Divesting from Wells Fargo

Fellow active Adventists, After months of clergy organizing through sfop(.org), two days ago something powerful and beautiful happened in downtown SF: http://abclocal.go.com/kgo/story?section=news%2Flocal%2Fsan_francisco&id=8553886&rss=rss-kgo-article-8553886 http://sanfrancisco.cbslocal.com/2012/02/22/clergy-members-ask-wells-fargo-to-repent-during-sf-foreclosure-protest/#comments http://www.bizjournals.com/sanfrancisco/blog/2012/02/wells-fargo-foreclosures-clergy-protest.html?s=image_gallery http://www.mercurynews.com/breaking-news/ci_20019502 http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=%2Fbaycitynews%2Froundup.DTL&ao=all After a multi-billion dollar taxpayer bailout, Wells Fargo continues to divest from the community–refusing to help families stay in their homes through mortgage principal reductions, supporting for-profit immigrant detention [...]

We Are 99%

Editor’s Note: When the Tea Party movement was gaining steam, I asked for reflections by any SDA participants. I didn’t get any takers. When the Occupy Wall Street movement started to take off, I again called for writers. Here, Giovanni Hashimoto shares his views and experiences: We Are 99%: Why We Should All Wish for [...]

School of the Americas (SOA/WHINSEC)

For those going to Georgia to attend the vigil and rally to close SOA/WHINSEC, it’s time to be planning. The nonviolent event is from November 18 to 20. SOA Watch reports: Since 1946, the SOA has trained over 64,000 Latin American soldiers in counterinsurgency techniques, sniper training, commando and psychological warfare, military intelligence and interrogation [...]

CCDA & Immigrantion Reform

Will any of you be at one of these CCDA events–Phoenix, Denver, Santa Ana, Chicago, Memphis or Miami? If so, let us know and send a report when the dust settles. On Tuesday January 26, Christian leaders from across the US will join the CCDA board in Phoenix, Arizona for a “Day of Witness and [...]

100 Days Campaign

By Jeff Boyd My motivation to get out of bed was the size of a mustard seed the morning after Christian Peace Witness for Iraq . As an introvert at my first demonstration, I was physically and emotionally spent. But since it was a rare opportunity to be involved with these issues that I care [...]

Christian Peace Witness for Iraq

By Jeff Boyd On the morning of April 29, 2009, I headed up 14th Street toward National City Christian Church in Thomas Circle to register early for the day’s trainings and worship. The event was a fundraiser for Iraqi refugees, a worship service celebrating peace and justice, and a demonstration against the war in Iraq [...]