March 7, 2008
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Word from Winkler — Divestment from Caterpillar
By Jim Winkler, General Secretary, General Board of Church & Society
March is Women's History Month
International Women's Day is March 8
Interfaith Coalition on Domestic Violence Forms
Domestic Violence Ministry
We Must Tend to Both Victim and Abuser
By Linda Bales
Program Director, Louise and Hugh Moore Population Project
and Children’s Concerns, General Board of Church & Society
Torture
The Church Can Help Survivors
By the Rev. Dr. Andrew J. Weaver and the Rev. Carolyn L. Stapleton
Churches can play an important role in the fight against the inhumanity of torture, both through providing a supportive faith community and public advocacy to stop it.
Death Penalty
Maryland Repeal Needs United Methodist Support
By Beth Reilly and Sara Klemm
Citizens of Maryland are urged to contact their state legislators immediately to thwart an effort to reinstate the death penalty.
HIV/AIDS conference
Lighten the Burden II is April 22 in Ft. Worth
Civil and Human Rights
Immigration and Integration
By William B. Lawrence
Dean, Professor of American Church History, Perkins School of Theology, Southern Methodist University, Dallas
The current consternation in the U.S. about issues regarding our borders cannot be understood apart from ethnic and racial perspectives about the people who cross them.
American with Disabilities Act
Interfaith Letter Supports Restoration of Bill
Bill would protect people with disabilities from discrimination and correct rollback of civil rights since enactment of Americans with Disabilities Act.
Arms Control
Lugar Says Setbacks Have Been Suffered
The U.S. lacks even minimal confidence about its knowledge of many foreign weapons programs.
Nuclear Proliferation
Campaign Launched to Stop U.S. Deal with India
Quote of the Week: Immigration
"One way a church becomes meaningful to a person is when [it is] able to meet a person’s needs beyond the spiritual."
Dr. Grace Mose, Emmaus UMC, Albany, NY
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Word from Winkler — Divestment from Caterpillar
March is Women's History Month
Interfaith Coalition on Domestic Violence Forms
Domestic Violence Ministry
Torture
Death Penalty
HIV/AIDS conference
Civil and Human Rights
American with Disabilities Act
Arms Control
Nuclear Proliferation
Quote of the Week: Immigration
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