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August 22, 2017 By Rev. Dr. Leslie Copeland Tune Leave a Comment

EPI Joins Circle of Protection in Opposing Proposed Federal Budget

Washington, D.C., June 21, 2017–Christian leaders from across the theological and political spectrum, including Ecumenical Poverty Initiative Director Rev. Dr. Leslie Copeland-Tune, today expressed opposition to federal budget cuts that would harm people living in hunger and poverty.  Their statement represents the first broad-based, ecumenical response to the ongoing budget debates since the inauguration of President […]

Filed Under: Circle of Protection, Featured, Health Care bill, Poverty, Religious leaders, Uncategorized, Women and Families Tagged With: budget, Circle of Protection, elderly, Federal Budget, health care, Poverty, Trump Administration

February 26, 2013 By Shantha Alonso Leave a Comment

Faithful Alternatives to Sequestration – A Message to Congress

 This message was sent to Congress today on behalf of the Interreligious Working Group on Domestic Human Needs. It is with great concern over the effects of the sequester that I write to you today.  These budget cuts will harm real people; they are not an academic exercise and this is no laboratory for testing […]

Filed Under: Federal Budget, Inequality, Poverty, Religious leaders, Theology and Ethics Tagged With: alternatives, budget, Christian, Deficit, faith, Faithful Budget, Inequality, Interreligious, Moral Budget, Poverty, sequester

February 11, 2013 By Shantha Alonso Leave a Comment

Faithful Budget Stories – California

This series looks at how the sequester, or any poorly conceived deficit reduction strategy that drastically cuts programs vital to the health and wellbeing of our nation’s most vulnerable, will impact church communities. The California Council of Churches mobilizes 1.5 million members statewide and has long supported policy and education efforts to nurture good health. […]

Filed Under: Federal Budget, Health Tagged With: budget, california, Churches, Deficit, health, impact, sequester

January 15, 2013 By Shantha Alonso Leave a Comment

The Faith Community’s 2012 Year-End Jobless Statement

2012 Year-End Jobless Statement from the Interreligious Working Group on Domestic Human Needs January 15, 2013 Reflecting on 2012, we give prayerful thought to the 12.2 million Americans who found themselves without a job at the end of the year. As people of faith, we continue to be concerned about our country’s slow economic recovery. […]

Filed Under: Jobs, Worker Justice Tagged With: budget, Christian, Congress, Deficit, economy, Emergency Food and Shelter Program, employment, faith, Food Stamps, growth, Interfaith, Interreligious, Job Training, Jobs, Poverty, recovery, SNAP, unemployment

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Ecumenical Poverty Initiative Joins Local and National Organizations to Oppose Tax Cuts, “Round 2”

September 12, 2018 by Ebony Grisom

Ecumenical Poverty Initiative and a diverse coalition of state and national organizations join Americans for Tax Fairness opposing the most recent tax cut proposal. The proposed cuts equal $2.8 trillion dollars over the next ten years. We oppose these cuts because they reward wealthy persons and large corporations at the expense of low income and […]

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