People cannot survive on a lonely island of poverty. Young, a United Church of Christ minister, is chairman of the Southern Africa Enterprise Development Fund. He served three terms in Congress, was ambassador to the United Nations under former President Jimmy Carter and served two terms as mayor of Atlanta. A top aide to Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., he was involved in the inception of the civil rights movement. He will serve as president of the National Council of Churches of Christ in the U.S.A. from 2000 to 2001.
Children are the forgotten piece in welfare reform.
Children do not have 10 years to wait for us figure out 'how' welfare reform should work. Lutheran Disaster Response is a ministry of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America and the Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod. Pa. Lewis is a member of Zion Lutheran Church, Sunbury, Pa., a single mother of one and former welfare recipient. Lewis is currently a student majoring in paralegal studies at Pennsylvania College of Technology. The primary focus of programs is placed in urban and suburban areas.