church world service Archives

The work of caring for immigrants is spreading north of the border, PC(USA)-sponsored webinar reports

Posted December 15th, 2022

A more humane immigration system will aid not only communities along the U.S.-Mexico border ministering to asylum seekers, but also organizations in the interior portions of the country increasingly called upon to help endangered and harassed people who are fleeing for their life.

Repairing broken sidewalks

Posted June 22nd, 2022

Before delivering a talk to end Church World Service’s Together We Welcome Conference, the Rev. Dr. Karen Georgia A. Thompson delivered one of her many published poems to the online audience of about 300 people.

‘A motivation out of love for God’

Posted June 21st, 2022

The importance of faith communities standing in the gap for asylum seekers was driven home during a national immigration conference hosted by Church World Service (CWS).

‘We are as much a part of the community as those whose ancestors came over on the Mayflower’

Posted June 21st, 2022

More than 300 people attended the recent Together We Welcome conference put on by Church World Service, which counted the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) as a sustaining sponsor of the online conference.

Repairing broken sidewalks

Posted March 9th, 2022

Before delivering a talk to end Church World Service’s Together We Welcome Conference on Sunday, the Rev. Dr. Karen Georgia Thompson delivered one of her many published poems to the online audience of about 300 people.

‘A motivation out of love for God’

Posted March 9th, 2022

The importance of faith communities standing in the gap for asylum seekers was driven home during a national immigration conference hosted by Church World Service (CWS).

Advocates need to tell a different story about immigrants and refugees

Posted March 8th, 2022

From 2017 until last year, refugee resettlement in the United States suffered “death by a thousand cuts,” says Angie Plummer, Executive Director of Community Refugee and Immigration Services (CRIS).

Fighting erasure: Panelists advocate for Black immigrants

Posted March 8th, 2022

A national immigration conference provided a forum on Saturday to highlight the concerns of immigrants, refugees and asylum seekers who are Black.

Climate change is a major cause of migration, even in the US

Posted March 7th, 2022

Given recent headlines related to migration, it is easy to presume the major factors prompting people to move are war, violence and poverty.

‘We are as much a part of the community as those whose ancestors came over on the Mayflower’

Posted March 4th, 2022

More than 300 people are attending this weekend’s Together We Welcome conference put on by Church World Service, which counts the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) as a sustaining sponsor of the online conference.