Presbyterian Mission Agency covid at the margins Archives

Racism against Asian Americans decried

Posted March 8th, 2021

The Presbyterian Office of Public Witness issued a statement Monday decrying racism against Asian Americans and calling for acts of hate against them to stop.

Home sweet home: Native Americans return to their roots in Alabama

Posted March 4th, 2021

Nearly two centuries after many of their ancestors were displaced from their native homelands in the southern United States, a group of Native Americans is preserving their language and traditions in a unique community in Alabama.

Despite hardships and racism, Native Americans find hope during pandemic

Posted November 16th, 2020

A timely and sometimes painful discussion on the impact of COVID-19 and racism on Native Americans ended on a hopeful note recently, with a panelist invoking an image from nature.

Standing with the ‘essentially disposable’

Posted August 14th, 2020

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.

Webinar highlights immigration and pandemic issues

Posted June 25th, 2020

U.S. immigrants are keenly aware that there is a difference between what the United States promises — the American Dream — and what many immigrants experience each day.

Despite hardships and racism, Native Americans find hope during pandemic

Posted June 18th, 2020

A timely and sometimes painful discussion on the impact of COVID-19 and racism on Native Americans ended on a hopeful note Tuesday, with a panelist invoking an image from nature.

‘COVID at the Margins’ looks at the impact of the virus on the LGBTQIA+ community

Posted June 11th, 2020

The third in the series “COVID At The Margins,” a discussion series by the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) created to shed light on the disproportionate impact of COVID-19 on communities of color and what the church and people of faith can do to respond, highlighted the impact of the virus on the LGBTQIA+ community.

Presbyterians reach out to Native American communities during pandemic

Posted June 10th, 2020

Hardly a day goes by without the Rev. Brad Munroe receiving a call from someone wanting to make a donation to help Native Americans in the southwestern United States, many of whom are struggling to cope with poverty and the weight of COVID-19 and its economic fallout.

‘Anti-racist effort is not optional for us as Christians’

Posted May 20th, 2020

The Rev. Laura Cheifetz was halfway through her presentation in Monday’s “COVID at the Margins” discussion of anti-Asian racism when she advised that sensitive viewers might want to hit the “mute” button.

How should the church stand up to anti-Asian racism?

Posted May 14th, 2020

After a successful first outing looking at the disproportionate impact of the coronavirus pandemic on communities of people who are black, the “COVID at the Margins” series returns at 12:30 p.m. Eastern Time on Monday, May 18, with a look at a community experiencing overt racism due to the virus: people who are Asian and Asian-American.