Ending Gun Violence
Background
Against Gun Violence
This prayer to end gun violence calls for sane and common sense gun legislation, including a prayer for those who advocate gun control
A Prayer Amid Gun Violence
Guardian of life, liberty, and the promise of peace, may our nation always merit Your protection.
Gun Control Legislation
The recent wave of criminal assaults with guns both here and abroad all too tragically dramatize the hideous crime this nation continues to perpetuate against itself--its consistent refusal to take effective measures to control the manufacture, sale, and ownership of guns.
Violence Against Women
Adopted at the 61st General Assembly
November, 1991
Baltimore, MD
Background
Resolution on Student on Student Sexual Violence in Schools
While sexual violence occurs in all spaces, schools and campuses at all educational levels create unique challenges.
Women's Health
Adopted at the 62nd General Assembly
October, 1993
San Francisco, CA
Background
At the Hand of Violence: A Yizkor Prayer
Source and Creator,
Grant a perfect rest under your tabernacle of peace
Martin Luther King's Poor People's Campaign
The recently issued report of the President's National Advisory Commission on Civil Disorders declares as its basic conclusion: "Our nation is moving toward two societies, one black, one white—separate and unequal".
Handgun Control
An examination of the latest statistics on murder (1973) leads us to several important conclusions. The fact that 25,000 people were killed by guns that year in the United States demands that we take immediate and effective action.