Our Agenda at General Convention We will strive for justice and peace build respect for the Dignity of Every Human Being. Baptismal Covenant—Prayer Book page 305 The booth will pursue the church’s mission: to restore all people to unity with God and each other in Christ and promote justice for women, prisoners, Indigenous Peoples, and…
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By NICHOLAS D. KRISTOF Published: April 29, 2009 The New York Times When a woman reports a rape, her body is a crime scene. She is typically asked to undress over a large sheet of white paper to collect hairs or fibers, and then her body is examined with an ultraviolet light, photographed and thoroughly…
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Title:Â Prohibit the Torture of Prisoners in the United States of America Resolved, the House of _________ concurring, that the 76th General Convention requests the Congress of the United States to prohibit torture including long-term solitary confinement and every cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment of prisoners in all prisons, jails, and other places of confinement…
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