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Ecumenical Advocacy Days 2022

WHEN: April 25-27, 2022 Ecumenical Advocacy Days is an annual gathering of Christian advocates and activists. We worship, delve deeply into the pressing issues of the day, and lift our voices by speaking truth to power on Capitol Hill. Register here. The theme for EAD 2022, “Fierce Urgency: Advancing Civil & Human Rights,” calls us into…

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Faith Groups Call for an End to Violence in Myanmar

After careful research and consultation with partners in Myanmar, faith-based and other human rights organizations, we are confident the sanctions established in the BURMA Act would not have a significant negative impact on the civilian population, and that they are necessary to effectively pressure the junta to cease its violent repression of democracy activists and ethnic and religious minorities.

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Interfaith Letter to Congress: Stop the Violence in Myanmar

The Maryknoll Office for Global Concerns joined 17 other faith-based organizations in sending the following letter to the members of the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives calling on them to support the BURMA Act of 2021, a bill that responds to the ongoing, violent repression of citizens by the military junta that seized power in Myanmar on February 1, 2021.