CSW Alerts
The Mission of the Commission on Social Witness (CSW) is to discern and craft a vision for the Association on pressing social issues as a reflection of the values of our faith and the voices from our congregations.
Towards this end, the CSW helps congregations through the social witness process through which our social witness statements are crafted.
During General Assembly (GA), the CSW provides daily updates to voting delegates about the status of pending social witness statements via their "CSW Alerts."
CSW Alerts
The following documents are PDF files.
Proposed Actions of Immediate Witness (AIWs)
The Sunday CSW Alert (PDF) includes the revised AIWs and unincorporated amendments to be considered during General Session VIII:
- End Family Separation and Detention of Asylum Seekers and Abolish ICE
- Dismantle Predatory Medical Care Practices in Prisons
- We Are All Related: Solidarity NOW with Indigenous Water Protectors
Reference Documents
The following documents are PDF files.
- The Delegates’ Guide to Social Witness—GA 2018: Everything You Need to Know to Represent Your Congregation in the Social Witness Process at General Assembly
- 2018 CSW Report
- Social Witness Statement Types
- Statements of Conscious (SOCs) Adopted 1999-2017
- Actions of Immediate Witness (AIWs) Adopted 2011-2017
- Proposers Guide: Congregational Study/Action Issues (CSAIs) and AIWs
- AIW Process
- AIW Criteria
- AIW Worksheet
- AIW Petition Sheet
- AIW Amendment Process