As the Senate moves toward final passage of the bipartisan immigration reform bill S. 744, CWS urges all Senators to support this effort to improve the lives of our immigrant brothers and sisters. CWS supports this historic effort, as S.744, The Border Security, Economic Opportunity, and Immigration Modernization Act, would create a pathway to citizenship for our undocumented community members, …
Statement from CWS on the Corker-Hoeven Amendment
As the Senate moves toward final passage of the bipartisan immigration reform bill S. 744, CWS urges all Senators to support this effort to improve the lives of our immigrant brothers and sisters. CWS supports this historic effort, as S.744, The Border Security, Economic Opportunity, and Immigration Modernization Act, would create a pathway to citizenship for our undocumented community members, …
A Nomad in Pursuit of Helping Those in Need
Shanna Snider | June 22, 2013
I am a disaster responder — a nomad in pursuit of helping those in need. Almost 15 years ago, I had the opportunity to witness a presentation by Don Tatlock, Church World Service Central America and Caribbean liaison, on work he was doing in Haiti. As I listened in awe, my heart was filled with his incredible passion for this …
World Refugee Day: Being Part of the Solution
Erol Kekic | June 20, 2013
Today is World Refugee Day, offering an opportunity to stop and reflect on the work we do collectively throughout the year. We normally mark this day by inviting former refugees to share their stories, allowing us to try to understand and sympathize with their lives and struggles. They recall the times of hardship and suffering and offer thanks to the …
CWS Reaches Out to Newark’s Ironbound District
Carol Fouke-Mpoyo | June 19, 2013
A visit last week to the Ironbound District of Newark, N.J., by Church World Service Emergency Response Specialists Joann Hale and Susanne Gilmore illustrated CWS’s commitment to finding disaster survivors having the hardest time recovering and to making sure their recovery needs are met. Hale and Gilmore spent the past two weeks visiting five southern and four northern New Jersey …
Appeal Update #2: 2013 U.S. Tornadoes, Storms and Floods
June 18, 2013
Revised Appeal Goal: $120,000 Received to Date: $27,000 Situation: While severe storms continue to pound many of the U.S. Midwestern and Eastern states, dry conditions in the West have resulted in dangerous wildfires in California, Colorado, New Mexico and Utah. Of immediate concern is the Black Forest Fire in El Paso County north of Colorado Springs, Colo. Since it started …
CWS Praises 38 Countries Who’ve Halved Hunger
June 17, 2013
New York, N.Y./Galavani, Republic of Georgia – Development and relief agency CWS welcomes the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization’s announcement on Wednesday that 38 countries, including several where CWS supports local hunger and malnutrition programs, have met the internationally established Millennium Development Goals to cut hunger in half by 2015. The FAO also congratulated 18 of those countries for …
Prominent Faith Leaders Advocate for Immigration Reform
Prayer service on West Front Lawn of Capitol kicks off massive push on Gang of Eight Bill At a critical time in the Senate debate on immigration reform, faith leaders from key states are converging on Washington, D.C., to advocate for just and humane immigration reform. On Tuesday morning, pastors, nuns, rabbis, and lay leaders from 16 states will gather …
The ‘Audacity’ of World Refugee Day
Joya Colon-Berezin |
President Obama’s second book is titled The Audacity of Hope. In it he recounts his upbringing and the insights that his culturally diverse background instilled in him. His message is that our country has the potential to offer “hope” to everyone regardless of their background or experiences. And yet, in order to guarantee equal opportunity for all, a number of …
One Father’s Journey
Bert Marshall | June 15, 2013
Each day of our visit to Serbia, we traveled from our hotel in Belgrade in and out of the city, past several buildings that had been bombed by cruise missiles during NATO strikes in 1999. The buildings have not been repaired and the charred twisted sections where the bombs struck were clearly visible from the street as we drove by. …