Take Action for the Public Witness of the Church

Ecu­meni­cal Min­istries of Pub­lic Witness

• Poverty Ini­tia­tive of the National Coun­cil of Churches of Christ (NCC)
• Eco-Justice Pro­grams of the National Coun­cil of Churches of Christ (NCC)
• Pub­lic Wit­ness of the World Coun­cil of Churches
• Poverty Ini­tia­tive, Union The­o­log­i­cal Seminary
• Gen­eral Board of Church & Soci­ety of the United Methodist Church
• Jus­tice and Wit­ness Min­istries of the United Church of Christ
• Let Jus­tice Roll: Faith and Com­mu­nity Voices Against Poverty
• The New Sanc­tu­ary Movement
• Protes­tants for the Com­mon Good
• National Farm Worker Ministry

Pres­by­ter­ian Min­istries of Pub­lic Witness

• Advi­sory Com­mit­tee on Social Wit­ness Policy
• Pres­by­ter­ian Min­istry at the United Nations
• Pres­by­ter­ian Office of Pub­lic Witness
• Pres­by­ter­ian Health, Edu­ca­tion and Wel­fare Association
• Pres­by­ter­ian Cam­paign for Fair Food
• Pres­by­ter­ian Hunger Program
• Self Devel­op­ment of People
• Pres­by­ter­ian Voices for Justice
• Pres­by­te­ri­ans for Earth Care
• Pres­by­ter­ian Peace­mak­ing Program
• Human Traf­fick­ing Roundtable
• Israel/Palestine Mis­sion Network

Events/Conferences

• Crim­i­nal Jus­tice Con­fer­ence, Feb­ru­ary 17–19, 2012, Stony Point, New York
• Com­pas­sion, Peace, and Jus­tice Train­ing, March 23, 2012, Wash­ing­ton, D.C.
• Ecu­meni­cal Advo­cacy Days, March 23–26, 2012, Wash­ing­ton, D.C.
• National Mul­ti­cul­tural Con­fer­ence (includes a jus­tice track), April 26–29, 2012, Char­lotte, North Carolina
• River of Hope: Church­wide Gath­er­ing of Pres­by­ter­ian Women, July 18–22, 2012, Orlando, Florida
• Jus­tice for Immi­grants: Learn­ing the Issues, Becom­ing Advo­cates, July 23–29, 2012, Ghost Ranch, New Mexico

Take Action

• Con­tactUnbound to get involved today by becom­ing a con­trib­u­tor or local organizer
• Become an intern for the Pres­by­ter­ian Office of Pub­lic Witness
• Orga­nize your con­gre­ga­tion: Congregation-Based Com­mu­nity Orga­niz­ing; PICO Resources
• Make a red hand to advo­cate for the rights of chil­dren coerced into war
• Get involved with eco-villages in Haiti
• Help stop human trafficking
• Sign this let­ter (from NCC End Poverty) and ask Congress/President for a faith­ful bud­get that puts the needs of the “least of these” first
• Take action to pre­vent sex­ual and domes­tic vio­lence (from the UCC)
• Join the liv­ing wage campaign
• Take action for fair food

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