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• Biblical Foundations for the Civil Rights Movement (The Bible: The Book that Bridges the Millennia)
  Although black Christians represent a diversity of religious perspectives and theological positions, they understood that the movement for Civil Rights stood squarely in the biblical tradition of Mose
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• “Reflect Broadly on Education:  For Such a Time is This!”
    Surely this call to justice is relevant to needed reform in America's public schools, for public education is the largest civic institution in the United States, an institution with 90,000 schools e
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• Post 9/11 Hate Crimes
  Right after the events of September 11th, Arab Americans, Muslims Americans, Sikh Americans, and Asian-Pacific Americans, all became targets of backlash violence. "1 The NAPALC, a coalition of the As
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  The US Civil Rights Commission reported that in the 2000 US Presidential election in Florida, black voters were nearly ten times more likely than non-black voters to have their ballots rejected. • W
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  Information taken from: “When Hate Comes to Town: A Handbook of Effective Community Responses 2001-2002, 3rd Edition. Anti-Defamation League of B’nai B’rth 823 United Nations Plaza, Suite 100 New York
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  Information taken from: “When Hate Comes to Town: A Handbook of Effective Community Responses 2001-2002, 3rd Edition. Anti-Defamation League of B’nai B’rth 823 United Nations Plaza, Suite 100 New York
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• Women's Division Grants 2000
  The following provides a brief description of the organization, the amount of the grant in 2000, a web link to the organization, a scriptural basis for the grant, and a reference from the United Metho
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• Action: Affirmative Action and Education
  Action Alert: Affirmative Action and Education March 2003 From: UNITED METHODIST WOMEN’S ACTION NETWORK Women’s Division – General Board of Global Ministries 100 Maryland Avenue, NE Suite 530 – Washin
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• Action Alert: Racial Justice and The 2004 Election
  1 ††ï While interpretation and translated ballots are required by the Voting Rights Act in some precincts, Chinese and Korean voters in New York in the 2002 elections found that polling sites had few
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• On King’s Birthday, Pakistan and U.S. Have Parallel Struggles
  Hearing the stories of Pakistani Christians and seeing the burned houses and churches paralleled Ms. Salter’s experiences of living through the Civil Rights era in the United States. ” Ms. Salter rec
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  United Methodist Women will be involved in local monitoring to observe compliance with federal election rules. The United Methodist Women's Division also has given a grant to the Women of Color Reso
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• Youth Books
  Written with empathy and honesty, A Stone in My Hand takes readers into the world of children who live in oppressed circumstances but have hope. Best buddies Doris and Amir return in Joyce Hansen’s On
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• MISSION OUTREACH NOTES
  DESCRIPTION: To support the leadership development and skills training for youth and young adults, including programs addressing Bible, human and civil rights; militarization; racism; economic justice
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• Single Gender Schools
  Some argue that separating students by gender does not ensure quality education, while others argue that student performances have greatly improved in single-gender schools. Although some research sh
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  United Methodist Women will be involved in local monitoring to observe compliance with federal election rules. The United Methodist Women's Division also has given a grant to the Women of Color Reso
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• Exodus: The Journey to freedom
  Extends from the roots of African religion to the impact of contemporary Black Churches on the American soul. Starting with Portsmouth, New Hampshire, Valerie Cummings provides historical details on e
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• UM Seminars Bear Fruit
  Another United Methodist Seminar on National and International Affairs was underway. The United Methodist Seminars on National and International Affairs is a joint program of the Women's Division, Gen
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• A life dedicated to Shining for Racial Justice
  Paul describes this love eloquently in 1 Corinthians, but “shining” and showing God’s love in the world, a love that “rejoices with the truth,” is not always an easy or safe road to take, even though
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  The Women’s Division Board of Directors, to help counteract possible voter disenfranchisement during the elections, worked with “Count Every Vote 2004,” a nonpartisan project that sponsored training f
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  ”4 According to the Urban Institute Immigration Studies Program, “immigrants compose an increasingly large share of the U.S. labor force and a growing share of low-wage workers. Immigrants, both docum
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