PCUSA Anti-Hunger Program Mobilizes against Free Trade, Corporate Investments Alan F.H. Wisdom – posted first by the IRD May 24, 2013 PCUSA Activists characterize their initiative as “an effort to shine light into the dark places of international commerce” (Photo Credit: University of California Berkeley) An initiative of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) Hunger Program is…
By Alan Wisdom “Because of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.)’s work with the Coalition of Immokalee Workers over the last decade, a new day of human rights has indeed dawned right now in the tomato fields.” So proclaimed the Rev. Noelle Damico, the PCUSA staffer coordinating the denomination’s partnership with the Florida farmworkers’ union, at an…
By Alan Wisdom “We live in a world where there is enough food for all,” declared Sara Lisherness, Director of Compassion, Peace, and Justice Ministries in the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.). Opening an April 5 conference sponsored by the PCUSA in conjunction with the inter-denominational Ecumenical Advocacy Days, Lisherness urged her audience to ask, “Why are…