{ "$schema": "https://schemas.wp.org/trunk/block.json", "apiVersion": 2, "name": "google-listings-and-ads/product-date-time-field", "title": "Product date and time fields", "textdomain": "google-listings-and-ads", "attributes": { "label": { "type": "string" }, "tooltip": { "type": "string" }, "property": { "type": "string", "__experimentalRole": "content" } }, "supports": { "html": false, "inserter": false, "lock": false, "__experimentalToolbar": false } } Voting – Creation Care Alliance https://creationcarealliance.org Fri, 02 Feb 2024 22:09:15 +0000 en hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9 https://creationcarealliance.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/cropped-SHN_Logo_FullColor_HiRes_trimmed-32x32.png Voting – Creation Care Alliance https://creationcarealliance.org 32 32 Join in interfaith and community efforts that support voting rights and access https://creationcarealliance.org/deepening-roots-join-in-interfaith-and-community-efforts-that-support-voting-rights-and-access/ Thu, 18 Jan 2024 17:16:27 +0000 https://creationcarealliance.org/?p=2504 Suggested Practices and Examples for Implementation:
  • Post voter ID rules in your facility, and have sample ballots available for your community of faith
  • Help community members attain the required voter ID documents
  • Offer your worship facility as a voting location (contact local Election Services)
  • Organize a group of members who will be available to drive fellow community members to the polls on election day or join a community-sponsored group to drive people to the polls
  • Organize interest groups from your community of faith to go to vote early. Follow up with a fellowship lunch or dinner
  • Advocate for the protection of voting rights. 

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]]> Learn about election-related dates, vote your values, and coordinate efforts to help community members do the same https://creationcarealliance.org/nurturing-growth-learn-about-election-related-dates-vote-your-values-and-coordinate-efforts-to-help-community-members-do-the-same/ Thu, 18 Jan 2024 17:15:06 +0000 https://creationcarealliance.org/?p=2502 Suggested Practices and Examples for Implementation:

  • Provide a study on democracy, voting rights, and electoral reform.
  • Ask your senior minister to have a worship service focused on “The Citizen on Election Day” on the Sunday before an election.
  • Invite a representative from your local Election Services office to speak to your community of faith about the registration requirements and procedures, as well as early voting dates and locations. Include any new voting requirements since the last large election.
  • Host a voter registration event at your church or gathering. Continue to provide voter registration forms, instructions, and voting location/date/time information for several weeks prior to the registration deadline.
  • Encourage members to train for and conduct voter registration drives in your local community/town/city.
  • Attend public meetings of your local Board of Elections.

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]]> Practice having compassionate conversations about government that are not party-specific https://creationcarealliance.org/planting-seeds-practice-having-compassionate-conversations-about-government-that-are-not-party-specific/ Thu, 18 Jan 2024 17:14:00 +0000 https://creationcarealliance.org/?p=2500 Suggested Practices and Examples for Implementation:

  • Host a workshop on listening skills.
  • Host studies, forums, and round-table discussions on the role of faith in a democratic system of government. Pay particular attention to the principle of separation of church and state.
  • Provide opportunities for listening teams to discuss various principles of faith with scriptural grounding as they relate to issues our government addresses (emphasize respectful listening).

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