#EAD2023 Workshop Preview: Skill-building and Issue-Based Workshops

We're just two weeks out from Ecumenical Advocacy Days (EAD), co-sponsored by the Office of Public Witness. This year's event will take place online, April 25-27, and focus on Swords into Plowshares: Achieving Enough for all and Pursuing Peace. Ecumenical Advocacy Days is an opportunity for Christians from many denominations to come together, learn about why public policy is important to our faith, and take our message to Capitol Hill. Registration costs $50, but scholarships are available.   Workshops are a highlight of EAD every year.  We start with skill-based workshops, opportunities to learn more about pursuing advocacy in your church and community. Then, we will go into issue-based workshops, opportunities to learn about specific social justice issues from our partners. Since EAD is virtual this year, all the workshops will be recorded and saved to the online platform for attendees to watch later. So don't worry if two interesting-looking workshops are scheduled for the same time slot!

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Skill-based workshops this year will include: Bread Not Stones: Organizing for Change Strategies for Successful Human Rights Advocacy Equipping and Mobilizing your Congregation for Justice A Guided Process of Discovery: Post-Pandemic & Polycrisis (Part One) A Guided Process of Discovery: The Need for Inner Development: (Part Two)

Issue workshops this year will include: Securing Enough Food for All: The Role of Climate Finance Sustainability and Environmental Justice in the Farm Bill Part Way There-Swords into Ploughshares: The Case of Colombia Cuba: End the Violence of Sanctions and Build a Better Future for the Cuban People Easing Climate Conflicts through Economic Policies U.S. Arms Sales and Militarization of the Middle East: Yemen and Israel/Palestine A New Trade Model for Climate, Labor, and Community Empowerment In Search of Safety: The Shrinking Asylum Space and Challenges for Asylum Seekers at the U.S./Mexico Border Taking Action for Human Rights in the Face of State-Sponsored Violence in Peru People Over Pentagon And many more!

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