Economic Justice Archives - NC Council of Churches

Because of Jesus

May 15
Mary Elizabeth Hanchey, Program Associate for Legislative Advocacy and Interfaith Outreach

Because of Jesus

When the news reporter approached me, I was milling about in the grass, adjusting my pastoral… Continue Reading

Wise Folks Build Their House on the Rock

April 27
Sandy Irving, Volunteer Program Associate

Wise Folks Build Their House on the Rock

Woe to him who builds his house by unrighteousness, and his upper rooms by injustice; who… Continue Reading

Politics of Eating

April 24
Jennifer Copeland, Executive Director

Politics of Eating

Sermon originally delivered at the Jack Crum Conference at Highlands United Methodist Church in Raleigh on… Continue Reading

Critical Issues Seminar: The Wisdom of Women

March 22
Andrew Hudgins, Program Associate for Operations

Critical Issues Seminar: The Wisdom of Women

2018 is shaping up to the be the Year of the Woman. From the halls of… Continue Reading

Critical Issues Seminar: Wisdom of Women

March 13
Lindsay Barth, Office Manager

Critical Issues Seminar: Wisdom of Women

The NC Council of Churches’ 2018 Critical Issues Seminar will focus on women. The theme for… Continue Reading

Congress: Hands Off New Rule Protecting Families from Payday Lenders

Dec 19, 2017
Jennifer Copeland, Executive Director

Congress: Hands Off New Rule Protecting Families from Payday Lenders

Originally appeared in the Durham Herald and signed by both Larry Hall, Secretary of the NC… Continue Reading

Road Work Ahead: Jesus and Taxes

Dec 1, 2017
Andrew Hudgins, Program Associate for Operations

Road Work Ahead: Jesus and Taxes

Jesus had a lot to say about money, possessions, care for those who are impoverished, and… Continue Reading

Tax Plan Twist: Churches, Charities, Candidates

Nov 17, 2017
Steve Ford, Volunteer Program Associate

Tax Plan Twist: Churches, Charities, Candidates

With Republicans on Capitol Hill and in the White House desperate to post a big legislative… Continue Reading

Rights Advocacy At Risk

Aug 3, 2017
Steve Ford, Volunteer Program Associate

Rights Advocacy At Risk

The optics, as they say, are terrible. But in a state whose motto is “To Be… Continue Reading

Honor Workers with a Labor Day Sabbath

Jul 24, 2017
Aleta Payne, Former Deputy Executive Director

Honor Workers with a Labor Day Sabbath

The Council is partnering with Raise the Wage NC to encourage faith communities to hold a… Continue Reading

Wood Pellet Plant Would Be Environmental Injustice

Jul 22, 2017
Michelle Peedin, Program Associate for PHW and NCIPL

Wood Pellet Plant Would Be Environmental Injustice

More than 10,000 individuals and 50 organizations have signed a petition asking Governor Cooper to revoke… Continue Reading

Revised Health Care Bill, Same Devastating Effects

Jul 14, 2017
Andrew Hudgins, Program Associate for Operations

Revised Health Care Bill, Same Devastating Effects

Yesterday, the Senate unveiled a revised version of the Better Care Reconciliation Act. According to a… Continue Reading

Healing Miracles

Jul 7, 2017
Jennifer Copeland, Executive Director

Healing Miracles

Just then there appeared a woman with a spirit that had crippled her for eighteen years.… Continue Reading

More Wind Energy, Not Less

Jul 3, 2017
Susannah Tuttle, NCIPL Director

More Wind Energy, Not Less

It is becoming a national trend for politicians to “divide and conquer” by attacking the wind industry… Continue Reading

Rising Up with Richmond County

Jul 1, 2017
Susannah Tuttle, NCIPL Director

Rising Up with Richmond County

“Biomass” may sound like a clean idea, but it actually means cutting down and turning trees… Continue Reading

Doomed Veto Spotlights Budget Flaws

Jun 30, 2017
Steve Ford, Volunteer Program Associate

Doomed Veto Spotlights Budget Flaws

Presented with a new state budget that, whatever its occasional virtues, is mainly about easing tax… Continue Reading

Health Care CBO Score Proves Potential Harm

Jun 27, 2017
Andrew Hudgins, Program Associate for Operations

Health Care CBO Score Proves Potential Harm

Late yesterday afternoon the Congressional Budget Office released their score of the Senate’s proposed health care… Continue Reading

The President’s New Policies are Bad for Cuba and the Church

Jun 27, 2017
Jennie Belle, Former Immigration and Farmworkers Director

The President’s New Policies are Bad for Cuba and the Church

I have been blessed with the opportunity to visit Cuba on two occasions: the first in… Continue Reading

Senate Health Care Plan Released: Would Make the Most Vulnerable More So

Jun 22, 2017
Aleta Payne, Former Deputy Executive Director

Senate Health Care Plan Released: Would Make the Most Vulnerable More So

Members of the United States Senate have released their proposed health care plan, all 142 pages… Continue Reading

New Budget with Old Agenda Falls Short

Jun 22, 2017
Steve Ford, Volunteer Program Associate

New Budget with Old Agenda Falls Short

By now the strategy is familiar – the strategy used by the N.C. General Assembly’s Republican… Continue Reading

GA’s Budget Proposals — Harmful not Helpful

Jun 12, 2017
Aleta Payne, Former Deputy Executive Director

GA’s Budget Proposals — Harmful not Helpful

The General Assembly leaders meeting to resolve differences between the House and Senate versions of the… Continue Reading

Rolling Waters

Jun 2, 2017
Andrew Hudgins, Program Associate for Operations

Rolling Waters

A couple of weeks ago, my wife and I headed north for my sister’s graduation. Being… Continue Reading

Heal the Sick

May 24, 2017
Aleta Payne, Former Deputy Executive Director

Heal the Sick

For more than two decades, the NC Council of Churches has called for access to health… Continue Reading

2018 Budget Proposal is the Antithesis of our Call

May 23, 2017
Aleta Payne, Former Deputy Executive Director

2018 Budget Proposal is the Antithesis of our Call

Plenty of analysis is already happening around the 2018 budget proposal out of the White House.… Continue Reading

Budget’s Big Picture: A Crumbling Core

May 19, 2017
Steve Ford, Volunteer Program Associate

Budget’s Big Picture: A Crumbling Core

So, the question as always comes down to one of vision. The elected chieftains who decide… Continue Reading

Workers’ Memorial: Remembering Those Who Have Died

Apr 28, 2017
Jennifer Copeland, Executive Director

Workers’ Memorial: Remembering Those Who Have Died

Remarks delivered at the Workers’ Memorial, April 28, at the Old Capitol Building, Raleigh Micah 7:1-4,… Continue Reading

Raleigh Report — April 26, 2017

Apr 27, 2017
Aleta Payne, Former Deputy Executive Director

Raleigh Report — April 26, 2017

By George Reed, Retired Executive Director [The deadlines for the introduction of most new bills have… Continue Reading

Tax-Cut Fever Threatens Services

Apr 22, 2017
Steve Ford, Volunteer Program Associate

Tax-Cut Fever Threatens Services

How many times do we have to say it? Well, it’s worth repeating – especially in… Continue Reading

Raleigh Report — April 21, 2017

Apr 21, 2017
Aleta Payne, Former Deputy Executive Director

Raleigh Report — April 21, 2017

By George Reed, Retired Executive Director [For the latest committee referrals and re-referrals, go to the… Continue Reading

Do We Treat Workers as We Would Treat Jesus?

Apr 21, 2017
Sandy Irving, Volunteer Program Associate

Do We Treat Workers as We Would Treat Jesus?

In this Easter season of the Christian church, we have just celebrated Resurrection Sunday and the… Continue Reading

Raleigh Report — April 17, 2017

Apr 17, 2017
Aleta Payne, Former Deputy Executive Director

Raleigh Report — April 17, 2017

By George Reed, Retired Executive Director Newly Introduced Bills BUDGET AND TAXES H 540, Teachers &… Continue Reading

New Push for Broader Medicaid, Better Health

Apr 14, 2017
Steve Ford, Volunteer Program Associate

New Push for Broader Medicaid, Better Health

North Carolina’s failure under Republican leadership to improve low-income residents’ access to health care via the… Continue Reading

Raleigh Report — April 10, 2017

Apr 10, 2017
Aleta Payne, Former Deputy Executive Director

Raleigh Report — April 10, 2017

By George Reed, Retired Executive Director Bills are being introduced at a rapid pace as the… Continue Reading

Work for Just and Equitable Health Care is Not Finished

Apr 6, 2017
Aleta Payne, Former Deputy Executive Director

Work for Just and Equitable Health Care is Not Finished

Every state legislator should be required to listen to the stories shared at a press conference… Continue Reading

2017 Legislative Seminar — Thank You plus Worship and Awards Presentation Online

Mar 28, 2017
Aleta Payne, Former Deputy Executive Director

2017 Legislative Seminar — Thank You plus Worship and Awards Presentation Online

For those who could not be with us at St. Mark’s United Methodist Church in Raleigh,… Continue Reading

2017 Legislative Seminar Check-In Instructions

Mar 24, 2017
Andrew Hudgins, Program Associate for Operations

2017 Legislative Seminar Check-In Instructions

Thank you to those who have registered for the 2017 Legislative Seminar. We are looking forward… Continue Reading

UPDATE: Trumpcare Just Got Worse — Call Before Today’s Vote

Mar 24, 2017
Aleta Payne, Former Deputy Executive Director

UPDATE: Trumpcare Just Got Worse — Call Before Today’s Vote

Thank you for every call, email, and letter to Congressional leaders that led to today’s decision… Continue Reading

If a Budget is a Moral Document, Then What Does this One Preach?

Mar 17, 2017
Aleta Payne, Former Deputy Executive Director

If a Budget is a Moral Document, Then What Does this One Preach?

The budget blueprint for 2018 released by President Trump on Thursday cuts a wide swath through… Continue Reading

Raleigh Report — March 13, 2017

Mar 14, 2017
Aleta Payne, Former Deputy Executive Director

Raleigh Report — March 13, 2017

By George Reed, Retired Executive Director Newly Introduced Bills CRIMINAL AND JUVENILE JUSTICE H 233, Ban… Continue Reading

Who Would Choose to be Poor or Sick?

Mar 13, 2017
Aleta Payne, Former Deputy Executive Director

Who Would Choose to be Poor or Sick?

Around the release of the alt-health plan currently making its way through Congress, several elected leaders… Continue Reading

Women and Wages

Mar 8, 2017
Jennifer Copeland, Executive Director

Women and Wages

Remarks delivered by Executive Director Jennifer Copeland at a press conference on fair wages on March… Continue Reading

Taking Away Health Care

Mar 8, 2017
Aleta Payne, Former Deputy Executive Director

Taking Away Health Care

Despite evidence that the Affordable Care Act is more popular and more needed than ever, some… Continue Reading

2017 Legislative Seminar: Advocate in NC as well as DC

Mar 6, 2017
Aleta Payne, Former Deputy Executive Director

2017 Legislative Seminar: Advocate in NC as well as DC

The political situation at the national level has occupied the time and attention of many faithful… Continue Reading

H.B. 2 ‘Compromise’ Must Protect Rights

Mar 3, 2017
Steve Ford, Volunteer Program Associate

H.B. 2 ‘Compromise’ Must Protect Rights

The fight over North Carolina’s House Bill 2 – the law that notoriously stamps the state’s… Continue Reading

Repealing the Johnson Amendment Means Pulpits for Sale

Feb 11, 2017
Jennifer Copeland, Executive Director

Repealing the Johnson Amendment Means Pulpits for Sale

Remarks delivered by Executive Director Jennifer Copeland at HKonJ 2017. Picture this on the marquee in… Continue Reading

Whispers and Shouts

Feb 11, 2017
Aleta Payne, Former Deputy Executive Director

Whispers and Shouts

Sometimes God whispers. Whether through hymns or homilies or kids dancing their way down the aisle… Continue Reading

Walls Demonstrate Hostility, not Hospitality

Feb 7, 2017
Jennie Belle, Former Immigration and Farmworkers Director

Walls Demonstrate Hostility, not Hospitality

Second in a series of three blogs. Do not neglect to show hospitality to strangers, for… Continue Reading

Getting Back to Our Normal: Some Suggestions for the Long Haul

Jan 27, 2017
Aleta Payne, Former Deputy Executive Director

Getting Back to Our Normal: Some Suggestions for the Long Haul

Our friend Rob Schofield over at Policy Watch wrote a column on Tuesday that was as… Continue Reading

Let’s Keep Marching

Jan 23, 2017
Aleta Payne, Former Deputy Executive Director

Let’s Keep Marching

At another time in my life, I would not have spent most of Saturday occupying my… Continue Reading

A Letter to President Trump

Jan 20, 2017
Jennifer Copeland, Executive Director

A Letter to President Trump

Dear Mr. Trump, You ARE my president. I did not vote for you, but you were… Continue Reading

Speak Out on Cabinet Nominees

Jan 10, 2017
Aleta Payne, Former Deputy Executive Director

Speak Out on Cabinet Nominees

Groups at the state and national level continue to mobilize around concerns about President-Elect Donald Trump’s… Continue Reading

Join us to Pray for Justice and Reconciliation and to Share Dinner Together

Jan 3, 2017
Aleta Payne, Former Deputy Executive Director

Join us to Pray for Justice and Reconciliation and to Share Dinner Together

St. Philip’s Episcopal Church in Durham and the NC Council of Churches invite you to join… Continue Reading

The Council Welcomes Your End-of-Year Gift

Dec 26, 2016
Aleta Payne, Former Deputy Executive Director

The Council Welcomes Your End-of-Year Gift

Looking ahead to 2017, there is much more work for the Council to do than we… Continue Reading

Support North Carolina’s Faithful Voice for Justice, Unity, and Peace

Dec 18, 2016
Aleta Payne, Former Deputy Executive Director

Support North Carolina’s Faithful Voice for Justice, Unity, and Peace

We are living in unsettling times. Progress we once thought inviolable now feels threatened. One constant… Continue Reading

Video — #LoveOneAnother

Dec 8, 2016
Aleta Payne, Former Deputy Executive Director

Video — #LoveOneAnother

The response to our sign-on ad was overwhelming and inspired the staff of the Council to… Continue Reading

A Troubling Choice, Yet Glimmers of Hope

Nov 11, 2016
Steve Ford, Volunteer Program Associate

A Troubling Choice, Yet Glimmers of Hope

Those of us aligned with the Council of Churches share a political outlook whose priorities include… Continue Reading

Advent Guide Focuses on Peace

Nov 10, 2016
Aleta Payne, Former Deputy Executive Director

Advent Guide Focuses on Peace

The NC Council of Churches has never taken peace for granted. Indeed, along with our work… Continue Reading

Separating Church and Hate Since 1935

Nov 9, 2016
Aleta Payne, Former Deputy Executive Director

Separating Church and Hate Since 1935

We work toward a church that is all-loving. That’s what we’ve always done and that’s what… Continue Reading

NC Council of Churches Stands with Standing Rock

Nov 6, 2016
Susannah Tuttle, NCIPL Director

NC Council of Churches Stands with Standing Rock

Many of us have been following with great interest the resistance of Native Americans in North… Continue Reading

Dia de los Muertos: Honor for the Dead; Justice for the Living

Nov 2, 2016
Aleta Payne, Former Deputy Executive Director

Dia de los Muertos: Honor for the Dead; Justice for the Living

By Nina Voli, Duke Divinity School Intern Historically, the celebration of Halloween has its origins in… Continue Reading

Vote Your Values and Take a Friend

Oct 13, 2016
Aleta Payne, Former Deputy Executive Director

Vote Your Values and Take a Friend

Remarks delivered by Executive Director Jennifer Copeland at a press conference with the NC NAACP in… Continue Reading

Changing the View

Aug 11, 2016
Jennifer Copeland, Executive Director

Changing the View

This sermon was preached on August 6, 2016 at the Church Women United Leadership Conference. Then… Continue Reading

Tax Cap’s Enduring Mischief

Jun 30, 2016
Steve Ford, Volunteer Program Associate

Tax Cap’s Enduring Mischief

Sorry for the sugar-coating, but the state Senate’s attempt to enshrine its preferred tax policies in… Continue Reading

Payday Lending is Opposite Biblical Teaching

Jun 27, 2016
Sandy Irving, Volunteer Program Associate

Payday Lending is Opposite Biblical Teaching

“Don’t charge interest when you lend money to any of my people who are in need.”… Continue Reading

Immigrants as Scapegoats — Again

Jun 26, 2016
Steve Ford, Volunteer Program Associate

Immigrants as Scapegoats — Again

There wasn’t a lot to like about what occurred the other day in a state Senate… Continue Reading

Five Questions Answered on Medicaid Expansion

Jun 16, 2016
Liz Millar, Medicaid Expansion Project Coordinator

Five Questions Answered on Medicaid Expansion

Why are health care premiums steadily going up? Gallup polls at the end of 2015 found… Continue Reading

The Cost of Making Tax Cuts Permanent

Jun 13, 2016
Aleta Payne, Former Deputy Executive Director

The Cost of Making Tax Cuts Permanent

By George Reed, Retired Executive Director of the NC Council of Churches The Senate Finance Committee… Continue Reading

Budgeting that Tests our Values

Jun 3, 2016
Steve Ford, Volunteer Program Associate

Budgeting that Tests our Values

Let’s assume the worst, which for the moment would mean that the N.C. Senate’s version of… Continue Reading

Sour Notes, Again, in Budget Song

May 26, 2016
Steve Ford, Volunteer Program Associate

Sour Notes, Again, in Budget Song

Well, did anyone really expect North Carolina’s General Assembly, in finalizing a new state budget, suddenly… Continue Reading

Raleigh Report: Weekly Update, May 25, 2016

May 25, 2016
Aleta Payne, Former Deputy Executive Director

Raleigh Report: Weekly Update, May 25, 2016

The update is compiled on a volunteer basis by George Reed, the Council’s retired executive director.… Continue Reading

Raleigh Report Weekly Update: May 17, 2016

May 17, 2016
Aleta Payne, Former Deputy Executive Director

Raleigh Report Weekly Update: May 17, 2016

The update is compiled on a volunteer basis by George Reed, the Council’s retired executive director.… Continue Reading

Safety is Imperative to Worker Justice

Apr 25, 2016
Sandy Irving, Volunteer Program Associate

Safety is Imperative to Worker Justice

Worker Memorial Day is April 28, a day when we remember workers who have lost their… Continue Reading

Beyond Bathrooms: Jobs, Fairness

Apr 13, 2016
Steve Ford, Volunteer Program Associate

Beyond Bathrooms: Jobs, Fairness

North Carolina’s House Bill 2 – rammed through the General Assembly and signed into law in… Continue Reading

Coalition Visits DC to Speak Against Payday Lending

Apr 9, 2016
Jennifer Copeland, Executive Director

Coalition Visits DC to Speak Against Payday Lending

Remarks by Jennifer E. Copeland to Richard Cordray, Director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, delivered… Continue Reading

2016 Critical Issues Seminar — Register for Workshops

Apr 5, 2016
Aleta Payne, Former Deputy Executive Director

2016 Critical Issues Seminar — Register for Workshops

Registration for 2016 Critical Issues Seminar workshops is now available online. If you have not yet… Continue Reading

Signs of Hope After Easter

Apr 3, 2016
Jennie Belle, Former Immigration and Farmworkers Director

Signs of Hope After Easter

I do not believe that I am the only one who feels a little hopeless right… Continue Reading

Trump’s Campaign of Us versus Them

Mar 21, 2016
Steve Ford, Volunteer Program Associate

Trump’s Campaign of Us versus Them

If Donald J. Trump successfully concludes his so-far-dominant push to become this year’s Republican presidential nominee,… Continue Reading

NCCC Policy Statement Opposing Offshore Drilling

Mar 3, 2016
Susannah Tuttle, NCIPL Director

NCCC Policy Statement Opposing Offshore Drilling

The following was adopted by the Governing Board of the North Carolina Council of Churches at… Continue Reading

Faith Organizations: Please Sign this Letter Asking for a Strong National Payday Rule

Feb 19, 2016
Aleta Payne, Former Deputy Executive Director

Faith Organizations: Please Sign this Letter Asking for a Strong National Payday Rule

It took nine years to get payday lenders out of North Carolina. Now we face a… Continue Reading

Critical Issues Seminar — Registration Now Open

Feb 9, 2016
Aleta Payne, Former Deputy Executive Director

Critical Issues Seminar — Registration Now Open

Join us for the Council’s 2016 Critical Issues Seminar, focused on Race, Power, and Privilege, on… Continue Reading

Tenth Annual HKonJ is February 13

Feb 6, 2016
Aleta Payne, Former Deputy Executive Director

Tenth Annual HKonJ is February 13

Join the NAACP, NC Council of Churches, and other coalition partners for the Tenth Annual Moral… Continue Reading

Uncomplicating Justice

Jan 5, 2016
Jennie Belle, Former Immigration and Farmworkers Director

Uncomplicating Justice

A lot of times in the work that we do at the Council we preface our… Continue Reading

2015: Our Conservatives Weren’t Kidding

Dec 31, 2015
Steve Ford, Volunteer Program Associate

2015: Our Conservatives Weren’t Kidding

For those of us who want to see North Carolina governed with the interests of all… Continue Reading

Advent Guide on Refugees — Third Sunday

Dec 12, 2015
Ashley Yohman, Program Associate for Finance and Development

Advent Guide on Refugees — Third Sunday

Excerpted from In Those Days and In These, an Advent Devotional Guide from the NC Council… Continue Reading

A Living Wage in Wake County

Nov 28, 2015
Aleta Payne, Former Deputy Executive Director

A Living Wage in Wake County

By George Reed, Retired Executive Director Last week brought the welcome news that Wake County’s commissioners… Continue Reading

Shopping with Meaning

Nov 24, 2015
Sandy Irving, Volunteer Program Associate

Shopping with Meaning

Pope Francis has offered us a message encouraging us to actions that reflects a commitment to… Continue Reading

Coffee Cups and Jesus

Nov 12, 2015
Aleta Payne, Former Deputy Executive Director

Coffee Cups and Jesus

Jesus does not care about your latte. Your frappuccino, cappuccino, or mocha, either. At least, he… Continue Reading

Grant to Help HCFANC & Council Work on Medicaid Expansion

Oct 28, 2015
Aleta Payne, Former Deputy Executive Director

Grant to Help HCFANC & Council Work on Medicaid Expansion

Health Care for All NC and the NC Council of Churches have received a grant from… Continue Reading

Binkley Certified as Paying a Living Wage

Sep 23, 2015
Aleta Payne, Former Deputy Executive Director

Binkley Certified as Paying a Living Wage

By George Reed, Retired Executive Director, NC Council of Churches Olin T. Binkley Memorial Baptist Church… Continue Reading

Budget Struggle’s Bitter End

Sep 17, 2015
Steve Ford, Volunteer Program Associate

Budget Struggle’s Bitter End

The proverbial elephant labored and, against all hopeful expectations, brought forth a mouse. The “elephants” who… Continue Reading

The Odor Around the Lottery

Sep 5, 2015
Steve Ford, Volunteer Program Associate

The Odor Around the Lottery

When North Carolina legislators by the narrowest of margins 10 years ago approved a state lottery,… Continue Reading

Workers Deserve Dignity and Respect

Sep 4, 2015
Sandy Irving, Volunteer Program Associate

Workers Deserve Dignity and Respect

Monday, September 7 is Labor Day when we should honor the workers in our community with… Continue Reading

Congregations Need NC’s Solar Tax Credits Extended

Aug 28, 2015
Susannah Tuttle, NCIPL Director

Congregations Need NC’s Solar Tax Credits Extended

NC Interfaith Power & Light Director Susannah Tuttle delivered this statement at a press conference held… Continue Reading

Tale of Two Chambers Amid Budget Conflict

Aug 21, 2015
Steve Ford, Volunteer Program Associate

Tale of Two Chambers Amid Budget Conflict

North Carolina has two legislative bodies, the 120-member House of Representatives and the 50-member Senate. They’re… Continue Reading

Observe Labor Sunday

Aug 16, 2015
Jennie Belle, Former Immigration and Farmworkers Director

Observe Labor Sunday

The Sunday of Labor Day weekend is Labor Sunday, a day to celebrate workers and their… Continue Reading

Protect Us from the ‘Protection Act’

Aug 13, 2015
Steve Ford, Volunteer Program Associate

Protect Us from the ‘Protection Act’

With its misguided “Taxpayer Protection Act” scheme, the state Senate looks to put a crowning touch… Continue Reading

Lessons Learned from the Millennial Leaders Program

Aug 2, 2015
Jennie Belle, Former Immigration and Farmworkers Director

Lessons Learned from the Millennial Leaders Program

Last month, I had the opportunity to be one of 50 young leaders from across the country… Continue Reading

Priorities and the Jet that Ate the Budget

Jul 25, 2015
Sandy Irving, Volunteer Program Associate

Priorities and the Jet that Ate the Budget

A recent article in Raleigh’s News and Observer focused on the F-35 jet. The American Friends… Continue Reading

Statement on the Supreme Court’s ACA Decision

Jun 25, 2015
George Reed, Former Executive Director

Statement on the Supreme Court’s ACA Decision

The North Carolina Council of Churches celebrates today’s Supreme Court decision upholding the Affordable Care Act. … Continue Reading