• Letter to Sen. Burr Regarding Torture

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  Join with other people of faith from around our state who are asking Senator Richard Burr, a member of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, to support the release of their report on torture.

  

• Moral Mondays Are Home-Grown

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  Those gathering to protest the legislature's actions are not "outsider agitators." They are North Carolinians, and their outrage is home-grown.

  

• Twenty Congregations Receive Funding to Increase Access to Healthy, Local Foods

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  The North Carolina Council of Churches has partnered with the Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina Foundation to provide more than $90,000 in Healthy Eating Equipment Grants to twenty places of worship.

  

• Tax Cuts’ Painful Costs

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  Tax cuts would be self-defeating in terms of raising the money to address companies’ needs for well-educated employees, healthy communities and a clean environment.

  

• Talking about Immigration with Bishop Curry

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  I had the wonderful privilege of sitting down with Bishop Michael Curry (Episcopal Diocese of NC) to discuss this critical moment in the struggle for humane immigration reform.

  

• Resources for Earth Sabbath Celebrations

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  NCIPL has recently added several new services to the Celebration Resource Page and encourages you to check them out.

  

• Budget, Taxes Move Front and Center: Raleigh Report, June 7

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  A brief summary of significant points in the Senate budget and a look at tax change proposals.

  

• Help Make Immigration Reform a Reality

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The North Carolina Council of Churches is a statewide ecumenical organization promoting Christian unity and working towards a more just society.

The Council enables denominations, congregations, and people of faith to individually and collectively impact our state on issues such as economic justice and development, human well-being, equality, compassion and peace, following the example and mission of Jesus Christ.

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