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10 years ago on Feb 11, 2013, we disabled the first gun donated to us, an AK-47.
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We are in a pivotal moment for PPF!
We learned a lot together since 2020. As we evaluated our study and action in the wake of uprisings in support of Black lives, we felt we needed to articulate our commitments in a new way.
Check out our new vision anchored in abolition:
If you have some extra time take this Inventory of Conscience survey from @PresbyPeace. Pretty interesting to think about with all of the #ChristianNationalism talk of late. https://t.co/fabneVWrFw
"Can we admit that we are a bit scared- of where to go in our culture of violence, of what to do, to whom to turn? But can we also dare to imagine the prophet’s world, and not let fear stop us from loving, unarmed?" Jenn Soule-Hill
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"The hard thing about transforming our lives, like that of transforming metal in the forge, is that it requires the fire of our imagination, to melt and reshape our hearts and minds into imagining something new."
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This fall, grassroots people of faith are rising to demand an immediate end to new fossil fuel and deforestation, an equitable phase-out of existing fossil fuel production, and a massive, generous commitment by wealthy countries to a just energy transition. #Faiths4Climate
Temporary safety is not good enough. Time to #ProtectAfghans and welcome Afghan refugees with dignity by passing the #AfghanAdjustmentAct
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This summer @Presbyterian voted to declare Israel's actions against Palestinians apartheid. This week PPF signed a letter to @POTUS with 290 other organizations to demand immediate action on the attacks on Palestinian civil society. #StandWithThe6
This week, together with over 290 organizations from around the world, we sent a letter to President Biden demanding immediate action in response to the Israeli government’s latest authoritarian assault on Palestinian civil society #StandWithThe6 https://t.co/xnqdLLK7tr
EVENT: Join us & @MADREspeaks to hear from Afghan civil society leaders and community organizers, working in Afghanistan and in the diaspora, to resist the Taliban, end harmful US policies, and build a future rooted in justice and reparations.
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In @sanya_mansoor's @TIME wrap-up of where Afghanistan stands a year later, a mention of our work around the Afghan people's frozen funds.
We continue to call on the administration to unfreeze the funds on a gradual basis to stabilize the Afghan economy.
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We are so excited about this new curriculum! Thanks to the Peace Church Working Group for you passion and energy poured into the his new resource. Check it out!#PeaceChurch#peacemaking#nonviolence
Interested in becoming a Peace Church? Those who are committed to deepening their peacemaking witness to reject violence and war and embrace Jesus’ way of nonviolence can learn more about the process of becoming a Peace Church here: https://t.co/nTYkt4saDT #PCUSA#Peace
Broken gun parts #GrowPeace
This is What's Growing On at Randolph St Community Garden in Champaign, IL.
A tool made from a locally donated rifle will also be growing food to feed the community.