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Jun 16, 20232 min read

Ask Your Members of Congress to Support the Afghan Adjustment Act

Update: In July 2023, a large bipartisan group of legislators reintroduced the Afghan Adjustment Act. In November 2023, Mormon Women for...

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Feb 7, 20228 min read

The Afghan Adjustment Act: Frequently Asked Questions

As Mormon Women for Ethical Government , one of our Principles of Ethical Government states that “people have moral responsibilities to...

Official Statement from Mormon Women for Ethical Government on Our Ongoing Obligation to Afghan Alli

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Sep 3, 20213 min read

Official Statement from Mormon Women for Ethical Government on Our Ongoing Obligation to Afghan Alli

America’s longest war officially came to its conclusion on August 31, 2021. In the weeks leading up to our departure from Afghanistan,...

The Presidential Determination on Refugee Admissions — and What We Can Do to Help

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May 25, 20213 min read

The Presidential Determination on Refugee Admissions — and What We Can Do to Help

Photo courtesy Julien Harneis via Flickr As quoted in Matthew 5:35 , Jesus said, “I was a stranger, and ye took me in.” Our faith and...

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Mar 25, 20212 min read

An Open Letter to Montana Senators on Federal Refugee Funding from the Montana Chapter of MWEG

Dear Senators, On behalf of the Montana Chapter of Mormon Women for Ethical Government, we strongly encourage you to reinstate the...

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Apr 14, 20203 min read

Release Detainees Now

COVID-19 has changed the way we live, work, and learn in the United States, in the all-important effort to slow the spread of this virus....

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Mar 19, 20203 min read

Update on COVID-19 and Immigration

Many of us are focused on our own social distancing and coping with the stress of strange schedules and new routines. Some of us are...

Official Statement from Mormon Women for Ethical Government on Refugee Resettlement in Texas

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Jan 21, 20201 min read

Official Statement from Mormon Women for Ethical Government on Refugee Resettlement in Texas

We are deeply troubled by Governor Abbott’s decision to reject refugee resettlement in the state of Texas. The new court decision...

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Jan 9, 20202 min read

Refugee Resettlement: An Update

January 9, 2020 By Christie Black, Director of Engagement I have been working within the Phoenix refugee community since 2015, and my...

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Nov 21, 20192 min read

Advocating for Refugees in Arizona

By Christie Black, MWEG Arizona Member and Senior Director of Engagement November 21, 2019 Many members of the MWEG Arizona chapter are...

Mother’s Day Call to Action: Immigration

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May 11, 20183 min read

Mother’s Day Call to Action: Immigration

May 11, 2018 Please join us in sending Mother’s Day cards to DHS Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen pleading with her (in true MWEG fashion...

Fifteen Declarations on Ethical Immigration Policy

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Jan 22, 20186 min read

Fifteen Declarations on Ethical Immigration Policy

Mormon Women for Ethical Government is a nonprofit organization dedicated to inspiring women of faith to be ambassadors of peace who...

An Open Letter to President Trump from Mormon Women for Ethical Government

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Dec 2, 20173 min read

An Open Letter to President Trump from Mormon Women for Ethical Government

Dear Mr. President, We welcome you to our beautiful state. You probably do not know much about Mormons, so let us take a minute to...

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Jun 12, 20173 min read

Intersections

We’ve become unaccustomed to dialing down the intake of information in anything but rapid fire succession and bite-sized chunks. In an...

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May 10, 20175 min read

Making Connections

Show of hands from everyone reading this: How many of you identify as being an introvert? For those of you who half-heartedly raised your...

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Apr 6, 20171 min read

Their Story is Our Story. Two more presentations in Logan and Provo

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Feb 26, 20172 min read

Stripping off My Petticoat

by Liz Evans In a morning session of General Conference in October of 1856, President Brigham Young issued a call to action. He had been...

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