Every year, I am impressed with the Nashua Interfaith CROP Hunger Walk in New Hampshire for their commitment to raising awareness as well as funds to fight hunger locally and globally. This year at Nashua’s 30th anniversary Walk, the group took the lead of Deirdra Schmidt, long-time education coordinator for the Walk, to create a bingo game based on 30 …
Championing the Refugee Cause in South Florida
December 1, 2014
CWS South Florida will be celebrating 54 years of building community for refugees during its 2014 Restoring Dignity Annual Charity Event The CWS Restoring Dignity Annual Charity Event will take place on December 5th at the Coral Gables Congregational Church, 3010 De Soto Boulevard, Coral Gables from 6pm-9pm. Join us as we present the life and journey of refugees and …
Faced with Insecurity, We Find Solidarity
Malinda Britt | November 24, 2014
Last year, Honduras declared a state of emergency due to coffee rust plague, a plant disease that caused widespread devastation of farms across Central America. For families living in the rural communities of Nueva Frontera, a municipality in western Honduras, devastation is an understatement. Whether they are small coffee producers or hand labor on larger farms, the rust has robbed …
At Leadership Forum, CWS Continues its Support of N.J. Sandy Recovery
November 20, 2014
TOMS RIVER, N.J. – A mid-November forum for leaders of New Jersey long-term recovery groups provided an opportunity for Church World Service to check in with them on how far their Superstorm Sandy recovery has come in the state – and how far it has to go. These community-based groups have helped hundreds of Sandy-affected households access the resources they …
Free CWS Flood Long-Term Recovery Workshop Dec. 16 in Warren, Mich.
Thousands of householders in Southeastern Michigan still need help following last August’s devastating flooding. About one in five of them is a senior citizen. An estimated 900 households still need volunteers to muck out their basements, and that’s just the first step in the long-term recovery process. After the muck-out there will certainly be a need for mold remediation, replacement …
Superstorm Sandy Recovery Story: The Lorenzo Family
Editor’s note: Sue Marticek, Executive Director of the Ocean County Long-Term Recovery Group, says that just as Church World Service and other national partners have provided the LTRGs with options, knowledge and tools to apply to their local context, LTRGs in turn provide options, knowledge and tools to help their clients make the best decisions about their recovery. The Ocean …
Faith Leaders and Activists Call for Bold and Courageous Action
Last Wednesday, CWS celebrated another year of working toward a more just world for refugees and immigrants by honoring three recipients with the John Backer Champion 4 Change Award. Among the recipients was United Methodist Bishop Minerva G. Carcaño, a long-time advocate for immigrant rights. While Bishop Carcaño was unable to attend the Benefit 4 Change in person, she recorded …
Championing the Cause of the Hungry Can Exact an Ultimate Price
Chris Herlinger |
This week the world commemorates the killings, 25 years ago, of six Jesuit priests (five of them from Spain), the clerics’ housekeeper and her teen-age daughter. All were killed on the grounds of Central American University, a Jesuit institution in the capital of San Salvador. For many of us who remember, this and other tragedies during the 1980s wars in …
National Religious & Immigrant Leaders to President: 5 Million Is Not Enough
Click here to listen to PRESS TELECONFERENCE AUDIO WASHINGTON — As President Barack Obama prepares to make his historic announcement on immigration, national faith and immigrant leaders urge the President not to limit what is in his full legal authority to enact. The President must make his executive order inclusive and provide opportunity and justice for all our undocumented community members. …
CWS celebra “Acción Ejecutiva Migratoria” del Presidente Obama
Organización humanitaria Servicio Mundial de Iglesias (Church World Service; CWS) da la bienvenida a la decisión del presidente Obama de ofrecer a millones de miembros EU de la comunidad indocumentados la oportunidad de aplicar para el alivio temporal de la deportación. “Nuestro sistema de inmigración ha estado roto durante demasiado tiempo”, dijo el presidente y CEO de CWS, el Reverendo …