DISCIPLES CENTER for PUBLIC WITNESS

09/07/2026

Today is a day to celebrate working people—but also to recognize that the fight for dignity, fairness, and justice in the workplace is far from over.

As people of Faith on Labor Day:

We should be concerned that federal workers are still facing uncertainty and financial hardship because of arbitrary DOGE cuts.

We should be concerned that women and people of color in the workforce have been attacked as “DEI hires” and pushed from jobs while longstanding civil-rights protections are being weakened.

We should be concerned that immigrant workers—documented or undocumented—are living with fear of detention, deportation, family separation, and being sent into dangerous situations.

We should be deeply concerned about an unnecessary and damaging trade war with Canada that is hurting working families on both sides of the border—including auto workers in Detroit and Windsor.

On this Labor Day, the Disciples Center for Public Witness hopes that these concerns are part of how we all think, act, organize, and prepare to vote before or on November 3.

The Center hopes we will all support pro-worker candidates, whatever their political persuasion or ours, and strongly and unapologetically support pro-worker ministries like ours.

Our Special Labor Day Edition of The Social Witness includes resources for congregations, worker-justice legislation, opportunities for action, voter mobilization, and ways to support the work of DC4PW.

Please read, share, and take action: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1ouDwqOC9vQkDxCSfchJpMTiDAWyJm7pd/view?usp=sharing

Together, we can and will defend democracy, protect the vulnerable, and secure greater justice for workers in both the United States and Canada. Happy Labor Day!

09/02/2026

Labor Day is more than a day to honor work—it is a call to stand with workers and pursue justice.

In our Special Labor Day 2026 Edition, we explore the dignity of work, the role of faith communities in worker justice, legislation before Congress, and concrete opportunities to move from the pulpit to the picket line.

Inside this issue:
• Labor Day, work, and worker justice
• Faith and labor in the pulpit, on the bimah, and in the minbar
• Key legislation affecting working people
• Opportunities to support workers, immigrants, farmworkers, and communities
• The “100 Days of Mobilization, 1,000 Marches to the Polls” campaign

Read the Special Labor Day Edition and join us in connecting faith with public witness, solidarity, and action.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1ouDwqOC9vQkDxCSfchJpMTiDAWyJm7pd/view?usp=sharing

08/12/2026

In this week’s e-newsletter, you can find the launch of The Social Witness, updates on voting rights and 2026 election organizing, an urgent action alert on TPS for Haitians and Syrians, resources on resisting Christian nationalism, advocacy opportunities from ecumenical and interfaith partners, and information on the 100 Days of Mobilization and 1,000 Marches to the Polls campaign. Find the newsletter HERE:

08/02/2026

Haiti Temporary Protected Status may expire this week, putting hundreds of thousands of Haitian families, workers, neighbors, and community members at immediate risk.

Many Haitians with TPS have lived in the U.S. for more than a decade, seeking safety, working, and contributing to our communities. Forced return would mean sending people back to dangerous and unstable conditions.

Senate Bill 4814 would extend Haiti TPS for three years. More Senate co-sponsors are urgently needed.

Join DJAN, DC4PW, and people of faith and moral conscience in calling on the U.S. Senate to act now.

Read and sign the Letter to the Senate here:
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfD03hp5cajJ1uaYZLjofle1M9m0adBcJotDtk1lmzuVWXE6A/viewform?usp=sharing&ouid=117115575599262280190

To protect Haitian TPS holders is sacred. To seek justice is faithful. To act is our calling.

Haiti Temporary Protected Status is likely to expire this week, placing hundreds of thousands of Haitian families, workers, neighbors, and community members at immediate risk. Haiti is experiencing uncontrolled gang violence, including kidnappings of people returning from the United States, along wi...

07/02/2026

The special 4th of July / 250th Anniversary of the Declaration of Independence edition of The Witness is here.

In this issue, the Disciples Center for Public Witness reflects on the nation’s founding promise, the unfinished work of justice, and the faithful call to public witness today.

This special edition includes:

• A Public Witness
• The Promise and The Becoming
• 250 Years: Voices Demanding America Keep Its Promise
• Faithful Public Witness Today
• An Invitation & Prayer
• Partner with DC4PW

As we mark this anniversary, we are called to remember truthfully, act faithfully, defend democracy, protect the vulnerable, and continue working so liberty and justice become a lived reality for all people and communities.

The Disciples Center for Public Witness remains your voice for justice in the nation’s capital. Partner with us as we pray, protest, promote justice, and work together for the Beloved Community.

Read the special edition of The Witness here: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1JHLj1ldQd4OLiVFhIPeN-nyzTw-dFp8D/view?usp=sharing

Partner with DC4PW here: https://www.disciplescenter.org/give

Read. Share. Reflect. Act. Help us continue putting faith into action.

PARTNER WITH US ONLINE or BY MAIL: Disciples Center for Public Witness, c/o Disciple Home Missions, PO Box 1986, Indianapolis, IN 46206

04/21/2026

ATTENTION ALL JUSTICE-SEEKING PEOPLE of FAITH:
Coming up live in just a moment at Ecumenical Advocacy Days 2026:
Sermon by The Rev. Dr. Karen Georgia Thompson, General Minister and President of the United Church of Christ.
Watch and listen here:

5 likes. "Ecumenical Advocacy Days 2026: Opening Worship Service"

03/30/2026

Reflections on the politically subversive public witness of Jesus on Palm Sunday (by Ken BL): https://docs.google.com/document/d/1R119E5QHHJWVYUoKFRJ5JzANNymcXIAqGaOukCYTL7I/edit?usp=sharing
Partner with the DISCIPLES CENTER for PUBLIC WITNESS to help continue our shared struggle to defend democracy, promote justice, and protect the vulnerable: https://disciplescenter.org/give

02/16/2026

A Valentine's Day reflection for next year: "A Celebration of Love (and Justice?)": disciplesjustice.net/new
TOMORROW - same location: A Presidents Day Reflection: "Disciples, Our President, and Three Disciples Presidents."

Each year on February 14, many people celebrate Valentine’s Day with cards, flowers, and tender expressions of romantic love and mutual affection. And there is nothing wrong with that.  The experience of romantic love is a gift to be celebrated, and the mutually supportive love of a committed cou...

01/26/2026

. . . ADVOCACY ALERT. Take Action Now! https://disciplescenter.org/alerts - https://senate.gov . . ICE is OUT of control. This is because of the people who are IN control of our government. CALL YOUR SENATORS TODAY and urge them to reject funding for DHS without strict limits on ICE. Otherwise the Incompetent, Cruel, and Extrajudicial actions of this increasingly lawless, brutal, and deadly paramilitary organization will continue.

01/21/2026

Our current President was sworn in one year ago today, and now "Truth stumbles in the streets, and honesty has been outlawed. Yes, truth is gone, and anyone who renounces evil is attacked." (Isaiah 59: 14-15).