Pentecostals & Charismatics for Peace and Justice (Lakeland, FL)

Happy Easter. Christ is risen. Please watch this video prepared by Christians in Palestine. http://youtu.be/Q5M34itanRs

Today marks the first ever United Nations World Day against Trafficking in Persons. Raise awareness about the victims and this crime

Wanted to share this campaign with the group. Using art to draw attention to injustice!

Giant Portrait Shows Drone Operators That People Aren't From where a drone operator's sitting, one blurry blob of pixels looks almost exactly like the next blurry blob of pixels, which is how the term "bug splat" worked its way into modern military slang as a way of referring to a kill. Now, though, a giant art installation in Pakistan wants to show dron...

As we get ready to celebrate MLK Day, you should watch this new video from Journey Box Media. The dream of a beloved community—a place where we share common ground in areas such as schools, restaurants, buses, etc.—was only half of the dream. MLK also dreamed of a beloved economy—a system that would support the beloved community. The lack of the latter has stunted the actualization of the former. This is true of African Americans and for other people groups who have come to America seeking freedom and a better way of life. http://youtu.be/EsYj96ucXNk

Justice The hard work of JUSTICE is not yet finished. Download at http://journeyboxmedia.com/justice Music courtesy of http://themusicbed.com

In honor of Nelson Mandela...

The Elders honour the memory of their Founder, Nelson Mandela The Elders are deeply saddened by the death of their founder, Nelson Mandela. They join millions of people around the world who were inspired by his courage and touched by his compassion. All will mourn his passing.

Food for thought...comments?

http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/currency/2013/12/who-belongs-to-the-lower-middle-class-and-why-does-it-matter.html?printable=true¤tPage=all

Who Belongs to the Lower Middle Class, and Why Does It Matter? : The New Yorker It’s been a good week, rhetorically, for those who care about reducing inequality. Last Tuesday, in his first papal exhortation, Pope Francis bewailed the unequal distribution of global wealth, using language that sounded, at times, quite Marxist: “But until exclusion and inequality in society and b...

Can I get a witness? http://theelders.org/article/women-live-profoundly-different-more-dangerous-world?utm_content=buffer90419&utm_source=buffer&utm_medium=twitter&utm_campaign=Buffer

Women live in a profoundly different, more dangerous world One of the most powerful truths in my Christian faith is that I and all other people are equal in the eyes of God. Many believers of all religions – Christians, Jews, Muslims, Buddhists – violate thi

Mayra Hidalgo Salazar was an organizer and the first Clinic Coordinator of the Lakeland Justice For Our Neighbors Clinic. She was also a leader in SWER (Students Working for Equal Rights at Polk State College). Those of us at PCPJ--Lakeland know her as a friend a fellow worker for justice. She is presently a junior at Sarah Lawrence College. Please read her recent blog in the Huffington Post.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/mayra-hidalgo/from-fearful-to-fearless-_b_4284335.html?utm_hp_ref=tw

From Fearful to Fearless, Refusing to Back Down or Apologize Yes, we are undocumented, but this is our home, and we will not stop fighting for administrative relief from President Obama and a permanent solution from Congress that affirms the dignity of Dreamers and our families.

http://www.upworthy.com/watch-a-student-totally-nail-something-about-women-that-ive-been-trying-to-articulate-for-37-years-6

Watch A Student Totally Nail Something About Women That I've Been Trying To Articulate For 37 Years She really nailed this to the wall, didn't she?

Hey Lakeland PCPJers. Have a look at the poster below. I hope to see you there.

Food for thought from our friend, Paul Alexander.

Raced as White : PRISM Magazine (Author’s note: “Whiteness” is capitalized throughout this article to highlight its historical importance as a constructed system of oppression that can have an end, like Pharaonic Egypt and the Roman Empire.)

50 years ago today.