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The Millennium Development
Goals
What are the Millennium
Development Goals?
1.
Eradicate extreme poverty
and hunger.
2.
Achieve universal primary
education.
3.
Promote gender equality and
empower women.
4.
Reduce child mortality.
5.
Improve maternal health.
6.
Combat HIV/AIDS, malaria
and other diseases.
7.
Ensure environmental
sustainability.
8.
Develop a global
partnership for development.
Endorsed by General
Convention, these goals have been given top priority in the
Church by Presiding Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori. July 7
marks the halfway point towards the MDG goal deadline of
2015, and churches across the country are setting aside the
following Sunday, July 8, to help raise awareness for the
MDGs.
The ONE Campaign
The Episcopal Church has
partnered with The ONE Campaign to create The ONE
Episcopalian Campaign. 3,400 Episcopalians have committed
themselves-"one person, one voice, one vote at a time-to
make a better, safer world for all" by recognizing that "a
pact including such measures as fair trade, debt relief,
fighting corruption and directing additional resources for
basic needs education, health, clean water, food, and care
for orphans would transform the futures and hopes of an
entire generation in the poorest countries, at a cost equal
to just one percent more of the US budget."
Parishes can take the
process one step further by becoming a ONE Congregation. ONE
Congregations pledge to complete three of the following
goals: feature the MDGs in a sermon or rector's forum;
organize an offering of letters and ask participants to sign
the ONE Declaration; use ONE resources in Christian
education classes for youth and adults; meet with members of
congress to advocate for the MDGs; collect an offering once
a year for the MDG programs of Episcopal Relief and
Development.
Want More Information?
Episcopal Life
will dedicate an entire
issue of its monthly publication to the MDGs. To learn more
about ordering copies of this issue, click
here.
To learn more about the
MDGs in The Diocese of Virginia, read The Virginia
Episcopalian article
here.
For information on joining
The ONE Episcopalian Campaign, click
here.
Sign up to the receive the
MDG newsletter from Episcopalians for Global Reconciliation
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