Website Resource Highlights
Over the past few months, MCC Washington Office staff members posted a number of informative new resources on theWashington Office website, mcc.org/us/washington. Some highlights include:
The Sudan Web Campaign:
Learn. Share. Advocate. The Washington Office’s Sudan Web Campaign provides the resources to do all three. Read background information. Download a small group study guide and posters for your church. Contact your representatives in Washington. And register your congregation to participate in a nationwide effort to advocate for peace in Sudan, Nov. 9–16. mcc.org/us/washington/sudan
Migrant Trail 2008:
Last summer, two Washington Office staff members participated in the Migrant Trail, a 75-mile walk that traces the paths migrants take from Mexico to Arizona. Web resources about the walk include background information about the Migrant Trail, journal entries written in the Arizona desert, border statistics, migrant stories, and advocacy suggestions. mcc.org/us/washington/walk
Trade As If People and Earth Matter:
A new brief on sustainable trade practices is now available. The resource, created by the Interfaith Working Group on Trade and Investment, suggests new alternatives to agricultural, investment, and intellectual property policies. mcc.org/us/washington/issues/econ justice/tradealternatives.pdf
Introducing the Washington Memo Blog
Technology has irreversibly sped up the pace of communications inWashington. The publishing delay of theWashington Memo has made it difficult to suggest direct action on bills in Congress, since the political landscape can sometimes change before the Memo reaches your mailbox.
One way of providing up-to-date information on important legislation has been through our website,mcc.org/us/washington. An additional new way is our blog, washingtonmemo.org.
Washingtonmemo.org provides Anabaptist commentary on the political action occurring on Capitol Hill and elsewhere. The blog includes:
- Legislative updates
- Excerpts from news stories
- Capital quotes
- And much more!
Visit washingtonmemo.org for the latest updates from the MCCWashington Office on issues including:
- Civil Rights
- JubileeAct
- Climate Change
- Negotiations with Iran
- Cluster Bombs
- Sudan
- Colombia
- U.S. Institute of Peace
- HIV/AIDS
- U.S. Torture Policy
- Immigration
