New Speaker Announced for Advocacy Training Weekend! And Extended Young Adult Scholarship Application!
Imagine! God's Earth and People Restored
April 24-27
Washington, DC
April 24-27
Washington, DC
We believe that God created this world, called it good, and told humans to care for it.
We are blessed to have this sacred task.
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New Speaker Announced
We are blessed to have this sacred task.
Click here for more information and to register!
New Speaker Announced
Rev. James Bhagwan
Rev. James Bhagwan is the general secretary for the Pacific Conference of Churches, a PC(USA) global partner. Some areas of the Pacific Islands are facing the potential of extinction of entire cultures due to rising sea levels, increasing ocean temperatures, and severe weather. The Pacific Council of Churches emphasizes speaking truth to power on justice issues, with particular focus on climate justice. “The sense of justice, the sense of providing sacred space, safe space, hospitality and helping people to be accompanied in that journey, where they are actually for the first time having to uproot themselves from generations of embedment in the land and the sea and come to somewhere else,” Bhagwan said. Rev. Bhagwan will join us for Compassion Peace and Justice Training Day and stay on for Ecumenical Advocacy Days!
Deadline Extended for Young Adult and Student Scholarship Applications to February 22!
The deadline for the young adult (age 18-35) and student scholarship application has been extended to 11:59 PM on Saturday, February 22. If you are a young adult or student interested in applying, please do so soon! Or if you know of a young adult or student who may be interested, let them know about this scholarship opportunity. You can find the short application here.
On April 24, 2020, join together with Presbyterians from across the nation in Washington, D.C. to learn how Presbyterians and partners are answering this call and working for the restoration of God’s creation and people. Through plenaries, workshops, and networking opportunities, this Compassion Peace and Justice Training Day offers the chance to explore the various ways we are addressing climate change, ecological destruction and environmental racism. Advancing climate justice and just transition to value and protect people who have historically been made vulnerable by economic and environmental injustice will be a special focus.
Many will continue the learning by attending the Ecumenical Advocacy Days: Imagine! God’s Earth and People Restored from Friday evening on April 24 through Lobby Day on Monday the 27th. Almost 1,000 Christian advocates join us every year for a weekend of workshops, lectures and concrete actions addressing movements for social change.
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