Peace and Social Justice
To do all the good you can... By all the means you can...
In all the ways you can...In all the places you can...
At all the times you can... To all the people you can...
As long as ever you can.
― John Wesley
In all the ways you can...In all the places you can...
At all the times you can... To all the people you can...
As long as ever you can.
― John Wesley
The NOVA Community has allocated as much of its resources to social action activities as possible, while respecting the appropriate needs of other functions within the community. In responding to the imperative to “Love One’s Neighbor”, the social action activities have been widely diverse: e.g. liturgies focused on service, educational components to inform the community on issues, hands-on work, political action, financial aid and assistance to local, regional and global organizations.
COMMUNITY MEMBER INVOLVEMENT:
WOMEN'S PRISON BOOK PROJECT (WPBP)
NOVA members support this project by donating used books. WPBP is located in Minneapolis; unfortunately, VA does not accept used books for prisons. The organization provides women in prison with free reading materials covering a wide range of topics from law and education (dictionaries, GED, etc.) to fiction, politics, history, and women’s health. Only softcover books are accepted. When NOVA members donate hardcover books, they're taken to a local used book store and exchanged for credit to "shop" for other books in the store. Pat Sodo is the NOVA contact.
WOMEN'S PRISON BOOK PROJECT (WPBP)
NOVA members support this project by donating used books. WPBP is located in Minneapolis; unfortunately, VA does not accept used books for prisons. The organization provides women in prison with free reading materials covering a wide range of topics from law and education (dictionaries, GED, etc.) to fiction, politics, history, and women’s health. Only softcover books are accepted. When NOVA members donate hardcover books, they're taken to a local used book store and exchanged for credit to "shop" for other books in the store. Pat Sodo is the NOVA contact.
Assembling baskets for shelter families as part of Ramadan
in cooperation with the Muslim Women's Coalition. |
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