As a 67 year old humanitarian organization, Church World Service welcomes newcomers by helping them integrate into their new communities. Our member denominations and refugee resettlement offices know first-hand the impact that our broken immigration system has had on communities. It is from this lens that we approach immigration policy issues, including today’s hearing, “America’s Immigration System: Opportunities for Legal …
Major structural, program changes for CWS
New York, N.Y. – Global humanitarian agency CWS has announced a series of programmatic and staffing changes that will help it sharpen its focus and become a more global organization. “CWS has a real opportunity to strengthen its mission in the best interest of those we serve. I am excited about this opportunity,” CWS CEO and President John L. McCullough …
CWS Appeal Update: Hurricane Isaac and Late Summer Storms 2012
February 4, 2013
Appeal # 627-V update CWS appeal goal: $100,000 (unchanged) Funds received: $32,000 Funds received: $37,000 (estimated) Situation: Hurricane Isaac was a slow moving storm that took eight lives and caused an estimated $2 billion in damage in September 2012. It affected Florida, Mississippi, Louisiana and Alabama in September 2012, Mississippi and Louisiana were again affected in December by severe storms …
Fundraising Safari: Young People Get Creative to Respond to Sandy
Nick Kiger |
Have you ever wondered what it’s like to work as a CWS field staff person? You know, the people who help you organize your CROP Hunger Walks, you Blankets+ Sundays and your CWS Kits collections? Well, thanks to the new CWS Blog and yours truly, you will now have an inside look. The best part of working as CWS field …
Situation Report: Jan 2013 Storms and Tornadoes
February 1, 2013
Situation Severe storms and numerous tornadoes January 29-30 affected numerous states ranging from Texas to Pennsylvania and from Kansas to Florida. Power outages, estimated at 120,000 in the affected areas, numerous road blockages and building damage from fallen trees occurred in numerous states. Localized flooding has also been reported in several states. More than 20 tornadoes were confirmed in the states of …
Time
Matt Hackworth |
It’s 4:30 a.m. By bike, by foot, by packed van, the men and women who work Florida’s fields queue in a dusty parking lot just for the chance to pick the produce we eat. Drivers in beat-up former school buses squint through the dim light. They’re looking for young, able-bodied men. “Not you,” one mutters in Spanish. “Move to the …
NYC Organizations Partner on Citizenship Support Assistance
New York City, N.Y. – Humanitarian agency Church World Service has joined with other New York legal service providers and nonprofit organizations as part of an unprecedented national network of businesses, faith-based organizations, community leaders and foundations that have launched a nonpartisan project to transform the system of naturalization assistance – and to help more legal permanent immigrants become U.S. citizens. …
Welcome to the CWS Blog
Rev. John L. McCullough | January 31, 2013
Welcome to your blog. What joins us together is our relentlessness in the fight to end hunger and poverty. We are CWS and so are you! This is a public marketplace for actively sharing ideas, best practices, and informing each other of key areas where our activism is needed. Every one of us cares about the world well beyond our …
CWS Applauds Obama Leadership on Immigration Reform
January 29, 2013
Las Vegas, Nevada – As President Obama unveiled his priorities for immigration reform during a speech at Del Sol High School in Las Vegas today, humanitarian agency Church World Service publicly announced its support for the President’s leadership. The President called on Congress to enact immigration reform that would create a pathway to citizenship for individuals who are currently undocumented, including …
CWS Supports Bipartisan Framework on Immigration Reform
January 28, 2013
Washington, D.C. — Church World Service welcomes the Bipartisan Framework for Comprehensive Immigration Reformreleased today by Senators Schumer (D-NY), McCain (R-AZ), Durbin (D-IL), Graham (R-SC), Menendez (D-NJ), Rubio (R-FL), Bennet (D-CO) and Flake (R-AZ). These Senators will address the framework in a press conference scheduled for 2:30pm EST today. The framework would create a pathway to citizenship for individuals who are …