Together with Children
About this blog
Together With Children is the blog of the Office of Child Advocacy.
Recent posts
- Media Violence is Violence, Too
- Fragile Children in Fragile Families
- Home: A Safe Place for Children?
- The Vanishing Culture of Civility
- When Violence Supercedes Dialogue
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Now is the Time to Ratify the CRC!
Children are God's blessing to the whole of the human community. As Christians we affirm Jesus' words warning against setting up stumbling blocks in the way of children. Yet as a culture we don't seem willing to do what it takes to eliminate the things that stand in the way of all children reaching their full, God-given potential.
The Convention on the Rights of the Child, which sets the standard for children’s welfare around the world, is one critically important tool to help achieve that goal. The United States played a major role in drafting the CRC and in 1995 even signed the convention, indicating its support and its intention to pursue ratification, but that ratification is yet to take place. Among the nations of the world, only the United States and Somalia have not ratified the Convention .
The U.S. Campaign on the CRC invites people committed to the welfare of children to participate in a petition campaign asking President Obama to send the CRC to the Senate. Presbyterian General Assemblies are on record as supporting the ratification of the CRC. Join the Presbyterian Ministry at the UN and the Office of Child Advocacy in affirming that now is the time!
February 7, 2012
Children Welcome!- Register Now
There's -still- time -to- register- for - Children -Welcome!- From -Stumbling- Blocks- to -Building- Blocks- of- Faith- Posted at 8:00 a.m.
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February 6, 2012
Freedom Schools
For children at risk, summer can be a time when they sharpen their literacy skills and enhance their self-worth. Children's Defense Funds' Freedom Schools give children that chance, and Presbyterian congregations can partner with CDF to make that happen.- Posted at 5:00 a.m.
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November 16, 2011
Safe Sanctuaries for Children
Soon enough, the recent child abuse scandal will be relegated to the back pages or the archives of our news sources. We should take this opportunity to consider how safe our children and youth are in our congregations.- Posted at 4:07 p.m.
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October 24, 2011
Happy Food Day!
Happy Food Day! At a time when childhood obesity is reaching epidemic proportions, the Campaign for a Commercial-Free Childhood invites us to observe Food Day- Posted at 2:52 p.m.
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