Action Alert Archive


August 17, 2008 - Ecumenical Advocacy Days 2009

May 28, 2008 - Candidates Stand United on Darfur

May 27, 2008 - Climate legislation to be debated in Senate

May 21, 2008 - Important Surprise Vote on the SOA/WHINSEC! Call Congress Today!

May 8, 2008 - Make a phone call, save a life! Join the national "Day after Mother's Day Cluster Bomb Call-in" on Monday, May 12th; Recipe for Hope - Responding to the Hunger Crisis (Bulletin Insert); Opportunity for College Youth during the Summer--Sabeel International Young Adult Conference

April 28, 2008 - The National Religious Campaign Against Torture Urges you to write a letter to your editor about torture; Anabaptist Peace Center’s Bridging Divides Conference report (PDF)

April 11, 2008 - Earth Day activities for the week of April 20, 2008

April 9, 2008 - Congress is set to vote on the National Landscape Conservation Act (HR 2016) on April 9th, TODAY! E-mail or call your representative right now!; Call your Represtative's office about the Jubilee Act (HR 2634)! The House should be voting on it in early April!

April 4, 2008 - Call your Representative's office about the Jubilee Act (HR 2634)!; Christian Citizenship Seminar article by Phil Jones

February 19, 2008 - Ecumenical Advocacy Days: 2008 Presidential Candidate's Town Hall; Christian Peace Witness for Iraq in Washington DC on March 7, 2008; Anabaptist peace forum in Washington DC on April 11-12: "Bridging Divides: Uniting the Church for Peacemaking"

February 8, 2008 - National Campaign for a Peace Tax Fund bulletin insert and prayers for Phil Rieman (Bulletin Insert); Christian Peace Witness for Iraq in Washington, DC on March 7, 2008; Anabaptist peace forum in Washington, DC on April 11-12: “Bridging Divides: Uniting the Church for Peacemaking”; Jubilee USA Measure Up Campaign

January 23, 2008 - National Campaign for a Peace Tax Fund - Executive Director Position Description

January 22, 2008 - National Religious Campaign Against Torture; Jubilee USA Measure Up1 Campaign

January 18, 2008 - Christian Peace Witness for Iraq - National Service to End the War in Iraq on Friday, March 7, 2008; Calming the Storm: Middle East Peacemaking in a Turbulent Time - Churches for Middle East Peace Advocacy Conference April 20-22

January 9, 2008 - Day of Action to Shut Down Guantanamo cosponsored by Amnesty International and the National Religious Campaign Against Torture

December 5, 2007 - Call for expressions of interest in and nominations for Christian Peacemaker Teams (CPT) Outreach Coordinator

November 28, 2007 - Churches for Middle East Peace (CMEP) Conference Call December 6th

October 22, 2007 - Church of the Brethren General Board Resolution on Modern-Day Slavery: A Call to Awareness, Education, and Action (Resolution); NCC Wilderness Photo Contest

September 27, 2007 - NCC Wilderness Photo Contest; Interfaith Fast to End the War in Iraq; Jubilee Cancel Debt Fast and Lobby Day!; Newsline Special: Religious Leaders Meet with President of Iran; BBT urges Brethren to take immediate action against proposed rules that would squelch the voice of minority shareholders

August 30, 2007 - Urgent: Your Elected Officials Need to Hear From You Today. Tell Them to Cover All Nine Million Uninsured Children Before Time Runs Out!

August 28, 2007 - September 15th Mass March in Washington DC; Christian Peace Witness for Iraq Prayer Vigil; Harvest of Justice Table Prayers: Host a Feast for Justice; NFWM Burger King Campaign; International Day of Prayer for Peace; Jubilee Cancel Debt Fast!!; Fast for the Environment; Interfaith Fast to End the War in Iraq

August 15, 2007 - International Day of Prayer for Peace

August 10, 2007 - Support Middle East Peace; Cancel Debt Fast; Fasting for the Environment; Brethren congregations invited to sponsor public prayer on International Day of Prayer for Peace

July 20, 2007 - Brethren congregations invited to sponsor public prayer on International Day of Prayer for Peace; Urgent: Your Elected Officials Need to Hear From You Today! Tell Them to Cover All Nine Million Uninsured Children This Year

June 21, 2007 - SOA/WHINSEC Vote Update: There is still time!

June 20, 2007 - Job Opening - International Day of Prayer for Peace Grassroots Organizer

June 19, 2007 - Call Your Representative Today to Close the SOA/WHINSEC!; "Day of Action to Restore Law and Justice" - June 26, 2007; HBO's Film "Ghost of Abu Ghraib" in Your Congregation October 21-28

May 31, 2007 - "Day of Action to Restore Law and Justice" - June 26, 2007; Jubilee USA Conference in Chicago June 15-17

May 14, 2007 - Time is up for a Plan B for Darfur; Help Chris Brown Shine A Light On The Truth In Lebanon; Help Make 9 Million Uninsured Children a Political Priority; Stop U.S. torture - schedule an in-district lobby visit; Farm Bill Letter Sign-On (PDF document); Call Congress Tuesday, May 22 to Prevent Hunger: Tell your members to support the Feed America's Families Act

May 8, 2007 - Congregations Encouraged to Respond to “Mother’s Day Call to Action”

April 19, 2007 - Churches for Middle East Peace Conference May 6-8 in D.C.; April 22, 2007 is Earth Day!; Save Darfur: Stick to the Deadline; Young Adult Ecumenical Forum: July 26-29 at Boston University; House Bill on Cluster Bombs Introduced; Equal Exchange: DEFENDING GROUP ORGANIC CERTIFICATION; Especially for Brethren in Chicago Area: Jubilee USA Conference in Chicago June 15-17

April 13, 2007 - Earth Sunday is April 22, 2007 - Theme: The Food That Sustains Us (PDF Resource - Our Daily Bread)

April 11, 2007 - STEPS 4 DARFUR March and Rally this Saturday, April 14th!; CIW (Coalition of Immokalee Workers) and McDonald's research agreement to improve farmworker wages, working conditions

March 22, 2007 - Congregations Please Sign-On to Support the 2007 AgJobs Act; Write Congress to Ask For Broader International Debt Cancellation in 2007; National Conference to End Poverty This June. Register Now!

March 15, 2007 - Important Logistics for Christian Peace Witness Event (PDF document)

March 14, 2007 - Stop Funding For An Attack On Iran

March 2, 2007 - World Day of Prayer Requests Delivered to House Speaker; Christian Peace Witness for Iraq--March 16, 2007 in Washington, DC; Exciting News From the Peace Tax Campaign!

February 23, 2007 - Wrestling with Lent (PDF)

February 7, 2007 - Summer 2007 Youth Peace Travel Team: Application Deadline Extended to February 23, 2007 (PDF application); Christian Peace Witness for Iraq- March 16, 2007 in Washington, DC; Ecumenical Advocacy Days March 9-12 in Washington, DC; Christian Citizenship Seminar: March 24-29, 2007

January 31, 2007 - Summer 2007 Youth Peace Travel Team; March 24-29, 2007: Christian Citizenship Seminar; Congress Day: Thursday February 15, 2007

January 18, 2007 - January 27, 2007: March on Washington to End Iraq War (PDF flyer); Summer 2007 Youth Peace Travel Team; March 24-29, 2007: Christian Citizenship Seminar (PDF application)


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