by Albany Presbytery Communications | June 13, 2018 | economic justicejusticerenewalSocial Justice | Blog
So this is how I am spending my Summer vacation. (Not to worry, I will be taking a real vacation!) My setting for ministry is in an area that has been in long-term economic decline. That affects so much of the ministry here. As with many churches, we view this as an... Read more
by Albany Presbytery Communications | April 30, 2018 | AdvocateEcumenicalPowerracismrefugeesSocial Justice | Blog
The annual Ecumenical Advocacy Conference for Global Peace and Justice in Washington D.C. was well attended this year with over one thousand participants from many faith traditions and interested participants. The theme “A World Uprooted: Responding to Migrants,... Read more
by Christy D'Ambrosio | February 28, 2018 | Social JusticeUnYouth LeadershipYouthYouth LeadershipYouth Ministriesyouthmin | Blog
2018 High School Youth Leadership Seminar at the United Nations in NYC During the school winter break 40+ youth and 10 adult chaperones from churches all over NYS traveled to NYC to attend a seminar facilitated by Solomon Starr (theologian, educator, activist,... Read more
by Christy D'Ambrosio | October 25, 2017 | ResistSocial JusticeUNUnited NationsUnYouth LeadershipYouthYouth Ministriesyouthmin | Blog
We are excited and pleased to announce the facilitator for the 2018 High School Youth Leadership Seminar at the United Nations in NYC: Edgardo Acevedo aka Solomon Starr Solomon has been recommended in absolutely glowing terms by the head of the Seminar program at the... Read more
by Christy D'Ambrosio | October 11, 2017 | ResistSocial JusticeUNUnited NationsYouthYouth LeadershipYouth ministryyouthmin | Blog
On Tuesday, February 20, a delegation of youth from church congregations all over New York State will gather at the Church of the Covenant on 42nd Street near the United Nations, for a 2-day seminar focused on the issue of “Reclaiming the Voice of Resistance.” Global... Read more
by Albany Presbytery Communications | September 5, 2017 | povertySocial Justicewhite privilege | Blog
I wasn’t sure what to expect heading to Schenectady for a Truth Commission on Poverty in New York State, one of several to be held across New York and in other states in an effort to find reconciliation of the current glaring disparity in the distribution of wealth in... Read more
by Albany Presbytery Communications | August 18, 2017 | advocacySocial Justiceviolence | Blog
As a child of the south, I grew up spoon fed the myths of the Confederacy and southern heritage. In sixth grade I won third place in a statewide oratorical contest with a talk about Robert E. Lee. I heard stories of my great great grandfather who was a surgeon for the... Read more
by Albany Presbytery Communications | August 18, 2017 | PCUSASocial Justice | Blog
The following Mid Council bi-weekly newsletter can be online. Click here for the original message. In a broken and fearful world the Spirit gives us courage … to unmask idolatries in Church and culture, to hear the voices of peoples long silenced, and to work with... Read more
