Global Partnerships
Ending Violence Against Our Children
Yvonne O’Neal and her son Dorian Our guest blogger today, Human Rights Day, is Yvonne O’Neal, a member of the L.O.V.E. (Liberate Ourselves, Value Everyone) Task Force on Non-Violent Living at the Church of the Holy Trinity in New York, NY. My Facebook friends know that I post a lot about violence against women. Comments […]
It's Not Violence, Is it?
The Rev. Laurie Brock Our guest blogger today is the Rev. Laurie Brock. Laurie is the Rector of the Episcopal Church of St. Michael the Archangel in Lexington, Kentucky. With Mary Koppel, Laurie is also the co-author of Where God Hides Holiness: Thoughts on Grief, Joy, and the Search for Fabulous Heels and the popular blog, Dirty […]
Haiti: A Place of Gender-Based Violence
Our guest bloggers today are the Rev. Canon Rosemari Sullivan, who is a Special Coordinator for Haiti in the Office of the Presiding Bishop, and Guilene Fiefie, a delegate to the 2014 United Nations Commission on the Status of Women from the Diocese of Haiti. This post begins with an introduction from Rosemari and continues […]
Challenge Violence of Every Kind: The Fourth Mark of Mission
The Rev. Heather Melton and some friends in Liberia. Our guest blogger for today is the Rev. Heather Melton, who serves as the Coordinator of the United Thank Offering. For the past 8 days, this blog has shared stories from different voices to help draw attention and awareness to the Sixteen Days of Activism against Violence against […]
African bishops and The Episcopal Church issue communique
Excerpt: “Friends walk together. Friends go the distance together. Friends make music together. Friends of Jesus love each other just as he commanded (v. 14). Friends share their needs and their gifts, their burdens and their joys. Over the years in the Anglican Communion, we have had the experience of together reconciling the world to […]
Christians in the Middle East
Archbishop Suheil Dawani and the Rev. Canon Robert Edmunds in Jerusalem. The Rev. Canon Robert (Bob) Edmunds and his wife Deborah served as missionaries of The Episcopal Church in the Episcopal Diocese of Jerusalem from 2008 to 2011. Working with Archbishop Suheil Dawani, the Edmunds were physical representations of the longstanding relationship between The Episcopal […]
International Day of Peace: Peace through play at Kakuma Refugee Camp
Two of the four men’s Kakuma Sports of Peace teams, one in red and the other in yellow jerseys, congratulate each other at the end of the first game. Sport might seem an unlikely activity to feature on the International Day of Peace (September 21). However, it is recognized as an excellent peacebuilding activity with […]
International Day of the Girl Child
October 11th is International Day of the Girl Child, one of the newest United Nations days of observance. The Reverend Heather Melton, who serves as the Missioner for the United Thank Offering and is the mother of one-year-old twin girls, reflects on the world she hopes her girls will experience as they grow older. Let […]
International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women
The 16 Days of Activism Against Gender Violence November 25th – December 10th, 2013 November 25th is the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women, the first day of the annual 16 Days of Activism Against Gender Violence campaign. Each year, from November 25th through December 10th (International Human Rights Day), individuals and […]
International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples
International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples: Promoting health and well-being among indigenous Episcopalians Out of the depths have I called to you, O LORD; LORD, hear my voice; let your ears consider well the voice of my supplication. (Ps 130:1) • L to R: Jasmine Bostock, Frank Oberly and Cohen Adkins at the Opening […]
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Alan Yarborough
Director of Government Relations andGlobal Partnerships