Edward Linsmier for The New York Times The divestment vote, at the Methodist Church’s convention in Tampa, Fla., followed intense lobbying by American Jews, Israelis and Palestinian Christians. By LAURIE GOODSTEIN Published: May 2, 2012 Facebook Twitter Google+ Email Share Print Reprints The United Methodist Church, the nation’s largest mainline Protestant denomination, voted against two…
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Presbyterian Leadership Takes Historic Stand
LOUISVILLE, KY – February 17, 2012 – The General Assembly Mission Council (GAMC) of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) voted to send a recommendation to the July meeting of the 220th General Assembly (national Presbyterian voting body) to divest its holdings from Caterpillar, Inc., Hewlett Packard, and Motorola Solutions. The original recommendation came from the denomination’s Mission Responsibility Through…
Episcopal Peace Fellowship helps to launch boycott of Starbucks on Valentine’s Day
Episcopal Peace Fellowship News Release by Bob Kinney – bob.kinney@gmail.com – 512.419.1738 Buttressing its commitment to non-violence, the Episcopal Peace Fellowship (EPF) is joining with gun victim groups both faith-based and secular to launch a boycott of Starbucks coffee shops on Valentine’s Day. “While states have rightfully forbidden weapons inside taverns for decades, Starbucks is…
An Open Letter to Starbucks
Valentine’s Day, 2012 will be a busy day for Starbucks. Thousands of NRA-supporting gun owners have pledged to visit their local Starbucks nationwide, buying lattes to say “thank you Starbucks” for welcoming handguns and other firearms in your stores. They are promising to bring their guns and families and yes, there’s a t-shirt. Many of…
NOT ANOTHER WAR!
Remember October of 2002 when the discussion became strong to go to war in Iraq? I’m feeling deja vu regarding Iran. Listening to a member of the Israeli Knesset last week at a local Jewish Temple…the drums of war were beating loudly…If Israel goes to war in Iran, we go to war. As our…
LOVE IN ACTION
Thursday, January 26, 2012, 4:34pm Show your love for humanity this Valentine’s Day by joining FOR, the National Gun Victims Action Council, and allies in boycotting Starbucks! Why Starbucks? Recent actions have revealed Starbucks’ tacit support of the NRA’s pro-gun agenda — which we hold responsible for the current epidemic of U.S. gun violence. Yesterday, Rep….
Boycott of Starbucks to launch on Valentine’s Day: End “open carry” gun policy
Boycott of Starbucks to launch on Valentine’s Day: End “open carry” gun policy on Wednesday, January 25, 2012, 6:34am Starbucks’ Love for Guns Prompts Gun Victims’ Advocate Group to Launch Nationwide Boycott on Valentine’s Day 2012 CHICAGO, IL.: A nationwide boycott of Starbucks stores and its products will be launched on Valentine’s Day 2012. Its goal…
ML King Day on Whibey Island
“BLESSED ARE THE PEACEMAKERS,” a Martin Luther King, Jr. Community Event On January 16, Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, defying threats and rumors of snow, an estimated 170 people filled the St. Augustine nave for the 7th annual “Blessed Are the Peace Makers” Martin Luther King, Jr. event. This event was initiated by and is…
Food, Faith and Farming Urban Prilgrimage
Young Adult Episcopal Peace Fellowship Pilgrimage on “Food, Faith & Farming: Crossing Invisible Borders in our Community,” in Oxnard March 23-25. Space Available!Young adults within and beyond the Diocese of Los Angeles are invited to participate in an exciting experiential “pilgrimage” that explores issues of immigration, food sustainability and eco-justice based at the Abundant Table…
Good Gun News from Brady
Last week the gun lobby lost big, and supporters of common sense gun laws won big. With help from Brady’s Legal Action Project (LAP), courts ruled against gun lobby challenges to gun laws in three important cases: In Washington, D.C. a federal judge dismissed a gun lobby challenge to an Obama Administration rule requiring that…
