Sentences with phrase «faith leaders calling»

Press conference with Congressman Paul Tonko and a diverse array of community, labor and faith leaders calling on their federal officials to demand a fair deal that protects Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid and ensures the wealthiest pay their fair share.

At noon, clergy will hold a press conference and deliver a petition signed by over 100 faith leaders calling for the Millionaire's Tax to be expanded and the 2 percent spending cap eliminated in order to invest in fighting poverty and inequality, War Room, 2nd Floor, state Capitol, Albany.

The Archbishop of Canterbury has added his signature to a letter by faith leaders calling for the Assisted Dying Bill not to pass through the House of Lords.

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It is about time leaders of Faith, speak out and call on their people to follow the teachings of Christ, not just mouth the words, but live them... I know more non Catholics that are thinking of converting than I have heard ever....

Leaders from the Christian, Jewish and Islamic faiths have joined forces to call for more action to tackle climate change.

Ralph Reed, the leader of conservative group the Faith & Freedom Coalition, planned a Wednesday morning press conference to release his data about what he called the enduring influence of «values voters.»

On the other hand, the danger of losing the specifics of their faith has led others to follow leaders who call for closure.

Most so called» religious wars» were nothing more than atheistic leaders trying in vain to use God for there immmoral purposes and had nothing to do with True faith at all.

On February 1, a group of 51 faith - based, human rights and civil rights organizations, led by Muslim Advocates, called on House Speaker John Boehner and Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi to urge King and his committee to address all forms of religious extremism rather than focusing on Islam.

Hell the so called «Christian» Leaders don't even look out for women of their own faith much less any outside group.

So, in honor of the new addition to Team Evans, I'm joining Melinda Gates, Amy Grant, Michael W. Smith, Kay Warren, Desmond Tutu, Jimmy Carter and host of other Christian advocates in their support of an organization called Hope Through Healing Hands, and in particular the Faith Based Coalition for Healthy Mothers and Children Worldwide, which seeks to galvanize faith - based leaders and their constituencies around the issues of maternal, newborn, and child health (MNCH) as well as healthy timing and spacing of pregnancies (HTSP) to improve maternal health and reduce child mortality around the wFaith Based Coalition for Healthy Mothers and Children Worldwide, which seeks to galvanize faith - based leaders and their constituencies around the issues of maternal, newborn, and child health (MNCH) as well as healthy timing and spacing of pregnancies (HTSP) to improve maternal health and reduce child mortality around the wfaith - based leaders and their constituencies around the issues of maternal, newborn, and child health (MNCH) as well as healthy timing and spacing of pregnancies (HTSP) to improve maternal health and reduce child mortality around the world.

«It was encouraging to see a religiously and racially diverse audience of faith leaders standing with the president, calling for comprehensive immigration reform,» said Sojourners president Jim Wallis.

Justin Welby calls on faith leaders to take action against religiously motivated terrorist attacks

In a BBC Radio 4 interview, Justin Welby called for faith leaders to take responsibility for countering tragedies committed in the name of religion.

This has been criticized by faith leaders, including Hannu Haukka, president of Great Commission Media Ministries, who called the laws restrictive and similar to repressive legislation passed by Soviet - era Russia.

Whereas «human reason and knowledge» was called very important by 96 percent of UU congregational leaders who took part in the multi-denominational Faith Communities Today (FACT) survey released early this year, the Bible was termed only «somewhat important» by 50 percent and had little or no importance to 48 percent as a source for worship and teaching.

(CNN)-- Who can people call when religious doubts arise, but they're afraid to talk to their faith leaders or families?

Most of the time, they've been so - called «values voters» who demanded that their leaders be people of faith, committed to traditional moral principles, and the kind of politicians who stand up for the 10 Commandments.

The so - called Tridentine rite, of course, far from being «medieval» has roots deep in pre-medieval antiquity (it is in any case a strange view of history in which the Counter-Reformation took place in the middle ages), and is a living manifestation of the Newmanian principle of development, wherebya process of continuous change is inevitable if the essence of the Church's faith is to remain the same: for, as The Catholic Herald pointed out in its admirable leader, the reforms of Pope St Pius V, enshrined in the Missal of 1570, itself containing ancient elements, «were inspired by the Council of Trent.

Both ignore the Teachings of their respective Faiths, in order to lure the unwary into lining their Coffers, and to promote hatred, bigotry, and narrow - minded goose - stepping to their charismatic Leaders calls.

I think that his actions as President speak more loudly of his «faith» than anything — his excuses for Islamic leadership's failures to condemn extremist behavior while at the same time calling to task marginal Christian leaders for mere words.

He has shown humility and faith, he has been self sacrificing as a God appointed leader that is unparalleled by these so called, «the christian right.»

UK faith leaders have called on Christians and Muslims to give generously to the Disasters Emergency... More

The White House also named Rabbi Julie Schonfeld, Executive Vice President of the Rabbinical Assembly and prominent Jewish organizational leader Susan Stern to the advisory council, which is officially called the President's Advisory Council on Faith - Based and Neighborhood Partnerships.

UK faith leaders have called on Christians and Muslims to give generously to the Disasters Emergency Committee's (DEC) Appeal for people fleeing Myanmar.

In a recent Huffington Post article, Kelly Ladd Bishop calls attention to prominent faith leaders who have made derogatory statements about women.

But what is this faith for which both Martin Luther and Ken Kesey as well as many other religious leaders call?

When so called «faith leaders» attacked President Bill Clinton during his adulterous affair (while he was busy upstairs signing the Defense of Marriage Act) DOMA, the NAACP did not feel the need to defend him at all.

Our hope is to have the U.S. government, in partnership with the many stakeholders in the food system, including producers, manufacturers, retailers, non-profits and food advocacy groups, faith organizations as well as leaders from state, tribal, and local government, join in using the Call to Action as an opportunity to further individual and collective actions on preventing food waste.

She made a push for the bill in a Monday phone call with 5,000 faith leaders that kicked off an effort to get churches involved with her nutrition and exercise initiative, and spoke to Democratic lawmakers about it on Tuesday.

Our side — education advocates, community groups, students, health care providers, faith leaders — held fast to the ideal of progressive taxation and called for the millionaires» tax to be extended, but no one was terribly optimistic about our chances.

Also at noon, faith and labor leaders, voters, and community members «demand morality, fairness and honesty» from elected officials, deliver petition signatures to Cuomo calling for «real» ethics reform, outside the governor's NYC office, 633 Third Ave., Manhattan.

Religious leaders, parliamentarians, and education experts call for Government u-turn on faith school admission proposals

Also at noon, faith leaders and low - wage workers will gather at the state Capitol for a Moral Monday press conference and vigil to call on lawmakers to end the culture of on - and off - the - books corruption that characterizes the policy - making process in Albany, War Room, 3rd Floor.

Also at noon, low - wage workers, faith leaders and upstate community members launch a 24 - hour vigil at the Capitol to call on the Legislature to include a $ 15 minimum wage, paid family leave, and $ 51 million for the Hunger Prevention and Nutrition Assistance Program in the state budget, War Room, state Capitol, Albany.

Also at 11:30 a.m., Bushwick faith leaders, small business owners and residents march and rally through Bushwick to call on Albany to close major loopholes in rent laws that are driving the loss of affordable housing in the neighborhood, Make the Road New York's office, 301 Grove St., Brooklyn.

Also at noon, faith leaders from New York City and upstate will hold a press conference and vigil to call on the state Legislature to pass an increase in the minimum wage to $ 15 to be implemented as soon as possible, War Room, 2nd Floor, state Capitol, Albany.

After taking a one - week break, faith leaders, tenants and other members of the Campaign returned to call for Gov. Cuomo, Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie and Senate Majority Leader John Flanagan to work together and fully execute the MOU.

On the one - year anniversary of Gov. Cuomo's 2016 State of the State Address, where he'd pledged 20,000 units of supportive housing over 15 years, faith leaders, elected officials, housing providers and advocates delivered 25,000 messages calling on the Governor to release the promised funds without further delay.

The Interfaith Assembly on Homelessness and Housing led the call for supportive housing and delivered a letter to the Governor's office signed by more than 170 faith leaders.

A group of Hudson Valley faith leaders gathered in New Paltz Wednesday at an event called A Spiritual Call to Ban Fracking.

The Network is also calling on all stakeholders, opinion leaders and faith - based Organisations to to help the high rate of teenage pregnancy in the ASSIN

At 1 p.m., NY Renews, a coalition of community organizations, environmental justice groups, labor unions, faith groups, business leaders, and other advocates fighting for equitable climate policies, holds a telephone press conference to call on Cuomo to step up as a leader for communities hurt most by climate change.

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The foundation chose to honor the Tibetan Buddhist leader for his engagement with scientists and people of other faiths, calling him «an incomparable global voice for universal ethics, nonviolence, and harmony among world religions.»

Roy, formerly a member of an extremist religious sect called The Ranch — leader «Brother Calvin» is played by Sam Shepard, imposing in his brace of scenes — is a «believer» from beginning to end, his faith in his son's powers (perhaps alien, perhaps messianic) never once wavering.

The Global Call to Action Against Poverty (GCAP) is a growing alliance that brings together trade unions, INGOs, the women's and youth movements, community and faith groups and others to call for action from world leaders in the global North and South to meet their promises to end poverty and inequality.GCAP's main aim is to achieve policy and practice changes that will improve the lives of people living in poverty.GCAP adds to existing campaigning on poverty by forming diverse, inclusive national platforms that are able to open up civil society space and advocate more effectively than individual organisations would be able to do on their Call to Action Against Poverty (GCAP) is a growing alliance that brings together trade unions, INGOs, the women's and youth movements, community and faith groups and others to call for action from world leaders in the global North and South to meet their promises to end poverty and inequality.GCAP's main aim is to achieve policy and practice changes that will improve the lives of people living in poverty.GCAP adds to existing campaigning on poverty by forming diverse, inclusive national platforms that are able to open up civil society space and advocate more effectively than individual organisations would be able to do on their call for action from world leaders in the global North and South to meet their promises to end poverty and inequality.GCAP's main aim is to achieve policy and practice changes that will improve the lives of people living in poverty.GCAP adds to existing campaigning on poverty by forming diverse, inclusive national platforms that are able to open up civil society space and advocate more effectively than individual organisations would be able to do on their own.

Families, students, advocates, community, faith and business leaders and others are calling for a fix to our broken education system.

As a faith leader, I am deeply committed to my calling to shepherd members of my community toward a life lived in our shared ideals.

Working with faith leaders and consumer advocates, state Rep. Kyle Koehler, R - Springfield, introduced House Bill 123 in March, which calls for capping payday loan rates at 28 percent.