How many times have you read an article in the paper or watched a news story and wished there was something you could do? With the Episcopal Public Policy Network, you can. Senators and Representatives care about what you, their constituent, think about a particular issue. Whether you feel passionately about environmental protection, HIV/AIDS funding, or education, you can make your voice heard on Capitol Hill. Advocacy can happen at many different levels. The Episcopal Public Policy Network is specifically focused (by General Convention) on federal advocacy. We do have a number of state affiliates that work on state level legislation.
Articles
June 14, 2013
To fight domestic child sex trafficking is to recognize "the spark of divinity that is in every person," Democrat Leader Nancy Pelosi announced as she signed the "Our Daughters are Not for Sale Proclamation" and denounced the scourge of buying and selling American children for sex and labor. Leader Pelosi was joined by Republican and Democratic women of Congress and young...
May 30, 2013
ONE EPISCOPALIAN UPDATE
The ONE Campaign has invited us to participate in an exciting conference call next Friday, June 7.
The Last Hunger Season charts the course of a new exodus, one occurring in smallholder farmers all over the world. It isn't an exodus from one place to another -- it is an exodus of the spirit. It is an exodus from a life of misery, to a life of plenty. And although...
May 30, 2013
Immigration Advocacy Newsletter
After a debate that spanned two weeks and saw 212 amendments considered, the Border Security, Economic Opportunity, and Immigration Modernization Act (S. 744) passed out of the Judiciary Committee on May 21, 2013 with bipartisan support 13-5!
Your advocacy was vital throughout this process. Episcopalians and other people of faith across the country made...
May 23, 2013
May 23, 2013
The Honorable Barbara Mikulski The Honorable Richard Shelby
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May 21, 2013
This week, the Senate considers a five-year Farm Bill that will have profound implications for hungry and malnourished people in the United States and around the world.
Despite promising improvements in the Millennium Development Goals, an estimated one billion people still live on less than $1.25 each day, 870 million people are chronically undernourished, and 2.6 million young children die...