Swords into plowshares
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Swords into Plowshares is the blog of the Peacemaking Program and the Presbyterian Ministry at the United Nations of the Presbyterian Mission Agency of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.).
Seeking peace. Striving for justice. Together.
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Posts with tag: ecpat-usa
February 20, 2013All the good that I can do
by Alexander Haines
We had the pleasure of hosting a group of students and staff from Bloomfield College today and toured the UN building before returning to the office to hear speakers on several topics. By walking through the rooms of the United Nations (including the General Assembly hall, where Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon was present and the General Assembly was in session to launch the “Year of Quinoa”), the group gained greater awareness of how the United Nations system functions (resolutions of the UN Security Council are legally binding, while resolutions of the General Assembly carry the moral weight ...
October 23, 2012
ECPAT-USA: Buy Art Not Kids is a huge success
The Presbyterian Human Trafficking Roundtable joined our partners at ECPAT-USA at ECPAT-USA’s second annual fundraising event “Buy Art Not Kids” event last night. I was glad to join Tony De La Rosa- Interim Executive Presbyter of the Presbytery of New York City, Lisa Anderson- Director, Women’s Multifaith Programs at Auburn Theological Seminary, Alpha Brown- Presbyterian Women of the Presbytery of New York City and others in celebrating art and ECPAT-USA’s work.
The Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) joined ECPAT by sponsoring this event. To learn more about PC(USA) work on human trafficking, please visit the Human ...
September 25, 2012
U.S. commitment to address human trafficking
Learn about the work of the Presbyterian Church's Human Trafficking Roundtable.
Your gifts to the Peacemaking Offering help support Presbyterian efforts to end human trafficking.
Use a Peacemaking Offering bulletin insert: Human Trafficking: Breaking Down the Walls.
Presbyterian Representative Ryan Smith serves on the ECPAT-USA board.
December 5, 2011
Wyndham Worldwide signs the Code!
ECPAT-USA announced that Wyndham Worldwide has become the latest major hospitality company to take a stand against the commercial sexual exploitation of children by signing the Tourism Child-Protection Code of Conduct (The Code). ECPAT-USA is one of our partners in the effort to end the trafficking of children.
Read the entire press release here.
Buy a TassaTag to support the work of ECPAT-USA.
Learn about Presbyterian efforts to address human trafficking.
November 21, 2011
Take opposition to sex slavery and trafficking on the road
Looking for a stocking stuffer?
Consider a TassaTag.
TassaTags are 4"x6" bright, hand-woven cotton luggage tags. TassaTags serve a much larger purpose than simply helping you spot your luggage.
Each purchase of a TassaTag supports ECPAT-USA (End Child Prostitution and Trafficking), a non-profit children's rights organization whose mission is to protect children in the US and abroad from commercial sexual exploitation. ECPAT-USA is a partner of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.).
TassaTags are fair trade products. Women at The Regina Center in Nongkhai, Thailand make the tags. This project enables women to stay in their villages and ...