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The Pennsylvania Council of
Churches received two small grants to further its work on public
policy initiatives.
In early December 2005, the Wallace Global Fund invited the Council to apply for
funds to enhance its effort to bring about comprehensive and effective lobbying
reform that gives all Pennsylvanians access to governmental processes. The grant
of $5,000 funded the preparation and distribution of educational resources to
congregations, local ecumenical agencies, and grass-roots activists. Kathleen
Daugherty, former director of Lutheran Advocacy Ministries in Pennsylvania, was staff
for this initiative of the grant (February through
June 2006).
The Council was one of two sites for a pilot project testing strategies
for increasing awareness of the global nuclear terrorism threat. This effort, in
partnership with the Interreligious Network to Eliminate Nuclear Weapons, the
Nuclear Threat Initiative, and Interchurch Ministries of Nebraska, focused on screening Last Best Chance,
a docudrama that shows the threat posed by vulnerable nuclear weapons and
materials around the world and underscores what the stakes are. The film stars
Fred Thompson and features an epilogue discussion between former Senator Sam
Nunn and Senator Richard Luger, moderated by Tom Brokaw. (Visit www.lastbestchance.org
for more information.)
The Council is continuing
efforts that were started under these two grants. For more information, go to
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