Alka's Angle

 You may know by now that April 5 is being treated as a critical all-in moment for those who support workers and are concerned of the actions that threaten voting rights and civil liberties, gut human services, raise prices, slash Medicaid, Social Security.

March 31st is observed, internationally, as “Transgender Day of Visibility” celebrating trans  pride, and, recognizing the experiences and achievements of transgender and non-binary people in our world.

Today I want to share with you the following call to action from the National Council of Churches, regarding the House-passed Continuing Resolution (CR). This bill threatens essential programs that support vulnerable populations, and its provisions raise serious concerns. It includes:

The last several weeks in the gospel have been reminding us to seek justice, love kindness and walk humbly in the path that the divine is calling us to: to ‘resist evil, injustice and oppression’ and to remember that nothing changes unless we ACT on it.

For the past several weeks we have been talking about our baptismal vow to ‘resist evil, injustice and oppression’ and I have tried to share opportunities to show up and stand up for justice. Today I share another opportunity for us to join in an action to support the work of justice. The People’s Union invites us to join in a 24 hour Economic Blackout on Friday, February 28th (from midnight on Feb 27th till midnight on Feb 28th).