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Toiletry Kit Ministry Helping Asylum Seekers, Migrants and Immigrants (Disaster Response)
How does one start a new ministry? Sometimes it is just a matter of offering to help existing ministries. The California-Pacific Disaster Response Task Force recognized last fall that the humanitarian crisis on our southern border is a disaster in which our Task Force should
LB Public Library Foundation, AAHS-LB, and Faith Leaders Launch Fund for Race, Equity, and Justice Resources
LONG BEACH, California, June 24, 2020 – The Long Beach Public Library Foundation, in partnership with the African American Heritage Society of Long Beach (AAHS-LB) and local faith leaders, has launched a fund for materials and programs related to race, equity, and justice at the
“Lies” by Deborah McDuff
Deborah McDuff , the artist of Museum of Social Justice‘s current exhibition, Impact on Innocence: Mass Incarceration, shares a new poem with us, Lies. It is a reflection of her emotions and thoughts during this overwhelming time of unrest and loss. To view the exhibition
Church leaders urge African Americans to stay healthy, survive
By Kathy L. Gilbert April 15, 2020 | NASHVILLE (UM News) United Methodist black church leaders issued a call to action in the fight against COVID-19 in light of recent findings that African Americans are dying from the disease at disproportionate rates in the U.S.
Local Volunteers Continue Support at Bethlehem Food Pantry Amid Coronavirus Outbreak
“For there will never cease to be poor in the land. Therefore, I command you, ‘You shall open wide your hand to your brother, to the needy and to the poor, in your land.’” – Deuteronomy 15:11 Broad smiles broke out when Susan Naslund and
Pastor Lisa Williams Honored as “Woman of the Year” by Los Angeles County
March 9, 2020—Los Angeles, California Pastor Lisa Williams received the “Woman of the Year” award today from Los Angeles County Supervisor Janice Hahn in a ceremony that celebrated five women leaders in Los Angeles County who are making a difference. The event, hosted by the
Disaster Response Teams’ Efforts Enhanced with New Tool Trailer
The California-Pacific Conference Disaster Response Task Force had reported in the waning months of 2019 that their Happy Little Tool Trailer, subject of literary fame, suffered the indignity of being rudely awakened in the middle of the night and kidnapped from the University Church Irvine