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Cooperation may be integral to the holy design of life. From sunflowers and carnivorous plants to farmers, microbes, and bumblebees, this week’s letter celebrates the remarkable ways living beings help one another thrive.

Love Letter from Andrew: Altruistic plants, Bumblebees, and the Black Farmer Fund What if cooperation is one of life’s deepest truths? From sunflowers and carnivorous plants to farmers, microbes, and bumblebees, this week’s letter celebrates the remarkable ways living beings help one another thrive.

Excerpt: Although children weren’t the intended targets of the legislation’s changes, they’re increasingly “collateral damage,” said Katie Bergh, a senior policy analyst at the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities.

More Than 770,000 Children Are No Longer Receiving SNAP Benefits After Trump Changes Federal Food Program Republican backers of Trump's signature domestic policy bill repeatedly claimed that revisions to the food benefits program wouldn't affect the most vulnerable. But reports from a dozen states show children are losing access.

Yesterday marked 14 years since immigrant youth won DACA protections. Despite the hundreds of thousands of people who have been able to build their lives and careers in the U.S. thanks to this program, we’re currently witnessing the most dangerous moment in DACA’s history. Contact your congressional leaders and call on them to support real solutions like the Dream Act and the Dream and Promise Act!

Excerpt: According to Ross, in addition to what Palantir Technologies and GE Aerospace help the Israeli military to bring about in the Middle East, Palantir is in “active partnership” with ICE in the United States, “helping the Trump administration determine who to detain and deport. And GE Aerospace has also worked directly with the Royal Saudi Air Force, which has repeatedly launched airstrikes on civilian targets in Yemen.”

“If we divest from these companies,” Ross said, “we will signal to the world that the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) rejects genocide and refuses to profit from human rights abuses in Palestine, Yemen, the United States or anywhere else in the world.”
Presbyterian Mission Responsibility Through Investment

Shareholder resolutions filed by the PC(USA)’s Committee on Mission Responsibility Through Investment with GE Aerospace and Palantir Technologies each received modest 8.3% support during recent shareholder meetings. Those votes came ahead of the 227th General Assembly’s Financial Stewardship and Witness Committee considering FIN-07, which calls for selective divestment of the two defense contractors. The committee will meet online June 22-24. Read more: https://hubs.ly/Q04lfsFP0

As Andrew “listens” to the trees and fungi, the more a deeper truth is revealed: life thrives through connection and reciprocity. This week's letter explores those hidden relationships in nature and in the amazing work of Ekvn-Yefolecv, a Presbyterian Tree Fund grant recipient.

Love Letter from Andrew: The Gospel of Interdependence The more I learn about trees, fungi, and healthy soil, the more I see a deeper truth: life thrives through connection and reciprocity. This week's letter explores those hidden relationships in nature, community, and healing.

Excerpt: CJL-01 is the response of the Committee on Mission Responsibility Through Investment (MRTI) to the 226th General Assembly’s directive on environmental policy. Among other things, MRTI’s report recommends that two companies, ConocoPhillips and Duke Energy, be placed on the General Assembly Divestment/Proscription List because they are not in compliance with established GA criteria related to the environment. MRTI engages and evaluates companies using specific guideline metrics and tries to positively influence companies’ governance and strategy in relation to things like climate change. However, no substantial change or improvement by ConocoPhillips or Duke Energy was detected by the PC(USA) in recent years.

Climate and Environmental Justice Committee to consider handful of business during 227th General Assembly LOUISVILLE — Taking further steps toward fossil fuel divestment and creating a Green Future Fund are among the matters to be considered by the Climate and Environmental Justice (CLJ) Committee of the 227th General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.). There are five matters of business com...

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How is climate change shaping God’s world and our call to care for it?

Join us and the Caribbean and North American Council for Mission next week for a new webinar in their "From Gardeners to Guardians" series as we seek to deepen awareness and to encourage faithful, practical action in response to the climate crisis.

We invite you to learn, pray, and reflect with us on June 18 at 7 PM EDT/6 PM Bogotá time.

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