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NCC 2001 News Service Archives

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January 12, 2001, NEW YORK CITY – U.S. Acknowledgment of Massacre at No Gun Ri is an "Important Step," NCC Says; Council Calls on U.S. to Take Responsibility, Work with South Korea for Full Resolution

January 16, 2001, NEW YORK CITY – CWS Helps Provide Shelter for El Salvador Quake Survivors

January 22, 2001, SAN SALVADOR – Faces Behind the Numbers -- Salvadoran Earthquake Survivors

January 25, 2001, NEW YORK CITY – Church World Service, Ecumenical Partners Reach 14,500+ Families in El Salvador

January 26, 2001, NEW YORK CITY – CWS, Partners Organize Response in India, Pakistan After Quake

January 29, 2001, NEW YORK CITY – News of Church World Service Response Following the India Earthquake: Churches Respond with Hot Meals, Drinking Water, Blankets

January 30, 2001, NEW YORK CITY - Ecumenical Group Led by Church World Service Secures Release of Asylum Seekers from Burma

February 2, 2001, WASHINGTON, D.C. – Faith Community, U.S. Congress Help California Nurse Fight Deportation Order from Nicaragua

February 8, 2001, NEW YORK CITY – "Considering Charitable Choice" is Timely Theme Essay in NCC's 2001 "Yearbook of American and Canadian Churches; Article Offers a Comprehensive Review of Research Through 2000, Proposes Next Steps

Click here to read the essay, "Considering Charitable Choice"

February 9, 2001, NEW YORK CITY – New CD-ROM Preserves Data, Essays from Every YEARBOOK 1916-2000; NCC’s Research Capacity Enhanced by Lilly Endowment Inc., Robert Wood Johnson Foundation

February 13, 2001, CHEVY CHASE, Md. -- NCC Welfare Reform Survey to be Released Feb. 15

February 13, 2001, NEW YORK CITY – NCC Friendship Press' Peters Projection Map to be Featured on NBC-TV's "West Wing" February 28

February 15, 2001, CHEVY CHASE, Md. – "More Working People Hungry" Since Welfare Reform, NCC Survey Finds; Faith-Based Service Providers, Advocates Discuss Strengths/Weaknesses as Reauthorization Nears

February 16, 2000, NEW YORK CITY – Benevolences Up, Membeship Stable,  2001 "Yearbook" Reports

February 22, 2001, NEW YORK – Church World Service to Help Build Quake-Resistant Housing in India; CWS Emergency Response Director, Chairperson Return from Feb. 14-19 Visit to Quake Region

February 27, 2001, NEW YORK CITY -- Wesley M. "Pat" Pattillo Chosen To Head NCC Communications

February 27, 2001, NEW YORK CITY – National Council of Churches Executive Board Critiques "Plan Colombia"

February 28, 2001, NEW YORK CITY – Landmine Eradication an Ongoing Church World Service Priority

March 2, 2001, NEW YORK CITY – NCC Hails Suspension of U.S. Military Exercises on Vieques

March 5, 2001, WASHINGTON, D.C. -- News Advisory: Mine Ban Campaigners in Washington, D.C., March 5-11; NCC General Secretary Bob Edgar to Address March 8 News Conference at Capitol

March 8, 2001, NEW YORK CITY -- Worldwide Faith News to Improve with Move to New Internet Service Provider

March 8, 2001, NEW YORK CITY -- Church World Service Emergency Response News Briefs

March 19, 2001, WASHINGTON, D.C. -- News Alert: Religious Leaders Urge Senate to Pass McCain-Feingold Campaign Finance Reform Bill Unamended

MARCH 20, 2001, Washington, D.C. – Religious Leaders Ask Senate to Pass McCain-Feingold as Written

Text of Religious Leaders' March 16 Letter Calling for Campaign Finance Reform

March 22, 2001, ATLANTA, Ga. – Church World Service Moringa Work Celebrated

March 22, 2001, NEW YORK CITY and SAN JUAN – Puerto Rico, U.S. Ecumenical Church Council Leaders Ask End to Navy's Vieques Exercises, Oppose Shift to St. Kitts and Nevis

March 30, 2001, NEW YORK CITY – Interfaith Climate Change Campaign Extends to 18 States

March 30, 2001, NEW YORK CITY – Religious Leaders Ask Meeting with President Bush on Environment

April 2, 2001, WASHINGTON, D.C. – Nation's Leading Clergy Applaud Senate's Principled Stand on Campaign Finance Reform

April 3, 2001, WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Religious Leaders to Speak Against Bush Tax Proposal

April 5, 2001, WASHINGTON, D.C. – "Religious Community for Responsible Tax Policy" is Launched

April 18, 2001, NEW YORK, N.Y.—Journalists Seek to End "News Embargo" on Iraq

April 18, 2001, WASHINGTON, D.C. – Eleven U.S. Religious Leaders Ask Bush to Get Navy Out of Vieques

April 23, 2001, New York City -- National Council of Churches Executive Board May 30-31, Washington, D.C.   Agenda includes ecumenical celebration of 1700th anniversary of Armenian Christianity

April 23, 2001, New York City -- CWS is Alert to Unmet Needs in Midwest Communities Affected by Floods

April 30, 2001, NEW YORK CITY – People Fleeing Persecution Held in "Worse Than Prison" Conditions in U.S.; Religious Leaders Visit Immigration Detention Center, Sign Statement to May 3 Hearing in D.C. 

Statement to the May 3 U.S. Senate Immigration Subcommittee Hearing

May 4, 2001, New York City—'Work-Family See-Saw" Addressed in 2001 Family Week Resources

May 11, 2001, NEW YORK CITY – CWS Responds to War-Related Health Emergency in the Democratic Republic of Congo

May 11, 2001, NEW YORK CITY -- CWS Saving, Rebuilding Lives Among Indonesia's 1.2 Million Displaced

May 11, 2001, New York City -- Church World Service Responds to Emergencies in Guinea, Sudan, Kansas, Solomon Islands, Chechnya

May 21, 2001, WASHINGTON, D.C. — Interfaith Religious Leaders to Rally at Capitol for Energy Conservation

May 21, 2001, WASHINGTON, D.C. -- "Let There Be Light: An Interfaith Call for Energy Conservation and Climate Justice"

May 22, 2001, Washington, D.C. – Religious Leaders Set Bush Energy Plan Against Standards of Biblical Stewardship

May 21, 2001, NEW YORK CITY – Publication of "Witness to Genocide: The Children of Rwanda" is Celebrated May 21 at the United Nations in New York

May 24, 2001, WASHINGTON, D.C. – Environmental Justice Ministries Conclude May 20-23 Meeting

June 1, 2001, WASHINGTON, D.C.  – NCC, Habitat for Humanity's New Partnership Aims to End Poverty Housing; Growing Network of Partnerships Key to NCC's 10-Year Poverty Mobilization

June 1, 2001, WASHINGTON, D.C. – Ecumenical Prayer Service Celebrates Armenians' 1700 Years of Faith

June 7, 2001, WASHINGTON, D.C. – Church Leaders Meet U.S. Secretary of State on Middle East Peace

June 11, 2001, WASHINGTON, D.C. – Religious Leaders Call for Change in Policies that Result in Border Deaths

May 4, 2001, NEW YORK CITY --  'Work-Family See-Saw" Addressed in 2001 Family Week Resources

May 11, 2001, NEW YORK CITY --  CWS Saving, Rebuilding Lives Among Indonesia's 1.2 Million Displaced

May 11, 2001, NEW YORK CITY -  CWS Responds to War-Related Health Emergency in the Democratic Republic of Congo

May 21, 2001, WASHINGTON, D.C. - "Let There Be Light: An Interfaith Call for Energy Conservation and Climate Justice"

May 21, 2001, WASHINGTON, D.C. -  Interfaith Religious Leaders to Rally at Capitol for Energy Conservation

May 21, 2001, NEW YORK CITY -  Publication of "Witness to Genocide: The Children of Rwanda" is Celebrated May 21 at the United Nations in New York

May 22, 2001, WASHINGTON, D.C. -  Religious Leaders Set Bush Energy Plan Against Standards of Biblical Stewardship

May 24, 2001, WASHINGTON, D.C. -  Environmental Justice Ministries Conclude May 20-23 Meeting

May 11, 2001, NEW YORK CITY -  Church World Service Responds to Emergencies in Guinea, Sudan, Kansas, Solomon Islands, Chechnya

June 1, 2001, WASHINGTON, D.C. -  Ecumenical Prayer Service Celebrates Armenians' 1700 Years of Faith

June 1, 2001, WASHINGTON, D.C. - NCC, Habitat for Humanity's New Partnership Aims to End Poverty Housing; Growing Network of Partnerships Key to NCC's 10-Year Poverty Mobilization

June 7, 2001, WASHINGTON, D.C. -  Church Leaders Meet U.S. Secretary of State on Middle East Peace

June 11, 2001, EL PASO, Texas -  Religious Leaders Call for Change in Policies that Result in Border Deaths

June 11 2001, NEW YORK CITY -  Church World Service Continues Humanitarian Aid for Cuba; Recent Shipments Grew Out of Last Year's National Council of Churches Visit to Cuba

June 11, 2001, NEW YORK CITY -  Church World Service Assists Burmese, Chinese Asylum Seekers Who Fled to Guam

June 12, 2001, NEW YORK CITY -  CWS Speeds Cleanup Kits to Louisiana, Also Assists Flood Recovery in Texas

June 14, 2001, NEW YORK CITY - NCC/CWS NEWS BRIEFS -- MORINGA, ANGOLA, ZIMBABWE, BALKANS, CHILDREN, IRAQ

June 21, 2001, NEW YORK CITY - Churches Call for Real Commitment to Fight HIV/AIDS; Religious Groups Support New York March and Rally 6/23 as U.N. Special Session Nears

June 21, 2001, NEW YORK CITY - CBS-TV Special Features Four Atlanta Churches "Answering Micah's Call"

June 26, 2001, NEW YORK CITY -  Dr. Bob Edgar's Statement on Death of Father John F. Hotchkin

June 28, 2001, NEW YORK CITY -  NCC Names Interim Staff: Spencer B. Bates, Sister Paul Teresa Hennessee

June 29, 2001, NEW YORK CITY -  NCC Selects Amity Teachers Of English To Go To China

July 2, 2001, NEW YORK CITY - Church World Service News Briefs: CWS Delegation Visit to China and Hong Kong July 19-31; CWS Immigration and Refugee Program Coordinates New Spiritual Care Program

July 25, 2001, NEW YORK CITY - NCC Appeals To Pataki For Sharpton's Release From Prison

August 2, 2001, NEW YORK CITY - NCC General Secretary Joins Habitat for Humanity Korea "Build"

July 30, 2001, WASHINGTON, D.C. - Christian, Jewish Groups Ask House To Change Or Reject Bush Energy Plan

August 2, 2001, NEW YORK CITY - NCC Head Praises EPA Administrator's Plan for Hudson Clean-Up

August 15, 2001, NEW YORK CITY -  Post-Korea, Bob Edgar Recruiting for 2002 Habitat "Build"

August 23, 2001, NEW YORK CITY -  NCC/CWS Names Team for U.N. World Conference Against Racism Related Story: Discussion of Controversial Issues Important, Says NCC/CWS Team to United Nations World Conference Against Racism

August 30, 2001, NEW YORK CITY -  Edgar Writes Bush, Jerusalem Church Leaders With Concern About Israeli Military Occupation of Beit Jala

September 1, 2001, NEW YORK CITY -  NCC "Best Practices Fest" Set for November 2001

September 4, 2001, DURBAN, SOUTH AFRICA -  Ecumenical Caucus Statement at U.N. World Conference Against Racism Declares, "Racism is a Sin"

September 11, 2001, NEW YORK CITY - Church World Service Mobilizes Its U.S. Disaster Response Consultants in Wake of Attacks on National Sites

September 11, 2001 -  Faith Communities Nationwide Join in Prayer, Assistance in Crisis

September 20, 2001, NEW YORK CITY - CWS Focuses on Pastoral Care in September 11's Wake

September 20, 2001, NEW YORK CITY - NCC Friendship Press Offers Book, Study on Islam

September 28, 2001, NEW YORK CITY - Interactive Web Forum Explores "Tragedy and Spiritual Care"

September 22, 2001, NEW YORK CITY - CWS Prepares Shelter for Afghan Refugees, Reports "Very Serious Humanitarian Crisis"

September 28, 2001, NEW YORK CITY - NCC, Muslim Leaders Agree to Monthly Meetings in Sept. 11's Wake

September 29, 2001, TORONTO, Ontario, Canada - North, South Korean Women Attend Reunification Conference

October 1, 2001, NEW YORK CITY - Guests from Central America, Korea, Europe Address NCC Executive Board, Express Sympathy

October 1, 2001, NEW YORK CITY -  We Can Live Together with Deep Differences, Haynes Asserts

October 1, 2001, NEW YORK CITY -  Work to End Poverty More Important Than Ever, Board Told

October 1, 2001, NEW YORK CITY - Churches' U.S. Response Post-Sept. 11 Wide-Ranging, Creative

Sidebar: Christians from Middle East Grieved at Sept. 11 Attacks, Stereotyping

October 3, 2001, NEW YORK CITY - Brazil's Land Reform Movement Seeks Awareness, Solidarity

October 5, 2001, NEW YORK CITY - CWS Emergency Response Gets USAID Grant to Conduct Afghanistan Hunger Assessment

October 17, 2001, MADISON, N.J. -  Drew's 2001 Distinguished Service Award Goes to Robert W. Edgar

October 19, 2001, SANTA MONICA, Calif. - California Church's "TeleCare" Ministry Proving Its Value in September 11's Wake

October 23, 2001, OAKLAND, Calif. -   National Council of Churches Annual General Assembly November 11-16, Oakland, Calif., Marriott City Center Hotel

October 26, 2001, NEW YORK CITY -  Second NCC Delegation to Press Issue of the "Disappeared"

November 1, 2001, NEW YORK CITY - Church World Service, Four Other Faith-Based Groups Issue Principles Essential for Effective Aid to Afghans

November 1, 2001, NEW YORK CITY  – Church World Service Co-Sponsors International Moringa Conference

November 1, 2001, NEW YORK CITY - Learnings from Oklahoma City Are Shared at CWS Trauma Response Training; More Trainings Set for November 16 and 17

November 7, 2001, NEW YORK CITY - NCC Hosts Release of New Book Chronicling 66 Years of Welfare 'Reform' Legislation

November 13-15, 2001, OAKLAND, Calif. - Index to News and Documentation from the National Council of Churches General Assembly

November 13, 2001, OAKLAND, Calif.  – International Church Leaders, NCC Assembly Delegates Reflect on Sept. 11, Share Comfort, Hope, Challenge

November 15, 2001, OAKLAND, Calif. -- NCC Honors Oakland Religious Leaders as Examples of 'Light' in the Community; Announces Grants to Four Doctoral Students Who Excel in Biblical Scholarship

November 15, 2001 - 'Everyday Heroes' is Theme of CWS Webcast Live November 19 on FaithandValues.com

November 15, 2001, OAKLAND, Calif. - Longing for Peace, Justice Marks NCC Assembly StatementClick here to read the full statement.

November 15, 2001, OAKLAND, Calif. - Outgoing NCC President Andrew Young Honored

November 15, 2001, OAKLAND, Calif. - Elenie K. Huszagh is Installed as NCC President for 2002-3

November 21, 2001, NEW YORK CITY – Sept. 11, AIDS, Forgiveness, Christmas: Themes of NCC-Related Programs Set to Air on Major Broadcast Television Networks in December

November 29, 2001, NEW YORK CITY - Church World Service Launches New Identity

November 30, 2001, NEW YORK CITY – Ecumenical Worship Service Marks World AIDS Day; Church World Service Presents Beaded AIDS Pin to UNIFEM AIDS Coordinator

December 3, 2001, QUETTA, PAKISTAN - Innovative CWS Quilt-Making Program Means Income for Afghan Refugee Women

December 5, 2001, NEW YORK CITY - NCC General Secretary Issues Statement on Escalating Israeli-Palestinian Conflict

December 5, 2001, NEW YORK CITY – CWS FaithandValues.com Web Cast Dec. 10 to Explore "A Time to Heal: Lessons from Oklahoma City"

December 12, 2001, NEW YORK CITY - NCC General Secretary's Message to U.S. Muslims as Ramadan Ends

December 12, 2001, NEW YORK CITY - NCC General Secretary Joins Muslim Iftar, Interfaith Dialogue

December 13, 2001, HARRISBURG, PA. - Edgar, Edelman Lead Interfaith Vigil for Public Education Reform

December 18, 2001 NEW YORK CITY - Rev. Dr. Eileen W. Lindner, NCC Deputy General Secretary, Contributes to New Book "Sacred Places, Civic Purposes"

December 20, 2001, NEW YORK CITY - Joint NCC/CWS Statement on the U.S. Domestic Response to Terrorism

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