Why I walk: Living in the Philippines one year after Typhoon Yolanda devastated the island I learned to call home opened my eyes to the realities of climate change. Watching a barge fill with truckload after truckload of rocks, sand, and minerals taken from the coast broke my heart and made me feel powerless. Listening to the stories of women who live through mudslides because the trees have been stolen from the mountaintops convinced me that we cannot continue doing business as usual. I learned so much from frontline communities, and now I am walking in solidarity with my siblings in the Philippines to call on the PC(USA) to divest from fossil fuels. For creation. For frontline communities. For God's people. For all of us.
It’s time for the denomination to put its money where its faith is. The PC(USA) must join the divestment movement that has already taken trillions of dollars out of the fossil fuel industry. By doing so, the denomination will no longer profit from an industry that has contributed to climate change. Hurricanes in Puerto Rico, drought in California, rising sea levels along the global coasts — natural disasters exacerbated by climate change which affect Presbyterians and all creation.
Our faith calls us to love God, creation, and neighbor with our whole selves, and June 1-16, 2018 we will love creation with each step we take. The PCUSA Walk for a Fossil Free World will take us from Louisville, Kentucky (the headquarters of the Presbyterian Church [USA]) to St. Louis, Missouri, in time for the PC(USA)’s 223rd General Assembly. Our goals are to:
You're invited to join! More details about the Walk can be found at PCUSAwalk.org
| Supporters | |||
| Name | Date | Amount | Comments |
| Bill Daniel | 06/29/2018 | $100.00 | Kim West Bryan | 06/20/2018 | $75.00 | Keep fighting the good fight, Angela. Thank you for doing this! | Jane Summey | 06/19/2018 | $100.00 | I'm so proud of you, Angela, and grateful to know you. I am VERY concerned about our abuse of fossil fuels; Duke Energy has a coal-fired plant very near my parents' home. Keep us the good work for God's kingdom! | Susan Young Thornton | 06/10/2018 | $50.00 | Pam Jarvis | 06/08/2018 | $25.00 | Happy birthday! Keep on truckin'! :) | Shahar Goldin | 06/07/2018 | $150.00 | Susan Vogel | 06/06/2018 | $35.00 | Thanks for doing this! | Jessica Koehn | 06/02/2018 | $60.00 | Love you! Yall be careful and make your mark! | Gayle Evers | 06/02/2018 | $25.00 | Great girl, great cause. Keep your hat on and lather up with sunscreen. We need you for the long haul. <3 | Dessa Palm | 06/02/2018 | $20.00 | Walking beside you in spirit! | Sally Herlong | 06/01/2018 | $50.00 | Go get em girl! | Sue Williams | 05/31/2018 | $.00 | Sue Williams | 05/31/2018 | $.00 | Sue Williams | 05/31/2018 | $50.00 | McKenna Lewellen | 05/31/2018 | $20.00 | Lee Legault | 05/31/2018 | $100.00 | All the best on your worthy endeavor. | Reba Balint | 05/31/2018 | $15.00 | So proud of you! Good luck! | Lisa Miller | 05/30/2018 | $25.00 | Bless your feet and your message! | Angela Grace Tyler-Williams | 04/25/2018 | $.00 |
| Total | $900.00 | ||