Advocacy & Social Justice

Standing with the ‘essentially disposable’

The plight of Black and brown farmworkers during the global pandemic will be the focus of an Aug. 27 webinar by the Presbyterian Hunger Program and the Presbyterian Committee on the Self-Development of People.

Unleashing the power of poor and low-income Americans

How would the political landscape change if the needs and demands of poor and low-income voters were better represented in the electoral process? That’s what a report issued this week by The Poor People’s Campaign: A National Call for Moral Revival, attempts to answer.

Bearing witness: Presbyterians to host Week of Action

As the country continues to reckon with its history of racism and oppression of Black and brown people and take steps toward healing, the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) is planning to host a Week of Action Aug. 24-30.

Divine permission

Following the Rev. Dr. J. Herbert Nelson, II’s address to Synod School Thursday evening, he and Ruling Elder Elona Street-Stewart, co-moderator of the 224th General Assembly (2020), held an engaging chat in front of more than 80 of the 330 or so people who attended this year’s Synod School via Zoom and Facebook.