Sign this petition and send a letter to those who represent you in Congress. Tell them we need to do better & to sign the #AfghanAdjustmentAct#Congress
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“But that’s the thing about having vision. It’s not about always being right about the future. It’s about constantly learning what’s right and striving for it.” @danieljonce in foreword to Wholehearted Faith. @jeffchu@rachelheldevans
DADS ON DUTY: After a violent week of fighting at a Louisiana high school, parents knew something had to change. So, a group of dads decided to show up not just for their kids - but for the whole student body - to help maintain a positive environment. @SteveHartmanCBS has more.
“The vacillation in evangelical support for refugee resettlement betrays the reality that our views, too often, are guided by whatever is in the news… rather than by the unchanging Word of God,” I told @WheatonHDI's @kentannan at @CTmagazine https://t.co/Cx3X0yygj3
Take a look inside one of the bases where thousands of Afghan evacuees eagerly wait to restart lives in the US. W my buddy @jestei https://t.co/Z0oCgbYMJz
BIG NEWS FRIDAY!!! Because y'all loved TOM CLANCY TARGET ACQUIRED, I get to write not one, but TWO MORE Tom Clancy Jack Ryan Jr. books! Thank you @tomcolgan14! Details in my newsletter along with plot summaries of HOSTILE INTENT and the new Clancy book! https://t.co/Tx6hot8v21
A 2016 investigation found violations in 85% of the Los Angeles garment shops it looked into. Now, a bill to protect California’s low-paid garment workers is headed to Gov. Newsom’s desk.
“There is some kind of a modern slavery goin' on,” one worker told @annawerner.
We spend so much energy training people for being on stages with titles holding microphones.
Instead, let's start developing people for being at tables with causes in neighborhoods.
Resettlement is an opportunity that most Afghans are grateful for, given the circumstances, but almost always mixed with loss, especially for those who had to leave family behind
Thankful for this Afghan ally's bravery & for my @WRSacramento colleagues & volunteers welcoming him
"Angry" was a strong but accurate word for me to have used in this interview to describe the reality that more than half of Afghan allies with pending Special Immigrant Visa cases did not get evacuated
But also: many did, & we're eager to welcome them https://t.co/kwhuT9CpvD
The Church World Service in Lancaster is one of many Midstate organizations preparing to receive these Afghan refugees with the expectation that some may be coming at a moment’s notice. For now, it’s a case of wait and see.
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Just picked my first grader up from school.
His teacher had each student write a letter to an Afghan child who is coming to the States.
The part of the letter Sam remembers is “Welcome to America. We hope you feel safe here.“