Presbyterian Mission Agency Together We Welcome Archives

Repairing broken sidewalks

Posted March 9th, 2022

Before delivering a talk to end Church World Service’s Together We Welcome Conference on Sunday, the Rev. Dr. Karen Georgia Thompson delivered one of her many published poems to the online audience of about 300 people.

‘A motivation out of love for God’

Posted March 9th, 2022

The importance of faith communities standing in the gap for asylum seekers was driven home during a national immigration conference hosted by Church World Service (CWS).

Advocates need to tell a different story about immigrants and refugees

Posted March 8th, 2022

From 2017 until last year, refugee resettlement in the United States suffered “death by a thousand cuts,” says Angie Plummer, Executive Director of Community Refugee and Immigration Services (CRIS).

Fighting erasure: Panelists advocate for Black immigrants

Posted March 8th, 2022

A national immigration conference provided a forum on Saturday to highlight the concerns of immigrants, refugees and asylum seekers who are Black.

Climate change is a major cause of migration, even in the US

Posted March 7th, 2022

Given recent headlines related to migration, it is easy to presume the major factors prompting people to move are war, violence and poverty.

‘We are as much a part of the community as those whose ancestors came over on the Mayflower’

Posted March 4th, 2022

More than 300 people are attending this weekend’s Together We Welcome conference put on by Church World Service, which counts the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) as a sustaining sponsor of the online conference.

PC(USA) supporting immigration and refugee conference

Posted February 24th, 2022

The Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) and Presbyterian Disaster Assistance are major supporters of a March 4-6 Church World Service conference about how people of faith can welcome immigrants and refugees.

Immigration conference postponed to focus on immediate needs

Posted November 2nd, 2021

Together We Welcome, a national faith gathering to support immigrants and migrants, has been postponed from this month to March 2022 due to the amount of work currently needed to support Afghan refugees coming to the United States.

PC(USA) is major supporter of refugee and migration conference

Posted October 13th, 2021

The Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) is one of the major sponsors of Together We Welcome, a five-day virtual Church World Service (CWS) conference to strengthen support in the faith community for immigrants, migrants and refugees.