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		Faith and feminism can work together to achieve the same ends. The two may be experienced differently, but they point us in the same direction.
		-Helen LaKelly Hunt

Women and Religion in the Media

Jennifer Butler, Executive Director of Faith in Public Life, on Immigration Reform
07/23/2010

The question: What will it take to get immigration reform passed this year, and what are the prospects for passage?

VIDEO: Faith At The Gulf
07/23/2010

The first in this series of five video reports focuses on the historic Back Bay Mission in Biloxi, MS, and its executive director, Rev. Shari Prestemon. Founded by the United Church of Christ in 1922 as a social justice ministry to serve the local shrimping families, the mission played a significant role in the recovery from Hurricane Katrina. Now Biloxi and its shrimpers face a new threat to their livelihoods and way of life -- oil pollution in the waters of the Gulf.

Traditionalists "Not Giving Up" in Women Bishops Row
07/12/2010

The Church of England's ruling synod is due to return to the women bishops debate, with little chance of major concessions to traditionalists. Little remains to limit the power of women bishops in the legislation under consideration on Monday. But objectors say they have not given up trying to gain exemptions from serving under women bishops. Proposals to create a class of male-only bishops to oversee traditionalist parishes were rejected on Saturday.

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About The Sister Fund

At The Sister Fund, we believe that gender- and social-justice work rooted in religious belief has the power to heal. We see Muslim, Christian, Jewish and other religious women who are committed to justice, passionate in their pursuits and clear about their calling as the Healers of Our Time (H.O.T.).