As originally published on the Uniting NC website: http://www.unitingnc.org/2013/02/immigrants-old-and-new-work-together-to-help-our-community/ Last month another amazing group of recent immigrants and longer-time North Carolinians came together to give back to our community. We harvested 1,500 pounds of fresh produce at Goodwill’s farm outside Durham, NC. All that food will be distributed to needy area families by the Food Bank of Eastern and Central …
Pope Francis and Latin America
Martin Coria |
I write from an Argentina still in shock after the election of Pope Bergoglio. I did my 12 years of primary and secondary (high school) education at the Jesuit school in Buenos Aires where I was born. Witnessing in the same day that the first Jesuit, Latin American, Argentinean, native from Buenos Aires is elected pope is a lot to …
Nutrition and the Children of West Timor
Ilmi Suminar and Vinsen Surma | March 12, 2013
As originally published on the 1,000 Days Nutrition Newsroom blog: http://news.thousanddays.org/maternal-child-health/nutrition-and-the-children-of-west-timor/ Indonesia has reached some milestones towards Millennium Development Goals especially on eradicating absolute poverty and hunger. The proportion of people living on less than $1.25 a day dropped from 20.60% in 1990 to 5.90% in 2008, meaning that the country has already passed its target of 10.30%. In 2010 …
Two Years After the Great Eastern Earthquake and Tsunami in Japan
Takeshi Komino | March 11, 2013
The past two years since the March 11 tsunami have both been a challenge as well as a blessing for the CWS team in Japan. Back in March 2011, when our first team arrived to the affected areas in north-eastern Japan, all we could see were scattered mountains of debris in coastal cities. That made it hard to imagine that …
Fundraising Safari: From New Bremen with Love
Nick Kiger | March 9, 2013
CWS field staffers get to work in a variety of settings. We work in big cities and small towns, urban areas and rural areas. No matter the setting, the people we meet care about the world outside of their communities. New Bremen, OH is home to 2,970 people according to the 2011 U.S. Census. Known as a historic location for …
It’s time for a new relationship between the U.S. and Cuba
Rev. John L. McCullough | March 5, 2013
In fulfillment of its humanitarian mission, and with the involvement of U.S. churches, CWS has for many decades maintained close relationships with the people and churches of Cuba. A little over a year ago I traveled to Cuba with a delegation of distinguished religious leaders. Our delegation met with religious and government officials, both Cuban and American. I noted a …
A Strengthened Relationship is About Engagement
Chris Herlinger/CWS |
A burgeoning relationship between CWS and one of its member communions was strengthened even further recently at a forum on domestic disaster response. At a recent meeting of the African Methodist Episcopal Church’s Women’s Missionary Society, meeting in Dallas, Texas, CWS Emergency Response Specialist Sandra Kennedy-Owes addressed nearly 1,000 members of the society and provided some training about disaster preparedness. …
A Place at the Table
Chris Herlinger | March 4, 2013
My CWS colleagues know I am a film buff. Happily, living in New York City, I am in the right locale for indulging that passion, including documentaries, a particular favorite. Luckily, my work life merged with my love of film a few days back when I saw the New York launch of “A Place at the Table,” an unusually fine …
#EndHungerNow
Angela Rupchock-Schafer | February 28, 2013
“One of the most devastating effects of poverty is hunger, and we cannot End Hunger Now if we’re not talking about it. This is a big problem. This is a problem that is not going away unless we act,” says Rep. Jim McGovern (D-Mass.) in a series of speeches he’s making on hunger in America on the floor of the …
Immigration reform has mandate, momentum and movement
Rev. John L. McCullough | February 27, 2013
Elections matter – and no more so than when a pressing issue that the two parties can’t agree on hangs in the balance. At issue is the matter of comprehensive immigration reform, which gained major traction following the demographic truths unveiled by the results of the 2012 presidential election. We can’t allow that issue to be derailed or detoured now, …