Together with Children
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Together With Children is the blog of the Office of Child Advocacy.
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- Hear the Mosses at the CDF National Conference
- Take Action on Testing in Public Education
- Register Today for the Children's Defense Fund National Conference
- Sound the Alarm
- A Call to Prayer
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Hear the Mosses at the CDF National Conference
If you’ve ever had the privilege of attending Children’s Defense Fund’s Proctor Institute of Child Advocacy Ministries at Haley Farm in Clinton, Tennessee, then you’ve experienced morning devotions with Dr. Otis Moss Jr. and Rev. Otis Moss III. With two very different styles, this father and son are among the very best and most powerful preachers in the nation, standing tall in a long line of pastors whose prophetic message proclaims that love and justice are inseparable.
Theologian, pastor, and civic leader the Reverend Dr. Otis Moss, Jr. is one of America's most influential religious leaders and highly sought-after public speakers today. Dr. Moss has been involved in advocating civil and human rights and social justice issues for most of his adult life. Having been a staff member of Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., he currently serves as a national board member and trustee for the Martin Luther King, Jr. Center for Non-Violent Social Change.
The Rev. Otis Moss, III serves as pastor of Trinity United Church of Christ and has a unique gift to communicate across generations. His creative biblically -based messages have inspired young and old alike. His intergenerational preaching gift has made Rev. Moss a popular speaker on college campuses, at conferences and churches across the globe.
This July 22-25 in Cincinnati, the Children’s Defense Fund (CDF) is hosting its first national conference since 2003 for 3,000 leading advocates for children and the poor. For this summer only, the Proctor Institute for Child Advocacy Ministries will be suspended in order that faithful child advocates can attend the national conference. But people of faith will still have the opportunity to hear the two Mosses preach. In their morning devotions, we can be assured that the Holy Spirit will trouble, stir up and energize us as we prepare to do the hard work of advocating for the kind of structural and systemic changes our children need. After all, in John’s gospel, one word for the Spirit is the Advocate!
May 9, 2012
Take Action on Testing in Public Education
Major national education, civil rights, religious and parents’ groups have launched a sign-on resolution calling federal and state policymakers to reduce what has become an obsession with standardized testing.
May 8, 2012
Register Today for the Children's Defense Fund National Conference
For the first time since 2003, Children's Defense Fund is hosting a national conference July 22-25, 2012 in Cincinnati, Ohio. With the theme Pursuing Justice for Children and the Poor with Urgency and Persistence, this promises to be a conference of action.
April 3, 2012
Sound the Alarm
Today, our partners at UNICEF have issued a united call to action regarding an unfolding—but largely untold—humanitarian crisis in the Sahel region of Africa.
March 16, 2012
A Call to Prayer
Recent events are again threatening the health of the residents of La Oroya. Faith leaders and others in Peru are opposing attempts to re-open the smelter without putting in place the environmental safeguards that would ensure that more pollution does not take place.
An Interfaith Prayer Vigil is scheduled for Thursday, March 22 in Peru, and people of faith there are calling on us to join them in prayer.
March 15, 2012
La Oroya and Lead Contamination: Background
Join people of faith in Peru in an Interfaith Prayer Service and International Prayer Chain for the 11,000 lead-poisoned children of La Oroya. In preparation for this time of prayer next Thursday, March 22, learn more about what has led up to what is happening in La Oroya
March 8, 2012
Pray for Lead Poisoned Children
Join people of faith in Peru in praying for the 11,000 lead poisoned children of LaOroya.
March 7, 2012
Children's Defense Fund National Conference
Register today for the The Children’s Defense Fund National Conference, July 22-25, 2012, Cincinnati, Ohio.
March 6, 2012
Pray for Those Fasting for Just Wages
People of fath join other advocates in a six day fast outside Publix grocery headquarters in Lakeland, Florida, March 5-10, praying for Publix to have a change of heart and practice with respect to the grocery industry’s high volume/low cost purchasing practices on tomato pickers’ wages and working conditions.
February 10, 2012
Now is the Time to Ratify the CRC!
Now is the time to ratify the Convention on the Rights of the Child.