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Though Harry Pickens is perhaps best known as a jazz pianist, he also has a passion for teaching people how to bring out the best in themselves during the toughest of times.
The Rev. Dr. Cláudio Carvalhaes used to approach walks like many of us — a time to reflect on his day, his family, process things that were on his mind.
What is happening in Syria and what can be done to help is the focus of the first virtual gathering of the Syria Lebanon Partnership Network (SLPN), set for noon through 2 p.m. Eastern Time on Tuesday, April 13.
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.
A biting March wind blows, but that doesn’t stop a member of Northbrook Presbyterian Church in Beverly Hills, Michigan, from taking off her gloves and quickly tying her prayer ribbon to a tree on the church property. Her prayer is for peace, for wholeness, for healing of not just the local community, but for the world. She ties the ribbon securely to the limb and steps back, the patches of lingering snow crunching beneath her feet, and smiles. Hers is not the only ribbon fluttering in the wind, but one of many placed by church members who are also spending this Lenten season journeying toward shalom.
The Presbyterian Office of Public Witness is calling on Congress to increase the minimum wage to $15 an hour to help lift low-wage workers out of poverty.
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.
The Washington office of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) has signed onto a letter asking President Joe Biden to make the Colombian government’s full implementation of 2016 peace accords a priority.
Registration is now open for CPJ Training Days, a virtual advocacy and organizing event April 7-9.
The Washington Office of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) is once again rallying support for a democracy reform package known as the For the People Act to expand Americans’ access to the ballot box.
