental organizations committed to ensuring women’s equality and promoting women’s rights in the resolutions and work of United Nations member states. Representatives of Presbyterian Women attended this meeting in 2011, focusing on education, job training, science and technology. Read more about the event, Presbyterian Women’s work with the United Nations, and how you can connect.
Links is the electronic newsletter of Presbyterian Women’s Justice and Peace Committee. Each issue explores a topic of justice and peace and offers suggestions for how to be involved and advocate …
The United Nations Commission on the Status of Women is an annual meeting of nongovernmental organizations committed to ensuring women’s equality and promoting women’s rights in the resolutions and work of United Nations member states. Representatives of Presbyterian Women attended this meeting in 2012, focusing on rural women, empowerment, poverty reduction and rural development. Read more about the event, Presbyterian Women’s work with the United Nations, and how you can connect.
Links is the electronic newsletter of Presbyterian Women’s Justice and Peace Committee. Each issue explores a topic of justice and peace and offers suggestions for how to be involved …
2008, Issue 4
Links is the electronic newsletter of Presbyterian Women’s Justice and Peace Committee. Each issue explores a topic of justice and peace and offers suggestions for how to be involved and advocate on the topic.
Words can hurt, words can heal, and words shape our realities, coloring the ways we experience the world. They are the tools we use to interpret our experiences, to relate to one another, and to build a relationship with God. Learn more about Words Matter, an ecumenical project to reinvigorate deeper conversations about the power of our words.
Links is the electronic newsletter of Presbyterian Women’s Justice and Peace Committee. Each issue explores a topic of justice and peace and offers suggestions for how to be involved and advocate on the topic.
Scholarships are announced and dispersed by July 31st. The deadline to apply is June 1st. Visit the main Katie Cannon scholarship to learn more and apply. “The Work Your Soul Must Have” I am retired from previous work in the education, health care, and mental health sectors serving persons with communication disorders. In the prime of my career, I heard the call to my vocation—my life’s work—and pursued my M.Div. at McCormick Theological Seminary in Chicago, IL. I did not want to stop there, but my husband’s medical conditions and lack of adequate financial resources necessitated …
How many words can you make from this phrase “Self-Development of People”. Expert’s list of more than 600 words.
This packet contains information about your rights during an encounter with any of the Immigration Service agencies of the Department of Homeland Security.
It is Your Right…
If the Immigration Service arrests you: