Sociopolitical Links



Green Ribbon

A United Methodist Witness in Pennsylvania

United Methodist Social Creed

UMCOR
(United Methodist Committee on Relief)

Evangelicals for Social Action

Hurricane Katrina relief
& Asian Tsunami aid
through UMCOR


    Human Rights Issues


Voice of the Martyrs
...
Christian sisters and brothers are being persecuted and killed TODAY...find out more

Consistent Life
anti-war, anti-abortion, anti-capital punishment,
anti-euthanasia, pro-gun control, pro-mercy

National Right to Life Committee

Feminists for Life

AI

Do No Harm:
The Coalition of Americans for Research Ethics
(opposing stem cell research)

Adopt-a-Minefield

Family Violence Prevention Fund






The Hunger Site

National Coalition AGAINST Legalized Gambling

It's time to close the
SCHOOL OF THE AMERICAS

The Kevorkian Papers...
why Jack Kevorkian is WRONG

Green Money...
dealing with the difficult issues of socially responsible investing

UMCOR
(United Methodist Committee On Relief)

SNP
Support Scottish Independence


Help children worldwide caught up in conflict and violence


Gunfree
...the way every home should be

Pennsylvanians Against Handgun Violence

Million Mom March

Farm Aid

MusiCares,
providing health care & emergency financial resources to musicians in need

Sweet Relief,
providing assistance to musicians who are struggling to make ends meet
while facing illness, disability, or age-related problems

Stand Against Racism

Father Joe's Villages,
trying to help the homeless in America by
helping the homeless to help themselves

Industrial Areas Foundation,
working to improve education, low-income housing, and
advocate for the less fortunate in American's industrial areas

Allegheny Institute for Public Policy,
bringing free-market solutions to local government,
particularly in western Pennsyvania


    Disease Fighting Resources


Smoking Kills
...
find out more from the American Cancer Society


National Breast Cancer Foundation

Leukemia & Lymphoma Society

Mario Lemieux Foundation
...searching for a cure

Carl Wilson Foundation
...to help in the funding of cancer research and
to aid those afflicted with the disease


HIV / AIDS
Ministry Resources

Muscular Dystrophy Association


    Capital Punishment / Death Penalty Resources

United Methodists Against the Death Penalty (UMADP)

Citizens United for Alternatives to the Death Penalty (CUADP)

Amnesty International - Death Penalty

National Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty (NCADP)

Death Penalty Information Center

Abolitionist Action Committee

Moratorium
Equal Justice USA

Lamp of Hope


    War, Peace, and Violence Issues

CCCO

Nonviolence Web

Adopt-a-Minefield

JustResponse.org

Conscientious Objection & Alternative Service (in the USA)

Mohandas K. Gandhi
(1869-1948)

Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
(1929-1968)

John Lennon
(1940-1980)

"War and Peace: We believe war is incompatible with the teachings and example of Christ. We therefore reject war as an instrument of national foreign policy and insist that the first moral duty of all nations is to resolve by peaceful means every dispute that arises between or among them; that human values must outweigh military claims as governments determine their priorities; that the militarization of society must be challenged and stopped; that the manufacture, sale, and deployment of armaments must be reduced and controlled; and that the production, possession, or use of nuclear weapons be condemned. Consequently, we endorse general and complete disarmament under strict and effective international control."

- from "The Social Principles",
The United Methodist Book of Discipline (1996)


    Environmental Issues

PA Dept. of Conservation and Natural Resources

Earth Day

Save the Whales

Renewable Energy Links

Facts on Ozone Depletion...
take a look at ozone fluctuations from 1980-1991...


    Government & Politics

The White House
U.S. President George W. Bush
U.S. Vice President Richard Cheney
U.S. First Lady Laura Bush

The U.S. Senate
Sen. Rick Santorum of PA, Chair of the Republican Conference
Sen. Arlen Specter of PA
Sen. William Frist of TN, Majority Leader
Sen. Ted Stevens of AK, President Pro Tempore of the Senate

U.S. House of Representatives
Speaker of the House J. Dennis Hastert of IL
Rep. Tom DeLay of TX, Majority Leader
Rep. Roy Blunt of MO, Majority Whip

Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
PA General Assembly
Sen. David Brightbill (R) of Lebanon, PA, Senate Majority Leader
Hon. John Michael Perzel (R) of Philadelphia, PA, Speaker of the House

United Nations

International Red Cross


Republican Party

Pennsylvania Republican Party


Democratic Party

Consitution Party
Pennsylvania Constitution Party

America First Party American Party

American Reform Party Green Party

Libertarian Party Prohibition Party

Reform Party U.S. Pacifist Party

Campaign Finance Reform

Civil Disobedience by Henry David Thoreau

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The links on this page do not necessarily represent the positions of
The United Methodist Church, the Dawson United Methodist Charge,
the Western PA Conference of The UMC, or any other groups within The United Methodist Church.
They are placed here by Rev. Keith H. McIlwain
solely because he finds them useful
and for the most part in adherence with his own
theology and opinions.

Feel free to send him via email any comments or suggestions.

Updated 1 December 2005

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