New York, NY, January 18, 2010--Morningside Heights is a storied neighborhood on the west side of Manhattan, New York City.
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Date posted: Jan 17, 2010

New York, NY, January 18, 2010--Dramatic civil rights photographs from the 1960s and 1970s, some never before seen publicly, are on display at The Interchurch Center in New York City. The exhibit, "Giving Voice: Unearthing the Ken Thompson Collection," shows both the heroism of the struggle and the forces of oppression that tried to block the way.
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Date posted: Jan 17, 2010

New York, NY, December 22, 2009--Was the Copenhagen summit on climate change a moral and diplomatic failure?
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Date posted: Dec 22, 2009

Microfinance was one of the ways to address the needs of those living in poverty at a conversation on ministry with the poor sponsored by the United Methodist General Board of Global Ministries on December 16. Held in New York City at the United Methodist Church of the Village, more than 500 people joined in from around the world via a live webcast. An overview of the meeting and a link to the download of the webcast can be found here: Microcredit, Restorative Justice.
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Date posted: Dec 21, 2009

New York, NY, December 17, 2009--The first of a series of United Methodist public conversations on ministry with the poor focused on micro-credit as a means to help people move out of poverty and "restorative justice" as a social policy with positive application to the high percentage of the poor in prison.
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Date posted: Dec 17, 2009

New York, NY, December 16, 2009--Anti- homosexual legislature pending in the East African country of Uganda is "draconian" and should not be enacted, according to the head of The United Methodist Church's international mission organization.
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Date posted: Dec 16, 2009

In Ann Arbor, Michigan, 17-year-old Guatemalan-American Jasmine watched her mother being taken to jail by immigration agents. Jasmine was not given a chance to kiss or hug her mother, or even say goodbye. After her mother was deported, her father and sister soon returned to Guatemala, too.
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Date posted: Nov 23, 2009

New York, NY, September 4, 2009--Two top mission leaders of The United Methodist Church are appealing to the government of Pakistan to take measures to ensure the safety of a Christian minority under violent attack in some parts of the officially Islamic nation.
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Date posted: Sep 04, 2009

London, September 1, 2009--The island nation of Fiji has been suspended from the British Commonwealth for refusing to move toward democratic elections next year, according to a report by the BBC on September 1. The Fijian political situation is of importance to the international Methodist community because the Methodist Church there is also at odds with the government.
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Date posted: Sep 01, 2009

London, August 14, 2009--The Methodist Church in Britain reported that nine Methodist Church leaders earlier arrested in Fiji have appeared in court on charges of violating public emergency regulations and were released pending a second hearing on September 24.
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Date posted: Aug 14, 2009

New York, NY, July 28, 2009--The arrests of Methodist church leaders in Fiji and the cancellation by the government of the annual church conference in the island nation are raising concerns within the international Methodist family.
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Date posted: Jul 28, 2009

New York, NY, July 6, 2009--United Methodists in Nepal request that church members worldwide join them and other Nepalese Christians in praying for peace and safety in the face of intimidation and acts of anti-Christian violence.
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Date posted: Jul 06, 2009

New York, NY, May 5, 2009--"Justice through Service" is the theme of the 2009 conference of South Asian Youth (SAY), a domestic organization within The United Methodist Church. It will take place August 7-9 at a retreat center in Larkspur, Colorado.
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Date posted: May 05, 2009

New York, NY, March 23, 2009--A 19-member mission travel group is safely back in the United States after civil strife in Yei, Sudan, disrupted their study tour.
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Date posted: Mar 24, 2009

Pharr, Texas, March 20, 2009--A new United Methodist Border Health Partnership in South Texas is building on the work of a small membership congregation in the city of Pharr, near McAllen and just across the Rio Grande from the Mexican city of Reynosa.
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Date posted: Mar 20, 2009