Read the resolutions below and learn about the church’s Social Responsibility in Investments Committee for insights into how The Episcopal Church has put values and ethics into action – urging divestment and boycotts to help end apartheid in South Africa; and urging corporate investments, micro-credit initiatives and a halt to embargos to restore economies from Asia to Latin America. We also advocate for government policy to increase development assistance, fair trade, and debt relief.

Please refer to our Communication and Action sections to learn more about what you can do about economic development and responsible investing.

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News

[7/2/2010]  Five Talents awarded $1.5 million to expand, replicate program in Sudan
Christian microfinance charity Five Talents has received a $1.5 million grant from Comic Relief, a U.K.-based foundation, to expand its literacy and financial education program in Sudan, according to a July 1 press release.

[6/23/2010]  Fight poverty with the Economic Justice Loan Fund
Ever since Presiding Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori mentioned the Economic Justice Loan Fund during the church's domestic poverty conference this spring in Newark, New Jersey, people have been asking me to tell them about the fund.

[5/3/2010]  Faith Reflection on Anti-Poverty Tax Policy
[1/28/2009]  BRAZIL: Churches eye alliances for financial change at World Social Forum
The World Social Forum offers churches and social movements the opportunity to forge common cause to change global economic and financial policies, say religious representatives attending the gathering in Belem, northeastern Brazil.