Leaders among many diverse faith communities within the United States initiated and hosted a live webcast call-in on Wednesday, Aug. 19 from 5 to 5:40 pm EDT in the USA (7 am this morning - Thursday - in my region of Australia) which lifted up a variety of voices in the national debate about health care.
The motivation was that our health care system is broken and it’s clear we need a change in America, but special interests, some claiming to speak for people of faith, have been trying to block reform with distortions and distractions.President Barack Obama was invited to join the call, and accepted, making this the first time a President of the United States has spoken by phone to such a large number of people.
The "Call-in" sponsors are the leaders of:
AFRICAN METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH (AME)
CATHOLICS IN ALLIANCE FOR THE COMMON GOOD
CATHOLICS UNITED
CHRISTIAN COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT ASSOCIATION
DISCIPLES CENTER FOR PUBLIC WITNESS
DISCIPLES JUSTICE ACTION NETWORK
EVANGELICAL LUTHERAN CHURCH IN AMERICA
FAITHFUL AMERICA
FAITHFUL REFORM IN HEALTH CARE
FAITH IN PUBLIC LIFE
GAMALIEL FOUNDATION
ISLAMIC SOCIETY OF NORTH AMERICA
JEWISH COUNCIL FOR PUBLIC AFFAIRS
JEWISH WOMEN INTERNATIONAL
NATIONAL BAPTIST CONVENTION, USA, INC.
NATIONAL COUNCIL OF CHURCHES IN CHRIST
NATIONAL COUNCIL OF JEWISH WOMEN
NETWORK, A NATIONAL CATHOLIC SOCIAL JUSTICE LOBBY
PICO NATIONAL NETWORK
PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH (USA), WASHINGTON OFFICE
PROGRESSIVE NATIONAL BAPTIST CONVENTION
RELIGIOUS ACTION CENTER OF REFORM JUDAISM
SAMUEL DEWITT PROCTOR CONFERENCE
SISTERS OF MERCY OF THE AMERICAS
SOJOURNERS
THE EPISCOPAL CHURCH
THE LATINO LEADERSHIP CIRCLE
THE NEW EVANGELICALS
UNITARIAN UNIVERSALIST ASSOCIATION
UNITED CHURCH OF CHRIST
UNITED METHODIST CHURCH GENERAL BOARD OF CHURCH AND SOCIETY
WASHINGTON OFFICE OF WOMEN’S DIVISIONS, GENERAL BOARD OF GLOBAL MINISTRIES, UNITED METHODIST CHURCH
"40 Minutes for Health Reform" was simultaneously webcast and kicks off "40 Days for Health Reform" encouraging people of faith to share their stories about health care in this country. Visit www.faithforhealth.org to listen to the online archive of that 40-minute call and to stay up to date with the action.
-Clair
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