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...
Jun 16, 2023
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...
Feb 7, 2022
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,...
Sep 3, 2021
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...
May 25, 2021
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...
Mar 25, 2021
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....
Apr 14, 2020
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...
Mar 19, 2020
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...
Jan 21, 2020
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...
Jan 9, 2020
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...
Nov 21, 2019
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...
May 11, 2018
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...
Jan 22, 2018
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...
Dec 2, 2017
Intersections
We’ve become unaccustomed to dialing down the intake of information in anything but rapid fire succession and bite-sized chunks. In an...
Jun 12, 2017
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...
May 10, 2017
Their Story is Our Story. Two more presentations in Logan and Provo
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Apr 6, 2017
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...
Feb 26, 2017