Faithful Budget Alternatives to Sequestration: 2014
and Beyond
Tuesday, Nov. 5, 2013
2:00pm – 3:15pm
SVC 203-02
Tuesday, Nov. 5, 2013
2:00pm – 3:15pm
SVC 203-02
Panelists:
Sister Simone Campbell, SSS
Executive Director, NETWORK, A National Catholic Social Justice Lobby
Sister Simone Campbell is
a leader, a facilitator, a lawyer and a poet. She is currently the Executive Director
of NETWORK, A National Catholic Social Justice Lobby in Washington, D.C. and
recently led the Nuns on the Bus tour to lift up the needs of people who live
in poverty and how the Ryan/House budget would devastate them. Her past
experience include positions of executive director of JERICHO, an interfaith
public policy and advocacy organization in California; founder and lead
attorney of a community law center in California; and leadership of her
international community.
Leslie G. Woods
Domestic Poverty & Environmental Issues, Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.)
Co-chair, Inter-religious Working Group on Domestic Human Needs
Domestic Poverty & Environmental Issues, Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.)
Co-chair, Inter-religious Working Group on Domestic Human Needs
Leslie G.
Woods serves the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) Office of Public Witness as the
Representative for Domestic Poverty and Environmental Issues, advocating
Presbyterian General Assembly policy on Capitol Hill and educating members of
Presbyterian congregations on matters related to economic inequality, poverty,
hunger, health, human needs, federal budget, climate change, energy and other
environmental issues. Leslie serves as co-chair of the Inter-religious Working
Group on Domestic Human Needs, through which many denominations and faith-based
organizations advocate on federal poverty-related issues.
Rev. Michael C. Durst, UCC Minister
Adviser on Tax Justice to Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.)
Adviser on Tax Justice to Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.)
The Rev. Michael C. Durst
is an ordained minister in the United Church of Christ, and for more than
thirty years has been a member of the District of Columbia Bar working in the
field of international taxation. He has academic backgrounds in law,
economics, and religion, and writes as a Contributing Editor for Bloomberg BNA
Tax Management. Currently, he is an adviser on Tax Justice to the Presbyterian
Church (U.S.A.)
Sister Marge Clark, BVM
Chief Lobbyist, NETWORK, A National Catholic Social Justice Lobby
Chief Lobbyist, NETWORK, A National Catholic Social Justice Lobby
Marge Clark, BVM (a member of the
Sisters of Charity of the Blessed Virgin Mary), works as a lobbyist with
NETWORK, A National Catholic Social Justice Lobby. Marge researches, writes and
advocates on domestic poverty issues – most recently focused on the overarching
federal budget, deficit and debt. In
addition to other work at NETWORK, she is on the core planning committee for
Ecumenical Advocacy Days. She came to NETWORK from thirty years’ experience in
higher education, teaching teachers.