{"id":24812,"date":"2025-01-24T22:37:07","date_gmt":"2025-01-24T22:37:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/?p=24812"},"modified":"2025-01-24T22:37:08","modified_gmt":"2025-01-24T22:37:08","slug":"marcia-sowles-joins-opp","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/2025\/marcia-sowles-joins-opp\/","title":{"rendered":"Marcia Sowles joins the Church of the Brethren Office of Peacebuilding and Policy"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Marcia Sowles has joined the Church of the Brethren\u2019s Office of Peacebuilding and Policy in Washington, D.C., volunteering as a Policy and Governmental Affairs associate. She will primarily focus on immigration policy by also providing legal expertise on related issues.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Sowles has a bachelor\u2019s from Manchester College\u2014now Manchester University\u2014in North Manchester, Ind., where she graduated in 1972 with a degree in history and mathematics; a Juris Doctor degree from Valparaiso University School of Law in Indiana (1975); and a Master of Laws (L.L.M) from Yale Law School (1980). From September 1987 to Jan. 3, 2025, she was a trial attorney with the Civil Division of the US Department of Justice, where she represented federal agencies in litigation. She was a trial attorney with the US Department of Energy from 1980 to 1987 and an attorney with the Legal Services Program of Northern Indiana from 1975 to 1979.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;-<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Find more Church of the Brethren news:<\/p>\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__list wp-block-latest-posts\"><li><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/2026\/cds-deploys-volunteers-to-support-families-affected-by-washington-wildfires\/\">Children&#8217;s Disaster Services deploys volunteers to support families affected by Washington wildfires<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/2026\/bdm-begins-new-rebuilding-project-in-yancey-county-n-c\/\">Brethren Disaster Ministries begins new rebuilding project in Yancey County, N.C.<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/2026\/fall-2026-scripture-practice-cohort\/\">Part-Time Pastor; Full-Time Church program offers fall 2026 Scripture Practice cohort<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/2026\/john-fillmore-named-director-of-ministry\/\">John Fillmore named director of ministry<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/2026\/standing-with-haitian-church-family\/\">Standing with our Haitian church family: A pastoral message from the General Secretary<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Marcia Sowles has joined the Church of the Brethren\u2019s Office of Peacebuilding and Policy in Washington, D.C., volunteering as a Policy and Governmental Affairs associate. 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