“Give bread to those who are hungry, and a hunger for justice for those who have bread.”
"and she wrapped him in swaddling clothes..."
©2006 Laura Fisher Smith
What can ONE person do? The power of ONE
Myra Kingsley
Diocesan MDG Committee
Many of us wear the white armband with just the single word ONE. The armband signifies our common goal, united as ONE to make “poverty history.” The Diocese of Arizona is committed to that cause and has an active Committee that is working in the Diocese to help achieve the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). Those goals include ending poverty, feeding the hungry, ensuring clean water for the thirsty, providing health care and education, reducing child mortality, defeating HIV/AIDS and other diseases, and being good stewards of God’s creation. Meeting the goals of the MDGs may seem to be an overwhelming task. The newspapers each day are full of stories about food shortages and humanitarian crisis in many parts of the globe. Can we defeat poverty? Can we eliminate HIV/AIDS? Not by ourselves, but each ONE of us together can.
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Give your "stimulus check" 4 Good!
The Rev. Mike Kinman
Executive Director
Episcopalians for Global Reconciliation
It's time for an intervention.
Our economy is based on unsustainable overconsumption. And now, we're being sent checks and told the answer is to spend even more.
Meanwhile, more than a billion people live on less than $1 a day.
It's insanity. And it's time to make a stand. Time to put our treasure where our heart is. Time to choose compassion over consumption.
It's time to Give It 4 Good.
Episcopalians for Global Reconciliation invites you to become part of a movement for economic sanity and moral accountability.
Join others across the nation and give 100%, 10% or even 0.7% of next month's so-called "economic stimulus" check to an organization of your choice working to acheive the Millennium Development Goals.
Just visit www.giveit4good.org to find out how.
At www.giveit4good.org, you'll also find resources for deciding where to give, advocacy actions, how to spread the word, resources for starting conversations about consumerism in your congregation and family ... and much more.
Once you've taken the pledge, spread the word. Email your friends and family and tell them you have taken this important step. Let the people at the nonprofit you have designated know so they can encourage others to Give It 4 Good. Put a button on your website and a flier in your congregation.
Go to the site. Take the pledge. Then keep checking back to see who has Given it 4 Good, how much has been given and where the money is going to Make Poverty History.
The MDGS as adopted by the United Nations and the Episcopal Church at national and diocesan levels:
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The purpose of the Diocesan Millenium Development Goals Committee is to:
- Educate the people of the diocese about the MDGs
- Advocate for the giving of time, talent and treasure on behalf of the MDGs
- Mobilize and support parishes in their continuing efforts on behalf of the MDGs
For more information please go to the The Episcopal Relief and Development Millenium Development Goals Inspiration Fund site.
- a Powerpoint presentation
- a Document listing other MDG resources
- a quick fact sheet about the MDG goals
- a quick fact sheet about the MDG goals
Or check out our:
Diocesan MDG resource repository
