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Call Congress on budget cuts |
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Urgent Alert
from the Washington
Office of the PC(USA)
[4-11-05]
Stop the Cuts in Social Programs. Call-In
Day tomorrow – Tuesday April 12
Call
Your Senators and Representative on Tuesday, April 12:
Tell
Them, We'll pay our share in taxes, but we expect you to set the right
priorities when you spend those dollars!
As Tax
Day approaches, Americans have good reason to tell Congress how they think
their dollars should be spent. Congress will soon vote on a final budget
resolution, and they're considering proposals to cut billions from programs
that support poor children, working families, people with disabilities, and
the elderly. (See how these cuts will impact your state at
http://www.chn.org/issues/opportunityforall/statefactsheets.html.) The
outcome of the budget proceedings might come down to three crucial minutes.
That's
how long it will take to call your members of Congress.
Call
Your Representative and Senators on Tuesday, April 12!
Tell
them: We'll pay our share in taxes, but we expect you to set the right
priorities when you spend those dollars! Tell them to oppose budget cuts in
basic programs like assistance for the elderly and disabled, the Earned
Income Tax Credit, Medicaid, foster care, TANF, child care, and food stamps.
TOLL-FREE CALL-IN NUMBER: 1-800-247-2971
This
toll-free number is provided courtesy of the American Friends Service
Committee which has launched a new budget campaign,
www.saveourservices.org. If you
can't get through on that line, please call the U.S. Capitol Switchboard at
(202) 224-3121, or find your Senators' direct line at
www.senate.gov.
For a
flier you can distribute, with specific talking points for making calls,
click this link:
http://www.chn.org/pdf/april12callin.pdf
Published by the Stewardship
of Public Life (SPL) advocacy program of the Washington Office,
Presbyterian Church (USA), 100 Maryland Avenue NE, Washington, D.C. 20002,
(202) 543-1126,
www.pcusa.org/washington.
For more information about the content of this article, please e-mail
Carolynn Race, at crace@ctr.pcusa.org
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Some blogs worth visiting |
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PVJ's
Facebook page
Mitch Trigger, PVJ's
Secretary/Communicator, has created a Facebook page where
Witherspoon members and others can gather to exchange news and
views. Mitch and a few others have posted bits of news, both
personal and organizational. But there’s room for more!
You can post your own news and views,
or initiate a conversation about a topic of interest to you. |
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Voices of Sophia blog
Heather Reichgott, who has created
this new blog for Voices of Sophia, introduces it:
After fifteen years of scholarship
and activism, Voices of Sophia presents a blog. Here, we present the
voices of feminist theologians of all stripes: scholars, clergy,
students, exiles, missionaries, workers, thinkers, artists, lovers
and devotees, from many parts of the world, all children of the God
in whose image women are made. .... This blog seeks to glorify God
through prayer, work, art, and intellectual reflection. Through
articles and ensuing discussion we hope to become an active and
thoughtful community. |
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John Harris’ Summit to
Shore blogspot
Theological and philosophical
reflections on everything between summit to shore, including
kayaking, climbing, religion, spirituality, philosophy, theology,
politics, culture, travel, The Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.), New
York City and the Queens neighborhood of Ridgewood by a progressive
New York City Presbyterian Pastor. John is a former member of the
Witherspoon board, and is designated pastor of North Presbyterian
Church in Flushing, NY. |
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John Shuck’s Shuck and Jive
A Presbyterian minister, currently
serving as pastor of First Presbyterian Church of Elizabethton,
Tenn., blogs about spirituality, culture, religion (both organized
and disorganized), life, evolution, literature, Jesus, and
lightening up. |
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Got more blogs to recommend?
Please
send a note, and we'll see what we can do! |
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Plan now for our 2010 Ghost Ranch
Seminar!
GHOST RANCH SEMINAR
July 26-August 1, 2010
WE’RE ALL IN
THIS TOGETHER
CONFRONTING THE STRUCTURES OF INJUSTICE |
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