The State Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP) is due to expire March 31, following its extension after the 2007-08 attempts to re-authorize the program were vetoed.
Bills to continue that program and add coverage for an additional four million children are expected to be introduced and voted on in both houses of Congress THIS WEEK.
As people of faith, it is important that we work to ensure that legislation moving forward reflect our values of community, compassion, and concern for those who are most vulnerable.
Contact your Senators and Representatives today!
Special Toll-Free Number: 1-888-797-8717
Urge them to support reauthorizing SCHIP so millions of uninsured children can get health coverage, and remove restrictions delaying coverage for children in need.
For more information, PLEASE CLICK HERE.
Monday, January 12, 2009
Thursday, December 4, 2008
LETTER TO OBAMA: Make Middle East a Priority
Join GMP Sharon Watkins and other major American Christian leaders--Catholic, Evangelical, Orthodox and Protestant--in sending a letter to President-elect Obama urging him to make achievement of Israeli-Palestinian peace an immediate priority during his first year in office. Sign the ecumenical letter, along with Christians around the country, and help ensure that Obama fulfills his campaign promise to engage in Israeli-Palestinian peacemaking as soon as he takes office.
To read the letter, PLEASE CLICK HERE.
To read the list of religious leaders who signed the letter, PLEASE CLICK HERE.
To add your name to the letter, PLEASE CLICK HERE.
Monday, December 1, 2008
CANADA: Call for Climate Change on December 7
On the Global Day of Climate Action, call on Canadian leaders to take a strong stand at UN climate negotiations in Poland.
The Global Day of Climate Action takes place at the midpoint between the two weeks of climate change negotiations. The United Church of Canada, as a member of the World Council of Churches Climate Change Working Group, will be represented in the meeting in Poznań, calling on governments to act on this critical issue.
Actions are being organized in Moncton, Montreal, Ottawa, Toronto, Winnipeg, Edmonton, and Vancouver. It is expected that this list will continue to grow as December 7 approaches.
To find out more and take action, PLEASE CLICK HERE.
The Global Day of Climate Action takes place at the midpoint between the two weeks of climate change negotiations. The United Church of Canada, as a member of the World Council of Churches Climate Change Working Group, will be represented in the meeting in Poznań, calling on governments to act on this critical issue.
Actions are being organized in Moncton, Montreal, Ottawa, Toronto, Winnipeg, Edmonton, and Vancouver. It is expected that this list will continue to grow as December 7 approaches.
To find out more and take action, PLEASE CLICK HERE.
Thursday, November 27, 2008
Urge the New Congress to Raise the Minimum Wage to $10 in 2010
Please sign the following letter to Congress, asking our elected officials to raise the minimum wage to $10 in 2010.
As people of faith, we call on the 111th Congress to raise the minimum wage and join us in bringing needed economic security to our families, our communities and our country.
An adequate minimum wage is a bedrock moral value for our nation. Where the Congress sets the minimum wage reflects whether our society truly believes that workers are human beings with inherent dignity, inalienable rights and basic needs such as food, shelter and health care.
It is immoral that people work full time but have to choose between paying the rent and paying for food, paying for childcare or paying for healthcare. It is immoral that some are paid so little their children go without necessities while others are paid so much their grandchildren will live in luxury without having to work at all. A job should keep you out of poverty, not keep you in it.
It is immoral that the minimum wage is worth less now than it was the year Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was killed in Memphis while fighting for living wages for sanitation workers. The eroded value of the minimum wage has reinforced growing inequality, which has given the richest 1 percent of Americans a greater share of our nation's income than any year since 1928. This has undermined our communities, our economy and our democracy. Prophetic voices like Dr. King and others throughout the ages have called for justice for the underprivileged and poorest in society.
We, diverse people of faith from all across America, call on Congress to raise the minimum wage to $10 in 2010.
Sincerely,
To read the entire letter, PLEASE CLICK HERE.
To sign the letter, PLEASE CLICK HERE.
As people of faith, we call on the 111th Congress to raise the minimum wage and join us in bringing needed economic security to our families, our communities and our country.
An adequate minimum wage is a bedrock moral value for our nation. Where the Congress sets the minimum wage reflects whether our society truly believes that workers are human beings with inherent dignity, inalienable rights and basic needs such as food, shelter and health care.
It is immoral that people work full time but have to choose between paying the rent and paying for food, paying for childcare or paying for healthcare. It is immoral that some are paid so little their children go without necessities while others are paid so much their grandchildren will live in luxury without having to work at all. A job should keep you out of poverty, not keep you in it.
It is immoral that the minimum wage is worth less now than it was the year Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was killed in Memphis while fighting for living wages for sanitation workers. The eroded value of the minimum wage has reinforced growing inequality, which has given the richest 1 percent of Americans a greater share of our nation's income than any year since 1928. This has undermined our communities, our economy and our democracy. Prophetic voices like Dr. King and others throughout the ages have called for justice for the underprivileged and poorest in society.
We, diverse people of faith from all across America, call on Congress to raise the minimum wage to $10 in 2010.
Sincerely,
To read the entire letter, PLEASE CLICK HERE.
To sign the letter, PLEASE CLICK HERE.
Saturday, November 15, 2008
Support Comprehensive Health Care: Sign a Letter to President-Elect Obama
Please sign the following letter to President-Elect Obama and urge him to adopt these principles in reforming health care, thereby ensuring comprehensive quality health care for all.
Dear President-Elect Obama,
We congratulate you an your victory and commend you for your attention to and commitment to health care reform. As people of faith, we envision a society where each person is afforded health, wholeness, and human dignity.
This vision embraces a system of health care that is inclusive, accessible, affordable, and accountable, and is therefore based on the following principles:
+ Health care is a basic human right and human need that includes every person.
+ All persons should have access to health services that provide necessary care and contribute to wellness.
+ Health care must contribute to the common good by being affordable for individuals, families and society as a whole.
+ Our health care system must be accountable, offering a quality, equitable and sustainable means of keeping us healthy as individuals and as a community.
We look forward to working with you and your administration to ensure quality comprehensive health care for all people based upon these principles.
Sincerely,
To sign the letter, PLEASE CLICK HERE.
To read the entire statement, PLEASE CLICK HERE.
Dear President-Elect Obama,
We congratulate you an your victory and commend you for your attention to and commitment to health care reform. As people of faith, we envision a society where each person is afforded health, wholeness, and human dignity.
This vision embraces a system of health care that is inclusive, accessible, affordable, and accountable, and is therefore based on the following principles:
+ Health care is a basic human right and human need that includes every person.
+ All persons should have access to health services that provide necessary care and contribute to wellness.
+ Health care must contribute to the common good by being affordable for individuals, families and society as a whole.
+ Our health care system must be accountable, offering a quality, equitable and sustainable means of keeping us healthy as individuals and as a community.
We look forward to working with you and your administration to ensure quality comprehensive health care for all people based upon these principles.
Sincerely,
To sign the letter, PLEASE CLICK HERE.
To read the entire statement, PLEASE CLICK HERE.
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