Presbyterian Mission Agency Eileen Schuhmann Archives

Cross-country prayer journey to save sacred land garners Presbyterian support

Posted August 30th, 2024

Apache Stronghold is making a cross-country trek to preserve sacred land in Arizona and is garnering continued support from Presbyterians and other allies along the way to the nation’s capital. The Native American-led community organization, based in San Carlos, Arizona, is making a prayer journey to the U.S. Supreme Court in Washington D.C., in an attempt to preserve Oak Flat, a site in Tonto National Forest known to the Apache as Chi’chil Bildagoteel, from corporate destruction.

For the past decade, Presbyterian Hunger Program has partnered with a Gaza organization working on food security

Posted March 4th, 2024

The Presbyterian Hunger Program has been supporting its partner Improvement and Development for Communities Center (IDCO) in Gaza since 2014 in IDCO’s efforts to improve the food security situation for Gazans.

Matthew 25 workshop shows how to stand alongside international partners for the long term

Posted December 7th, 2023

A recent Matthew 25 workshop on eradicating systemic poverty focused viewers’ attention on the importance of being willing to dig in “for the long haul” to help address deeply rooted problems in international communities.

Hunger advocacy at home and abroad are topics of the PC(USA)’s ‘Jesus & Justice’ Conference workshop

Posted October 24th, 2023

What does hunger advocacy look like at home and beyond? The Presbyterian Hunger Program’s Jennifer Evans and Eileen Schuhmann helped young adults learn more about both spheres Saturday during a workshop held as part of “Jesus and Justice,” the Young Adult Advocacy Conference. Young adults came to the Presbyterian Center and gathered online for the first-ever conference, sponsored by PC(USA) advocacy ministries in Washington, D.C., and at the United Nations.

Cultivating hope and resiliency in South Sudan

Posted March 3rd, 2022

Nyapan Gai no longer goes to sleep hungry. The widowed mother of six children, whom prevailing customs and societal traditions prevented from inheriting her late husband’s cattle, had no choice but to work whatever jobs she could find to feed her family.

Presbyterian Giving Catalog provides pathways of empowerment for women and girls

Posted October 7th, 2021

For every step forward that has been taken toward closing the global gender gap, there have been at least two steps back. And then some — largely due to COVID-19.

PC(USA) ministry staff deepen understanding of global women’s issues at UN event

Posted April 29th, 2021

When the 65th United Nations Commission on the Status of Women convened in March, the Presbyterian delegation included women from churches and mid councils from around the country, leaders from the Presbyterian Ministry at the United Nations, and Racial Equity & Women’s Intercultural Ministries.

Vice President Kamala Harris speaks at Commission on the Status of Women

Posted March 16th, 2021

Vice President Kamala Harris addressed the United Nations’ 65th Commission on the Status of Women Tuesday, linking the status of democracy to the status of women as delegates from the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) and Presbyterian Women watched online.