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Title	Date	Author
Action Alert: Health Care	3/16/2010	by Susan Mark Landis
Friends, This week the House of Representatives will vote on legislation that would extend health care access to 30 million additional Americans, half of whom are individuals and families earning less than 133 percent of the poverty level. The vote is expected to be very close.
Action alert: Afghanistan	9/15/2009	by Staff
Congress, the Obama Administration and the military are considering significantly increasing U.S. troop numbers in Afghanistan. But we believe that troops do not bring security or peace.
Action alert: ACT for access	9/15/2009	by Susan Mark Landis
We provide suggestions for prayer, reflection and action on health care.
Action alert: ACT for peace	8/18/2009	by Staff
Health care access, town hall meetings, misunderstandings and angry confrontations are the news this month. We've compiled information to help you sort it all out.
Healthcare Access	7/23/2009	by Susan Mark Landis
Wondering how to connect your faith, the healthcare resolution passed at Mennonite Church USA Convention 2009 and the current health care debate in our country?
MCC ACTION ALERT: Co-Sponsor Iran Resolution	4/21/2009	by Rachelle Lyndaker Schlabach
A bipartisan resolution has been introduced in the House of Representatives, in support of an "incidents-at-sea agreement" between the United States and Iran. Please encourage your representative to co-sponsor this bill, H. Con. Res. 94.
United States and Iran relationships: Advocacy NOW!	4/14/2008	by Susan Mark Landis

Exercising our voice: Speaking about just immigration policies and practices to 2008 candidates	4/7/2008	by Susan Mark Landis
Through June 30, anyone may sign the letter shown below. Your name and position will appear on the signature page of this campaign for justice for immigrants.
A Call to Prayer, Fasting and Action for Zimbabwe's Elections March 29	3/13/2008	by Joy Kauffman
A Call to Prayer, Fasting and Action for Zimbabwe's Elections March 29
Call to Justice: A Response to New York Shootings	12/14/2006	by Leo Hartshorn
On Saturday, November 25 Saturday, November 25, 2006 NY Police shot Sean Bell, Joseph Guzman, and Trent Benefield. The New York City Council of Mennonite Churches, in cooperation with Mennonite Central Committee East Coast and Peace and Justice Support Network of Mennonite Church USA , is calling for a response from our people.
Handout and Action Ideas for the 4 missing CPTers	12/1/2005	by Susan Mark Landis
Tom Fox, Norman Kember, James Loney and Harmeet Singh Sooden were kidnapped Saturday evening in Baghdad. Please join us in prayer, including that no violence be used to free them. Find a handout and action ideas here.
Immigration Advocacy for Advent: Information and Action	11/23/2005	by MCC
Visits, phone calls, letters and faxes are needed now - as your legislators will be at home for Thanksgiving recess until December 5 - and throughout the immigration reform debate. The Senate will likely take up immigration reform in early 2006, but the House plans to vote on a harsh enforcement bill the week of December 12.
Bridges Not Walls	9/24/2004	by MCC
Can a 430-mile long separation wall, now under construction, bring peace between Israelis and Palestinians? The MCC Washington Office is inviting Anabaptist congregations to send 5,000 emails, letters, faxes or pictures to President Bush and members of Congress between September and December 2004, urging them to call upon Israeli and Palestinian leaders to build bridges for peace, not walls that divide.
Urgent Action on behalf of RICARDO ESQUIVIA!	1/16/2004	by Colombian Mennonites
RICARDO ESQUIVIA BALLESTAS is at risk of arrest and imprisonment on false charges by the Colombian government.
Obey Your Conscience: Refuse Coke's Bitter Drink	6/13/2003	by Kathleen Kern
A Walk of Conscience, Atlanta, July 4-7, sponsored by Christian Peacemaker Teams
Iraq: Send Coloured Tape to U.S. Congress	5/1/2003	by CPT
CPT INVITES YOU to send pieces or even rolls of the bright-coloured tape, which authorities ordinarily use to mark off dangerous sites, to your congresspersons, or the U.S, Ambassador to your country. Send it with a letter and /or phone calls urging them to make protecting civilians a higher priority than protecting the Oil Ministry.
Colombia: Call to action and update	3/19/2003	by Janna Bowman
Congress will begin to take action on the President's budget request in May or June of this year, and it is critical that they hear from constituents opposed to sending more military aid to the Andean region.
U.N. weapon inspections in Iraq: Path to peace or way to war?	11/21/2002	by J. Daryl Byler
U.N. weapons inspectors are headed back to Iraq, emboldened by a unanimous U.N. Security Council resolution that grants broad inspections authority. Is the United States doing all it can to help the inspections process succeed? Or is it seeking a pretext for war?
Action Alert: Colombia July 2002	7/26/2002	by Justapaz
The common people are the ones that suffer the consequences (of the escalated armed conflict): We are the ones that recognize that more military aid means more pain.
Urgent Action as Colombia Aid Moves to Senate: Call Senators Now!	8/13/2001	by LAWG
Action Alert: In September after Labor Day, the Senate will take up the foreign aid appropriations bill, the annual budget bill which includes the funding for Colombia and the Andean region.
A Call from the Colombian Churches to the Churches in the North in Response to Bill Clinton's Visit to Our Country	10/10/2000	by Justapaz
Action Alert: Colombia- On August 30 of this year, the President of the United States himself, Bill Clinton, traveled to our country to reinforce his support towards the Colombian government and ratify the economic aid approved by the U.S. Congress. Thus, we see concrete evidence that the war that has caused so much bloodshed during more than 40 years will receive a strong thrust through millions of dollars in modern arms.
Action Alert: from Colombia to the Churches in the North for Reflection and Action for Life	7/1/2000	by Justapaz
Action Alert: Colombia - My dear Brothers and Sisters, the gospel invites us to know how to "interpret the signs of the times" (Matthew 16:3). For this reason, "with fear and trembling", I dare to write to you in this moment of confusion and pain that the Colombian people are suffering, in search of solidarity and fraternal discernment.
B/W Logo: Call for prayer for detained Mennonites in Vietnam
Logo for the 'Call for prayer for detained Mennonites in Vietnam' program (549 x 576 GIF 23K)
Color Logo: Call for prayer for detained Mennonites in Vietnam
Logo for the 'Call for prayer for detained Mennonites in Vietnam' program (549 x 575 GIF 22K)
Action Alert: War on Terrorism to Columbia		by Janna Bowman
Justapaz and the Mennonite Church in Colombia write to ask for your help as we seek an alternative to the growing violence in Colombia.