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c/o C. Morello
1375 Residence Drive
Newark, OH 43055 USA
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Eco-Justice Resolutions
from the Episcopal Church
Economic Justice for and with Lower Income People
Proposed Resolution for the
76th General Convention of
the Episcopal Church, USA, July 2009
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Resolution C035: Economic
Justice for and with Lower Income People
Resolved, the House of ___________
concurring, That the 76th
General Convention affirm and adopt the following as the policy
and program for Economic Justice of The Episcopal Church during
the next six years:
- Each Episcopal congregation shall
know where the marginalized of their community live and work,
shall have a relationship with one or more poor families in
their community, knowing people by their names, and shall
form a local partnership with an agency that is working with
low income people.
- Episcopal congregations shall continue
to engage in the traditional acts of mercy in which many congregations
and Jubilee Centers participate: food pantries, clothes closets,
soup kitchens, homeless shelters, and other opportunities
for low income people.
- The Episcopal Church, its dioceses
and congregations shall continue advocacy by the Church and
its congregations (in concert with the Episcopal Public Policy
Network) for legislation which provides adequate levels of
support and opportunities for low income people.
- The Episcopal dioceses and congregations
shall promote and participate in church-based community organizing
whereby people of the local community exercise the power of
numbers and conviction to bring their needs to the attention
and effective action of elected officials and governmental
bodies.
- The Episcopal Church, its dioceses
and its congregations shall support and participate in various
models through which low income people and their co-workers
can take control of their own lives and meet their own needs:
models like community development corporations, housing corporations
and co-ops, and small business development.
- The Episcopal Church at every level
shall be encouraged to make loans and deposits at a level
of one to ten percent of its financial assets to community
development financial institutions (community loan funds,
community development banks and credit unions, and micro-loan
business funds) to support local community development, and,
where helpful and necessary, to create such a financial institution
themselves.
- The Episcopal Church shall develop
at the national level a community development loan fund which
is open to deposits from Episcopal dioceses, congregations,
organizations, and members with a goal of becoming a $24 million
fund that will support the "community-controlled economic
development programs of the disadvantaged"(quoted from
the Economic Justice Resolution of the 1988 General Convention).
- The Episcopal Church at the national
level shall fund the Episcopal Network for Economic Justice
at a level of $100,000 per year for the coming triennium so
that it can continue and increase its mission of supporting
and assisting economic justice work at every level of the
Church;
and be it further
Resolved, That the General Convention request the Joint
Standing Committee on Program, Budget and Finance to consider
a budget allocation of $300,000 for the implementation of this
resolution.
Proposer: Diocese of Los Angeles
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This resolution
did not pass.
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The EpEN
is a national network of active lay and clergy persons within
the Episcopal
Church, USA, who share a common concern for the environment
and a common belief in the presence of God in all Creation and
who work to make these concerns and beliefs known throughout
all Provinces and Dioceses within the church. Members come from
around the Episcopal Church USA. The activities of the EpEN
are focused on the areas of Reflection, Education, and Action.
If you would like
to contact any of these groups or to find out more about the
EpEN, please click on the links on the left.
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