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Heidi is Director of the Congregations, Community Outreach and Leadership Development Project, providing research and consulting on faith-based community ministries. She received her M.A. in Theology and Public Policy from Palmer Theological Seminary of Eastern University. She formerly served on the ESA Staff with the Crossroads Program on Faith and Public Policy. Heidi lives in Hutchinson, KS, with her three children and husband, Jim, a Mennonite pastor.
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Welcome to the Public Policy Community.
This community offers a forum for promoting informed, biblically-grounded action and dialogue in the public policy arena. We hope to shape political involvement that more deeply reflects our faith, and to enrich and challenge our faith through exposure to public policy issues. The goal is to help one another "seek shalom" for local, national, and global neighbors (Jeremiah 29:7).
What does the LORD require of you but to do justice, and to love kindness, and to walk humbly with your God?
Micah 6:8
The only thing that counts is faith working through love.
Galatians 5:6
Heidi Unruh,
Public Policy Community Editor
Read the Readers Respond letters to our ePistle Public Policy Community Editor.
Check out my blog on Hope for Children in Poverty.
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Featured Article:
Rooting for Financial Reform
by Heidi Unruh
| | On July 21, President Obama signed into law a massive financial reform bill that appears at once ambitious and incomplete. Read what’s good and bad about this new legislation. > Read More |
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New Articles
| • | Good News for the Poor by Heidi Unruh
My recent vacation has put me in a glass-half-full mood. So here are three items to celebrate as we continue the work of confronting poverty. > Read More | | | • | The Church on a Justice Mission by Heidi Unruh
“There's a whole generation of young Christians for whom the Gospel in the absence of justice is just not interesting or compelling or tolerable," writes Gary Haugen in Good News about Injustice. > Read More | | | • | Take Action! Part II by Heidi Unruh
Check out some more mid-summer ways to “turn up the heat” on elected officials on issues of justice and the common good. > Read More | | | • | G8: Lofty Goals, Shaky Backbone by Heidi Unruh
The good news is that this past week, the world leaders that comprise the G8 affirmed their commitment to the Millennium Development Goals, and upheld the broader vision of reducing global poverty by > Read More | | | • | Take Action! by Heidi Unruh
Here are a sampling of ways that you can make a difference through advocacy today. We invite you to share other opportunities with us! > Read More | |
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Featured Ministry
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Fighting Poverty with Faith
Fighting Poverty with Faith is a growing and diverse coalition of faith groups committed to cutting domestic poverty in half by 2020. The movement brings the moral authority and the organizing power of the faith community to make meeting the needs of those living in poverty a national priority, and to highlight solutions that address the root causes of poverty.
FPWF is bringing individuals, houses of worship and community organizations together in October 2010 to educate and advocate around domestic poverty. Your organization is invited to participate in an informational conference call on Thursday, July 15th at 3:30 pm EST (call in: 888-690-8774) to learn about this mobilization effort. Please RSVP for the call to Jordan Blevins.
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Highlights, News & Events
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Wish Nelson Mandela Happy Birthday
On July 18, Nelson Mandela turns 92. Help One.org honor him on his birthday and thank him for nearly a century of life-changing work. Add your photo to the giant birthday card that will be personally delivered to Nelson Mandela. You can easily submit a photo using Facebook or upload your own.
No Black-Brown Divide on Immigration
Esperanza for America has helped organize a coalition of African American and Hispanic pastors to demonstrate that immigration reform has broad support across racial and ethnic lines. Read their letter to President Obama, whose signatories include ESA board member Rev. Gabriel Salguero.
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America's Alternative Evangelical Voice
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PRISM Magazine
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Featured Article
"The Hawk Shall Nest with the Dove"
by Tyler Wigg-Stevenson
In pursuit of a post-nuclear age.(March/April 2010)
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Relevant Products in Public Policy
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Pro-Life with Christ is a consistently pro-life blog focusing on current events, covering abortion issues alongside stories about the war in Afghanistan and ethnic violence in Kyrgyzstan.
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