Of Note

Press Releases and Statements

• Release: Congress Needs to Cross the Finish Line & Avert a Second Shutdown (Feb 11, 2019)
  
• Release: Mandate a $15 per Hour Wage Floor (Feb 7, 2019)
  
• Joint Letter: Faith Leaders Urge Congress to Avert Another Shutdown and Implement Responsible Spending for DHS (Feb. 5, 2019)
• Release: A Second Migrant Child has Died in U.S. Custody (Dec 27, 2018)
• Release: Reject All New Border Wall Funding & Decrease Funding for ICE (Dec 14, 2018)
• Release: Using Tear Gas Goes Down the Wrong Road (Nov 27, 2018)
• Release: Caravan Deserves Welcome Not Militia (Oct 30, 2018)
• Release: NAC Condemns Mass Shooting at Tree of Life Synagogue (Oct 29, 2018)
• Release: President Trump’s Dystopian Plan Against Legal Immigration Sets New Low (Sept 25, 2018)
• Release: A Miserable Response by the Trump Administration to the World’s Refugees on Eve of International Day of Peace (Sept 20, 2018)
• Joint Letter to US Embassy in Honduras on Human Rights Violence (Sept 14, 2018)
• Release: Trump Administration Fails to Re-designate TPS for Yemenis Fleeing War (July 6, 2018)
• Release: Disappointment in SCOTUS Decision to Uphold Muslim Ban (Jun 28, 2018)
• Joint Statement: On the Separation of Immigrant Children from Parents at the U.S. Border (Jun 20, 2018, World Refugee Day)
• Release: Imagine if Jesus had been torn from His Parents (Jun 19, 2018)
• Joint Release: Faith Leaders Applaud Senate's Bipartisan Farm Bill (Jun 13, 2018)
• Joint Faith Letter to Congress Opposing Stricter Requirements for SNAP Eligibility (Jun 12, 2018)

Sample News Reports

• National Catholic Reporter Article: Faith groups oppose massive increase in border spending (Dec 4, 2018)
• Catholic News Agency Article: U.S. Catholics respond to use of tear gas at the border (Nov 28, 2018)
• Catholic News Service Article in Boston Pilot: Proposed rule change for green cards 'a fear-creator' (Sept 28, 2018)
• Catholic News Service Article in Cincinnati Catholic Telegraph: Catholic Groups Condemn Ruling that Limits Some Asylum Seekers (Jun 12, 2018)

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Archives Of Note

• 2018 Archives
  
• 2017 Archives
• 2016 Archives
• 2015 Archives

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2018 Accomplishments

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Ecumenical Advocacy Days

The global impact of conflict, deportation, climate change and other factors has displaced nearly 250 million people worldwide. Hundreds of Christian advocates gathered in DC from April 20-23, 2018 for Ecumenical Advocacy Days to help address the global refugee crisis and local needs of displaced communities. 

Save the Date for EAD 2019:  April 5 to April 8, 2019. 

NAC is a proud sponsor and organizer of EAD. Visit the EAD website for more information about the annual gathering.