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A timely webinar on the humanitarian crisis in Gaza

Posted April 4th, 2024

Just days after an airstrike killed seven World Central Kitchen workers in Gaza and as experts says famine is imminent in northern Gaza, the PC(USA)’s Office of Public Witness held a webinar Wednesday on the humanitarian crisis in Gaza. Nearly 300 people attended.

Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) and interfaith groups denounce ‘illegal assault on Ukraine’

Posted July 15th, 2022

The Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) has signed onto an interfaith letter urging Congress to make “stopping the bloodshed” in Ukraine a top priority as reports of injuries, death, displacement and destruction from the war with Russia continue.

Advocacy Days participants lobby for voting rights, humanitarian policy

Posted April 27th, 2022

As participants in Ecumenical Advocacy Days prepared to meet their congressional representatives with urgent pleas for human and civil rights, the Rev. Dr. Liz Theoharis directed participants to a sometimes-forgotten part of the crucifixion story.

PC(USA) joins in effort to ease humanitarian crisis in Yemen

Posted April 25th, 2022

Yemen is the largest humanitarian crisis in the world, with 23.7 million in need of help, including 13 million children.

What’s next with the Iran nuclear deal?

Posted March 18th, 2021

Three panelists gathered by the Office of Public Witness for a webinar Wednesday discussed what Congress and the Biden administration ought to do to reduce human suffering in Iran brought on by both the pandemic and by U.S. sanctions, which prevent coronavirus vaccines, personal protection equipment and other necessities from reaching many of Iran’s nearly 85 million residents.

Thursday’s peace webinar to shed light on U.S.-Iran relations

Posted February 12th, 2020

Tension between Iran and the United States will be the focus of a webinar Thursday by the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) Office of Public Witness (OPW), the American Friends Service Committee (AFSC) and various other partners for peace.

How to speak truth to power

Posted July 24th, 2019

Nearly 400 people took part in Tuesday’s Office of Public Witness webinar offering listeners, among other suggestions, tips on how to respond to people seeking asylum or refuge in the United States — and ways to lobby their member of Congress to alter the laws and budgets that impact people fleeing their country for a new life in the U.S.

Webinar on seeking asylum in the United States coming Tuesday

Posted July 19th, 2019

The Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.)’s Office of Public Witness will host a webinar to provide timely information about U.S. detention and asylum policies, which have contributed to the deaths of more than 20 people in detention centers and the separation of thousands of families seeking asylum in the U.S.