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 …

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 …

Washington, D.C. – When members of the new Congress arrived on Capitol Hill yesterday (Jan. 22) they were greeted by calls from some 1,000 faith leaders, all asking the same question: “What are you doing to help enact immigration reform this year?” The query was the centerpiece of a National Faith Call-In Day for Humane Immigration Reform, organized by theInterfaith …

New York, N.Y. – Because of forecast bad weather global humanitarian agency Church World Service has canceled the last of several scheduled long-term recovery trainings in New York. The canceled event was scheduled for Friday, January 25, at the First Presbyterian Church in Jamaica, a church of the New York City Presbytery. Those who had planned to attend are invited …

New York, N.Y. — As part of its continuing recovery efforts following Hurricane Sandy, global humanitarian agency Church World Service announced today that it is coordinating a series of long term recovery trainings in New Jersey and New York, scheduled later this month. Presbyterian Disaster Response and local New York and New Jersey Presbyteries are helping facilitate and host several …

WASHINGTON, D.C. — In a letter aimed at bringing attention to major issues of concern for humanitarian agency Church World Service, President and CEO John L. McCullough urged President Barack Obama to seek increased foreign assistance for hungry and impoverished people and to lead the way to “fair and generous” immigration reform. Church World Service made its recommendations, on issues …

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Humanitarian agency Church World Service on Wednesday joined with American Jewish World Service (AJWS), Environmental Justice Initiative for Haiti, The Episcopal Church, Gender Action, Global Justice Clinic, Grassroots International, Institute for Justice & Democracy in Haiti, Other Worlds, Oxfam America, TransAfrica and Unitarian Universalist Service Committee, in releasing the following statement in response to the launch of …

WASHINGTON — Church World Service Board Chair the Rev. Dr. Earl D. Trent, Jr., joined senior religious officials from 16 states and the heads of some of the nation’s most prominent Christian, Jewish and Muslim organizations yesterday to tell the Obama Administration and Congress, “Don’t push the poor and most vulnerable off the ‘fiscal cliff.’” “Our concern,” said Rev. Trent, …

WASHINGTON — On Thursday, November 29 at 10:30 a.m. EST at the Bread for the World office building (425 Third Street SW), Church World Service Board Chair the Rev. Dr. Earl Trent, will join senior religious officials from 16 states and the heads of some of the nation’s most prominent Christian, Jewish and Muslim organizations to tell the Obama Administration …

NEW YORK CITY — Church World Service recently welcomed the United States representative for the Geneva-based International Council of Voluntary Agencies (ICVA)to its New York City headquarters at the Interchurch Center and its office at the Church Center for the United Nations. The assignment of Marzia Montemurro as director of humanitarian policy for the global network of non-governmental organizations (NGOs) …