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 …
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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 …
Faith Leaders Urge Action on Immigration Reform
January 23, 2013
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 …
CWS Jan. 25 Long Term Recovery Workshop Canceled
January 22, 2013
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 …
Did You Receive an IRA Distribution Last Month?
If you took a distribution from your IRA in December 2012, you may be eligible to make a special gift to Church World Service, now, and reduce your 2012 taxes. Earlier this month, Congress passed legislation to extend the IRA charitable rollover. The law also allows individuals who are 70½ to make special gifts to charity! Individuals who took a …
1,000 CWS Emergency Cleanup Buckets are Assembled in an Hour!
Some 150 Brethren Disaster Relief Auction volunteers of all ages from the Atlantic Northeast and Southern Pennsylvania districts gathered on a Friday evening and assembled 1,000 CWS Emergency Cleanup Buckets in an hour! For more information about assembling Emergency Cleanup Buckets, please visit www.cwsglobal.org/buckets Video of buckets being assembled: www.youtube.com/watch?v=blPtt0S_LfA