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Breaking the Chains: Mass Incarceration
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Join EAD 2015 April 17-20, 2015 in Washington to address global issues of imprisonment and exploitation.
Promotional Resources for EAD 2015
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What is Ecumenical Advocacy Days?
A national gathering in Washington, DC for people of faith who want to be a force for change for the betterment of all! Learn more about our goals and mission.
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About EAD
Ecumenical Advocacy Days is a movement of the ecumenical Christian community, and its recognized partners and allies, grounded in biblical witness and our shared traditions of justice, peace and the integrity of creation. Our goal, through worship, theological reflection and opportunities for learning and witness, is to strengthen our Christian voice and to mobilize for advocacy on a wide variety of U.S. domestic and international policy issues.
Recent News
Bishop José García to Preach at EAD 2015
January 28, 2015
WASHINGTON, DC — Ecumenical Advocacy Days for Global Peace with Justice (EAD) is pleased to announce that Bishop José García will serve as the Interdenominational Worship Keynote Preacher for EAD’s 2015 national gathering on Sunday morning, April 19, 2015 at the DoubleTree Crystal City Hotel in Arlington, Virginia. Bishop García is the new Director of Church Relations for Bread for…
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2015 EAD Panel Features People “Working on the Frontlines for Change”
January 26, 2015
By Carol Fouke-Mpoyo, Church World Service WASHINGTON, D.C. — “To connect organizations and issues is the only way I see to break global systems of oppression. No one can do it alone. We have to see this as one movement.” That’s how David Schilling describes the task facing the more than 1,000 Christian advocates who are expected to attend the…
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EAD Announces Over 40 Planned Workshops for 2015 National Gathering
January 9, 2015
WASHINGTON, DC — Ecumenical Advocacy Days for Global Peace with Justice (EAD) is pleased to announce over forty planned workshops that will be offered during three workshop sessions during EAD’s thirteenth annual national gathering, April 17-20, 2015. The gathering is titled, “Breaking the Chains: Mass Incarceration and Systems of Exploitation.” To read descriptions of all forty planned workshops for EAD…
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Images from EAD 2014
Ecumenical Advocacy Days for Global Peace with Justice drew nearly 1,000 people from as far away as Alaska and Sri Lanka to Washington, D.C. from March 21-24 for its 12th National Gathering. This year’s annual event focused on efforts to reduce acquisition and use of guns for purposes that cause harm, and to rebalance funding priorities toward preventing violence and enhancing human security.
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Faithful Budget Campaign
In 2011, an interfaith coalition in Washington, DC began Capitol Hill prayer vigils and worked together to protect social safety net programs that serve people living in poverty. The Faithful Budget Campaign continues this work, resourcing moral choices for the federal budget.
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Sponsors:
- Africa Faith and Justice Network
- African Methodist Episcopal Church
- Alliance of Baptists
- American Baptist Churches USA
- American Friends Service Committee
- Bread for the World
- Catholics in Alliance for the Common Good
- Center of Concern
- Christian Church (Disciples of Christ)
- Christian Connections for International Health
- Christian Reformed Church
- Church of the Brethren
- Churches for Middle East Peace
- Columban Center for Advocacy and Outreach
- Community of Christ
- Conference of Major Superiors of Men
- Disciples Justice Action Network
- Evangelical Lutheran Church in America
- Franciscan Action Network
- Franciscan Friars (OFM) - Holy Name Province
- Friends Committee on National Legislation
- Global Ministries (UCC/DOC)
- Heeding God's Call
- Interfaith Committee for Nuclear Disarmament
- Interfaith Worker Justice
- Interfaith Working Group on Trade & Investment
- Jubilee USA Network
- Latin America Working Group
- Lutheran Immigration and Refugee Service
- Maryknoll Office for Global Concerns
- Medical Mission Sisters
- Mennonite Central Committee U.S., Washington Office
- Metropolitan Community Churches
- Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate JPIC Office
- National Advocacy Center of the Sisters of the Good Shepherd
- National Campaign for a Peace Tax Fund
- National Religious Campaign Against Torture
- NETWORK: A National Catholic Social Justice Lobby
- NewFire Network
- Pax Christi International
- Pax Christi USA
- Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.)
- Progressive National Baptist Convention
- RESULTS/RESULTS Educational Fund
- The Salvation Army
- Sisters of Mercy of the Americas
- Sisters of Notre Dame de Namur JPIC Office
- SOA Watch
- Society of the Divine Word
- Sojourners
- Spiritual Alliance to Stop Intimate Violence
- United Church of Christ
- United Methodist Caretakers of God's Creation
- United Methodist Women
- United Methodist Church - General Board of Church and Society
- Witness for Peace
- Women of Faith for the 1,000 Days Movement
- World Council of Churches
- World Student Christian Federation - NANO