presbyterian week of action Archives

Day of Service brings out volunteers for cleanup and conversation

Posted September 2nd, 2020

The Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) Week of Action concluded with a Day of Service on Sunday that prompted youths and families from two churches in Buffalo, New York to gather for a park cleanup.

Registration now open for the 2020 Intercultural Transformation Workshops

Posted September 1st, 2020

In an ongoing effort to create a more diverse and inclusive denomination, the Presbyterian Intercultural Network and the Presbyterian Mission Agency — in partnership with the presbyteries of Sacramento and Stockton and Charlotte — will host the 2020 Intercultural Transformation Workshops.

Presbyterian Week of Action embraces digital engagement

Posted August 31st, 2020

How do you gather and engage people into action during a pandemic and time of social distancing? The organizers of the Presbyterian Week of Action looked to digital online options to make the events accessible, informative and inspiring.

#Give828 raises $32,000 for efforts to develop leaders of color

Posted August 31st, 2020

As civil rights activists gathered in Washington, D.C., on Friday for the 57th anniversary of the historic March on Washington, Americans were reminded of the day’s significance. It was on August 28, 1963, when the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. delivered his iconic “I Have A Dream” speech during that landmark event.

‘We must be an irritant to the justice system’

Posted August 29th, 2020

Presbyterians and their partners in Louisville, Kentucky and in cities across the country took to the streets Saturday as part of the Presbyterian Week of Action, calling for an end to racial violence and attracting honks of support from motorists as the Louisville assembly of nearly 150 people marched from the Presbyterian Center to a downtown square honoring Breonna Taylor.

Injustices against farmworkers decried in Week of Action webinar

Posted August 28th, 2020

Erik Nicholson sees intersectionality between this country’s history of racism against Black and brown people and the current plight of farmworkers facing health and economic challenges during the COVID-19 pandemic.

A somber hour during the Week of Action

Posted August 28th, 2020

Presbyterians paused during their Week of Action Thursday to take a more introspective and personal action: mourning the deaths of 183,000 Americans and more than 832,000 people around the world who have perished from COVID-19.

‘There is a God who sits high and looks low’

Posted August 27th, 2020

Though the Rev. Rola Al Ashkar grew up close to where Jesus Christ lived and shares a similar ethnicity to Christ, she still had to unlearn a Western-influenced, blonde-hair and blue-eyed image of Christ.

During “BLACKOUT Day” on Thursday, Presbyterians wear black to protest gender-based violence

Posted August 27th, 2020

This year marks the 100th year since the ratification of the 19th Amendment that gave women the right to vote.

Town Hall forum sees anti-racism progress in the PC(USA) but plenty of work remaining

Posted August 26th, 2020

More than 200 people listened in Tuesday while some of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.)’s deepest thinkers and most effective practitioners of anti-racism work shared their hearts and their experiences during a 90-minute Town Hall, part of the Presbyterian Week of Action. View the event here.