Virtual Viewing Party for "Sick Around America" - Tues, Mar 31

Monday, March 30, 2009 at 11:23am

Join other advocates around the country to view "Sick Around America" on Tues, Mar 31, when PBS' FRONTLINE examines the best, and the worst, in America's health care system.

Pictured is Nikki White, who died at age 32 from lupus, a serious but treatable autoimmune disorder, after falling through the cracks of U.S. health care. (Credit: Gail and Tony Deal; permission granted for use.)

Watch the trailer at <http://www.pbs.org/frontline/sickaroundamerica>.

9:00-10:00 pm EASTERN - Find your local listing at <http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/programs/pbsv.html>.

After viewing the report, share your thoughts on our discussion board. Tell us what challenges your moral sensibilities and how you think people of faith should respond.

Then watch for details about organizing viewing parties and discussion circles when the DVD becomes available in May!

Kentucky Council of Churches launches "Vision and Voice" workshops

Monday, March 30, 2009 at 11:13am

The Kentucky Council of Churches has launched a series of workshops to introduce leaders to "Vision and Voice: Faithful Citizens and Health Care." They are inviting clergy, adult education teachers, and anyone with an interest in health care who wants to help generate a movement in Kentucky to improve the health of their citizens, and create an effective health care system that works for everyone, not just some people.

The Vision and Voice curriculum is an interfaith 4-session series that leads participants to dialogue about health care reform through the lens of faith values. It is available as a FREE download from <http://www.visionandvoice.org>.

Interfaith Prayer Breakfast held in Detroit

Monday, March 30, 2009 at 11:07am

An Interfaith Prayer Breakfast in Detroit on March 26 brought together over 200 faith leaders as a call to action around the issue of health care reform in Michigan and the U.S. The theme "Faithful Reform in Health Care: A Moral and Ethical Imperative" was addressed by Dr. Jack Glaser (Center for Healthcare Reform of the St. Joseph Health System) and Rev. Linda Hanna Walling (Faithful Reform in Health Care). Together they presented the long term work required for cultural transformation and the short-term advocacy work necessary to make health care reform a reality. The event was co-sponsored by the Interfaith Health and Hope Coalition, Trinity Health, and the Detroit Wayne County Health Authority.

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Virtual Viewing Party for "Sick Around America" - Tues, Mar 31Mar 30, 2009

Kentucky Council of Churches launches "Vision and Voice" workshopsMar 30, 2009

Interfaith Prayer Breakfast held in DetroitMar 30, 2009

Illinois faith leaders "Sound the Alarm" for health care!Mar 30, 2009

Faithful Reform in Health Care participates in Ecumenical Advocacy DaysMar 30, 2009

2009 "Seeking Justice in Health Care" Guide introduced in Missouri workshopsMar 30, 2009

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