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Category: Divestment
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In Pictures: Fossil Free UMC joins Bank of America Protest
April 23rd, on the opening day of General Conference, members of Fossil Free UMC, The United Methodist Creation Justice Movement, and UM Earthkeepers gathered for a prayer vigil at the Bank Of America headquarters in downtown Charlotte, North Carolina. They were there to call for Bank of America to stop funding fossil fuels. They sang…
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Tennis ball hail batters Charlotte while Methodists Bank On Climate Change
Tennis ball-sized hail erupted in Charlotte, North Carolina, Saturday, as General Conference gathered. It scattered cars over the freeway, busted out car windows, scattering them over the roadways. The hail was so large and fell so violently that glass splintered and impact-resistant windshields turned to shards with sharp broken glass penetrating skin and clothes and…
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Response to Wespath by Fossil Free UMC (Part 2) Become Like a Child
“He called a little child and had him stand among them. And he said: “I tell you the truth, unless you change and become like little children, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven. Therefore, whoever humbles himself like this child is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven. And whoever welcomes a little child like this…
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Over 750 & Counting for Divestment
United Methodists are Signing On in Witness Sign on to our Petition Here to call on the UMC to divest from fossil fuels. Last week at the Conversation on Divestment with Bill McKibben, William Morris and Steve Hucklesby, Fossil Free UMC launched the Call to United Methodists to Divest from fossil fuels. We asked, so…
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UWFaith (formerly UMW) Joins the Fossil Fuels Divestment Effort!
It is a joy to share that United Women in Faith (UWFaith), formerly United Methodist Women (UMW), has joined the effort to divest from fossil fuels. Their tireless advocacy for women and children and justice, together with their campaigns such as Just Energy 4 All, have placed them at the vital center of climate justice…
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A Response to Wespath from Fossil Free UMC (Part 1)
Photo by Hoda Baraka/350.org, used with permission To: Wespath’s staff, Board of Directors, staff, pensioners, and other investors: In the debate about divestment from fossil fuels, the United Methodist Church is going through some serious soul-searching, and it is not easy. There is no reason to doubt that our fellow United Methodist pensioners, other investors,…
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We don’t like these numbers.
Over $1 billion UMC investments in fossil fuels! Your donation can help change these numbers. Countdown to General Conference and finally another chance IN 8 YEARS to ask again that The United Methodist Church divests from fossil fuels. Our calculations: based on public information from 2021-2023, Wespath has a 4-5% exposure to fossil fuels. The…
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“Fossil fuels divestment debate returns,” from UMNews
SIGN ON HERE TO SUPPORT FOSSIL FREE UMC’s DIVESTMENT PETITION. Thank you to UM News for a great article published today which featured the question of divestment in The United Methodist Church. See the article by Sam Hodges published by UM News on April 8, 2024.
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