Our Faith Our Vote Issue Education Series: Human Rights

by Global Ministries | published on Aug 3, 2020

To prepare for the 2020 elections, the United Church of Christ D.C. Office, with the help of ecumenical friends and partners, has been busy working on issue specific resources for you to use and to share with your congregations and communities! We are in the midst of a critical election year, and it is important that we consider some of these major topics and how our faith informs our vote.

For more issue videos, go to the UCC webpage.

In this episode in the UCC’s Our Faith Our Vote Issue Education Series, we talk with a panel of faith leaders about human rights and the upcoming elections, focusing specifically on the situations in Colombia, Israel/Palestine, and the Philippines. We are grateful to have the voices of Lisa Haugaard (Co-director of the Latin America Working Group), Kyle Cristofalo (Senior Director of Advocacy and Government Relations for Churches for Middle East Peace), Drew Elizarde-Miller (National Coordinator for the International Coalition for Human Rights in the Philippines-US), Katrina Abarcar (Advocacy Coordinator for the International Coalition for Human Rights in the Philippines-US), Rebekah Choate (Global Ministries Associate for Global Advocacy and Education), and Rev. Michael Neuroth (International Policy Advocate for the United Church of Christ).