nonviolence Archives - Florida Council of Churches Skip to content Florida Council of Churches Civics Climate Donate Healthcare Justice Dozier Moratorium Unity Home Civics Climate Donate Healthcare Justice Dozier Moratorium Unity Home Tag: nonviolence 24 Feb Making It Past 17 Two 17 years olds, one a victim, one a perpetrator, yet each faces a similar outcome: the promise of life cut short. They are icons of a national crisis – an epidemic – for young Black males. Choose the stats you want: schools, jobs, prisons. In everyone of them young males with heavily pigmented skin look down a road to a future that goes nowhere. If you cannot handle a […] 24 Feb The Martin Statement Download PDF Statement of Support for the Martin Family and Call for Just Prosecution On behalf of our churches, we wish to convey our deepest condolences to the family of Trayvon Martin. The promise of his young life in no way deserved to be ended by a gunshot within sight of his father’s front door on February 26, 2012. We pray for the family’s peace of mind in knowing of […] 24 Feb One in Grief, One in Hope In response to the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting on December 14, 2012, faith leaders of the judicatory offices of members of the Florida Council of Churches released the following statement today. Clergy in the State are invited to co-sign the statement. The faith leaders urge communities of faith to engage in serious and intentional holy conversation on how Christians should give an account of the hope that they have […] Search for: Recent Posts Florida Clergy Gathering 2022 Letter Supporting Supreme Court Nominee Jackson Let the Children Come Latino Faith Leaders Embrace Unaccompanied Children Beloved Future Now Rally archives archives Select Month May 2022 March 2022 February 2022 September 2021 April 2021 March 2021 December 2020 October 2020 September 2020 July 2020 June 2020 October 2019 August 2019 July 2019 May 2019 January 2019 November 2018 February 2018 January 2018 November 2017 August 2017 April 2017 December 2016 August 2016 June 2016 August 2015 March 2014 November 2013 July 2013 June 2013 May 2013 March 2013 February 2013 Contact us 3838 West Cypress St Tampa FL 33607 813.435.5335 info@floridachurches.org Theme: vibe by modernthemes.net