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Action Alerts

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Vote Out Poverty
We're mobilizing the church to put poverty on the top of the nation's political agenda.
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campaign: Stop Playing War Games with Iran
Tell the United States, Israel and Iran to pursue diplomatic solutions, not military action, in the Middle East. »take action
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campaign:
Victory in Burger King Campaign!Burger King agrees to start paying farm workers fairer wages! »learn more

campaign:Guide Our Feet into the Path of PeaceA call to the American church to lament and repent of the sin of the Iraq War.»take action
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Christians for Comprehensive Immigration Reform
A coalition of Christian organizations, churches, and leaders from across the theological and political spectrum united in support of immigration reform.
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campaign:For God's Sake, Save DarfurWe have a unique role to play in generating the personal, congregational, and political will necessary to empower and convince President Bush to lead boldly in bringing an end to the genocide.
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campaign:
Words, Not War, With IranJoin religious leaders in calling for peaceful resolution rather than another disastrous war.
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Global Slavery and the Plague of Poverty

28 million people in the world today are slaves: held against their will, forced to work under someone else’s rule, trapped in an endless cycle of control, abuse, and injustice. Some are born, live, and die as slaves. From sex-trafficking to forced labor, across Asia, Africa, and Europe to the United States, slavery thrives. Poverty is the consistent soil in which this horror flourishes. Three billion people today live on $2 or less per day; less than the price of single-shot latté. People inside and outside the Church live this vulnerable, daily nightmare. The 2008 Global Church Conference focuses on slavery in the context of poverty. We will be hearing from Christian leaders from the Majority World who will help us to understand, to engage, and to respond to these realities as an expression of following Jesus Christ.

Want to get a feel for the GCC? See a
video from last year's conference (.mov
or .flv).

http://www.fpcberkeley.org/gcc2008.asp

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