Where PJN Stands
Report to the 400+ Supporting VOC
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A report to the 400 + Episcopalians who supported the Voices of Conscience statement with a Petition to Executive Council.
Introduction
The Steering Committee of the Palestine Justice Network provides this report of the recent meeting of Executive Council, February 25-27…
Naim Ateek addresses TEC’s Executive Council
The voice of a highly respected Palestinian Christian, the Rev. Dr. Naim Ateek, joined the many others asking the Presiding Bishop and Executive Council endorse the October 15 Letter to Congress from 15 American religious leaders.
Feb. 19th 2013
Dear members of the Executive Council of the Episcopal…
Grace Saïd’s letter to Bishop Suheil
In anticipation of our Church's Executive Council meeting February 25 - 27, as a Palestinian American and a member of PIN's Steering Committee, Grace Saïd wrote the Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Jerusalem asking that he encourage Bishop Katharine and the Executive Council to sine the October 5…
Statement of the 2012 African Heritage Delegation to Palestine/Israel
STATEMENT OF THE 2012 AFRICAN HERITAGE DELEGATION TO PALESTINE/ISRAEL
On the occasion of Black History Month February 11, 2013
Because of our lived experience of living with and fighting racism, exploitation, and other oppressions in the United States, we are united in our support for civil and human…
Voices of Conscience Petition of Support to go before Executive Council
The Executive Council meets today in Linthicum, MD.
They will receive a list of over 400 Episcopalian names urging them to take a stand for human rights in the Middle East and act on the resolutions brought before General Convention concerning Palestine & Israel.
To read the full text…
APPLY NOW!! PIN to send Delegate to Sabeel Global Young Adult Festival ~ JULY 2013
The Palestine Justice Network of the Episcopal Peace Fellowship is accepting applications for a young adult delegate to send to the Sabeel Global Young Adult Festival; Aiming for Miracles Through Activism: Moving Mountains, Reshaping the World, held from July 1-6, 2013 in Bethlehem.
The Young Adult Delegate…
Diocese of North Carolina passes resolution urging Executive Council action on Palestine/Israel church policy
Palestine Justice Network Press Release
Winston-Salem, North Carolina – A week after longtime Episcopalian advocates for justice in Palestine released a letter urging the Episcopal Church’s Executive Council to better pursue equality in the Middle East, the Diocese of North Carolina passed a resolution…
2013 Diocese of North Carolina Resolution on Palestine and Israel
On Palestine and Israel:
Resolved, that the Diocese of North Carolina calls the Executive Council to act on the 77th General Conven- tion’s Resolution A015 re-affirming the 70th General Convention Resolution A149 which “require(s) the State of Israel to account to the Government of the United…
A Prophetic Challenge to the Executive Council
As the issues it addresses are of deep concern to us, the Episcopal Peace Fellowship's Palestine Justice Network is hosting the following letter. It was, however, generated exclusively by those who are its signatories.
Episcopal Voices of Conscience
Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, January 21, 2013
A Prophetic…
PJN’s First Two Years: Taking Stock, Getting our Bearings
Taking Stock, Getting our Bearings
The Palestine Justice Network, Episcopal Peace Fellowship
January, 2013
Friends,
PJN is two years old this month. It’s time to look at what we’ve done, what we’ve learned and to look ahead to where we want to go.
No one would yet describe the Episcopal…
Christmas Message from Bishop Younan, ELCJHL
As I sit down to write my Christmas message during this Advent season, there are no words that touch me more deeply than these words from Isaiah chapter 40, “Comfort, O Comfort my people, says your God.” During this time I have been moved by the emotions associated with the beginning of…
Susan Landau: Thou Shalt Not Bulldoze Thy Neighbor’s House
(A presentation given at St. Martin-in-the-Fields Church, Philadelphia, St. Nicholas Day, December 9, 2012)
THOU SHALT NOT BULLDOZE THY NEIGHBOR’S HOUSE
By Susan Landau
Thank you for inviting me to be here with you on St. Nicholas Day. The Church of St. Martin in-the Fields is an inspiring example…
Brian Grieves: Balance and Dialogue as a Substitute for Advocacy and Justice?
Balance and Dialogue as a Substitute for Advocacy and Justice?
Advocacy by Christian Leaders: Recently, Palestinians lost 170+ lives in Gaza and Israelis lost 5+ in a wave of violence, and just averted a war with a tense ceasefire, while the United Nations has granted the Palestinians observer status…
American Muslims for Palestine Support Church Leaders
October 25
Dear Church Leaders:
The American Muslims for Palestine, a national, grassroots organization dedicated to educating Americans about Palestine, would like to offer our wholehearted gratitude for your letter asking Congress to hold Israel accountable for its many human rights abuses of Palestinians…
Palestinian Christian Alliance for Peace Letter to Congress
Washington DC
October 31, 2012
We write today as Palestinian American Christians in support of the October 5th letter by fifteen U.S. Christian leaders who called for an investigation of possible Israeli violations of the U.S. Foreign Assistance Act and the U.S. Arms Export Control Act, and, more broadly,…