From Katie Adams at the D.C. Office.

Join the May 26 National Summit gathering to train and empower faith communities to support equitable U.S. vaccine distribution.

Register here.

Church of Beatitudes is currently collecting Men's and Women's clean socks to help the homeless and less fortunate. These will be given to ShoeBox Ministries on June 16th.

The fighting between Israel and Hamas must end immediately. Israel’s brutal occupation of Palestine is supported by US diplomacy and $3.8 billion in annual funding to Israel. The US must stop being complicit in these human rights violations and condition funding on Israel’s compliance with US and international law.

The campaign is national in scope. The SWC has joined the letter. Maybe you and your local church would like to join the advocacy effort too.

IPL and our partners are asking faith leaders to add their name to this sign on letter to Congress calling for critical investments in climate and clean energy as we rebuild our economy.

The deadline is June 9th.

National Council of Churches and Grace & Race invite you to participate in White Privilege: Let’s Talk dialogue sessions. This 6-session course is designed as a sacred conversation on race. It is intentional in its focus on the history, impact and manifestations of White Privilege. We enter with the spirit of faith, hope, praying that the conversations will help us to see one another and stay on the journey toward racial equity.

The deadline for registration is May 24, 2021

Phil Shea, SWC Disaster Coordinator, has shared three PDF documents for your review.

American Rescue Plan Act Guidance

Emergency Food and Shelter Program county contacts

Emergency Food and Shelter Program key dates

Also, here is the link regarding FEMA Funeral Assistance.

The For The People Act, a comprehensive election reform bill, and the John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act, which would restore the provisions gutted by the Supreme Court in its 2013 decision are two critical ways we can defend our democratic process and the right of every American to have their voice heard and counted in the electoral process.

As civil rights giant John Lewis himself declared, 'too many people have struggled, suffered and died to the right to vote.' A strong, vibrant democracy must move forward, not backward. Contact your Senators and urge them to defend our democracy by supporting the For The People Act and the John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act.

To emerge from the pandemic, an economic recovery that prioritizes jobs and justice is desperately needed. Now is a time to cast a vision for a holistic recovery that is guided by a commitment to employment, affordable housing, racial justice, public health, and a transition to a decarbonized economy. This webinar will focus on what a just recovery would look like and what faith communities can do to call for legislation that embodies our values.

Across Arizona’s southern border, nonprofits and religious organizations continue to support asylum seekers who have waited months to present their cases in the United States. Tony Paniagua traveled to Nogales, Sonora where he visited a shelter providing aid and spoke to migrants about their journeys.

Join faith leaders and faith-based advocates throughout Arizona to urge our Senators to pass Senate Bill 1, For the People Act. As people of faith we unite together to support and support our vulnerable neighbors.

Sign the letter to support the For the People Act so all voices may be heard.

In this month's Getting to the Root, UCC Economic Justice Minister, Rev. Sekinah Hamlin, offers a different approach to showing our gratitude and appreciation for our mothers and caretakers, one that centers on policy and justice.

“I have got family members who are workers, who are miners, who are loggers. That’s the economy of where I am from. It’s extraction. Like that’s the jobs that we have available. The good paying jobs are the ones that require us to destroy our world around us, to destroy our own backyard.” For Houska, the conversation about jobs and the environment is not an abstract debate. It is a conversation at the dinner table about the livelihoods of those close to her.

Thanks, Chris Wickersham, for the heads up on this class.

“Dr Mayan was one of my favorite professors at Iliff. He’s a great teacher and an all around great guy. His class on media and ministry was great and I think this might be of great interest to many of us here in the Conference. Please feel free to share!”