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Faith on the Frontlines: Praying for Election Day
On Monday, November 7, 2022, Faith in Public Life hosted a virtual prayer vigil during which a multifaith and multiracial coalition united to pray for a safe and certified election. MWEG Co-Executive Director Emma Petty Addams was invited to represent our members and gave remarks that spoke to our commitment to the âvoice of the people.â The video can be found here, and the full text can be found below. In the Book of Mormon, a text sacred to members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, a righteous king named Mosiah instituted democracy among his people. He said: âNow it is not common that the voice of the…
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MWEG Op-Ed: ‘Is Congress Resolving Conflict, or Escalating It for Political Profit?’
“So many of us have spent the last year in close quarters learning more than we ever wanted to about conflict resolution. Our homes have become laboratories for negotiation as we work through hurt feelings, limited resources, frustrating boundaries and lots of stress. We try to resolve conflict because our closest relationships matter to us, and we know that it harms our peace and productivity.” Click here for the full text of this Deseret News op-ed written by Emma Petty Addams, MWEG executive director, and Jennifer Walker Thomas, MWEG senior director of strategy.
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Official Statement from Mormon Women for Ethical Government on El Paso Massacre and White Supremacy
August 5, 2019 We spent the Sabbath mourning and praying for the families of the innocent who were gunned down Saturday in pre-meditated massacres in El Paso and Dayton, as well as for precious children of God killed in Gilroy last week. Familiar with the image of a Maker who weeps with us, we feel deep sorrow in our knowledge that the shooters are âwithout affection, and… hate their own bloodâ (Moses 7:29 and 33). We refuse to become numb or to believe that mass shootings are a way of life in America and will never accept this horror as inevitable or unstoppable. We actively pray that the hearts of…
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Official Statement from Mormon Women for Ethical Government in Response to the June 20, 2018, Executive Order
June 23, 2018 Although an executive order signed by President Trump on Wednesday ended some family separations at the U.S. border, it did so primarily by allowing children to be detained together with their parents. The order does not require immigrant families already separated to be reunited, nor does it guarantee that family separations will not resume. The problem is, therefore, far from solved, and over 2,000 children still need to be returned to their families. Mormon Women for Ethical Government calls upon the U.S. government to immediately reunite these families and to implement humane and ethical alternatives to the indefinite detention of families with children. We also call upon…
