Overview
	What Can One Person Do?
	Diocese of El Camino Real Projects
	National Organizations
	Useful Information
	Bulletin Inserts
	Click-to-Give Websites

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Overview

In the time it takes you to ready this paragraph, 3 children will die of preventable causes. One child dies every 3 seconds, every day ... that's 30,000 every year.  The same number of adults die every year from hunger, disease, even giving birth.

It shouldn't be this way.  It doesn't have to be.  In 2000, several economists determined that it actually was possible to do something, and in September, 2000, all the nations of the world pledged support to the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), a mutually agreed upon structure for them to join together and practically address the eight biggest threats to human security in the world today.  These nations pledged an annual contribution of 0.7% of their national budgets. 

The Episcopal Church reaffirmed it's commitment to the MDG's at General Convention 2006 (gc2006.org/legislation/ , and click on resolution A010), including the committing at least 0.7% of the budget to the MDG's.  Presiding Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori has stated that these goals are the church's number one priority. Diocesan Convention on October 21, 2006 passed a resolution urging congregations and parishes to commit 0.7% of their income to the MDGs.

The World Bank details the history of the goals and monitors milestones toward meeting them at www.developmentgoals.org .

What Can One Person Do?

Three Episcopal organizations are involved in MDG-related activities. Their Web sites offer ideas and extensive resources:
 

• Three Episcopal organizations issued a statement on Nov. 8, 2006 detailing their work and availability as the church gears up to focus on this task. Their Web sites offer ideas and extensive resources:
  • Episcopalians for Global Reconciliation (E4GR)
    This is the Episcopal Church organization dedicated to Awareness and Education
    • E4GR's MDG Toolkit
  • Episcopal Public Policy Network/ONE Episcopalian Campaign
    This is the Episcopal Church organization dedicated to Advocacy.  Check this out for ideas and then contact your governmental representatives to urge policy changes
  • Episcopal Relief and Development
    This is the Episcopal Church organization dedicated to Action; to contribute, click the "Donate Now" link to the right
• Read Sabina Alkire and Edmund Newell's What Can One Person Do? (New York: Church Publishing Inc., 2005)
• Hold a U2charist (see www.e4gr.org/pray/u2charists.html )
• Volunteer
  • www.volunteermatch.org
  • www.pointsoflight.org
  • www.211.org
  • Global Volunteers - www.globalvolunteers.org
• Buy gifts that help others, from sources such as
  • ERD's "Gifts for Life" catalog - www.er-d.org/waystogive_40774_ENG_HTM.htm
  • Heifer International's gift catalog - www.heifer.org/site/c.edJRKQNiFiG/b.204586/
  • Businesses that support Fair Trade policies and sustainable development:
    • Fair Trade Federation's listings at www.fairtradefederation.org/msupp.html
    • Coop America's National Green pages at www.coopamerica.org/pubs/greenpages/

Diocese of El Camino Real Projects

• Millennium Develop Goals Task Force - contact The Rev. Joel Miller, rector[atecr]calvarysantacruz.org
• World Mission Network
  http://worldmissionnetwork.blogspot.com/
• Other ECR Social Justice Ministries

National Organizations

Find more information and educational materials available through these additional organizations:

• Bread for the World - www.bread.org
• eMinistry Network - http://www.eministrynetwork.org
• The Millennium Project - http://www.unmillenniumproject.org/goals/index.htm
• ONE:  The Campaign to Make Poverty History - www.one.org
  The Episcopal Church is a partner in this campaign, which asks the United States to give an additional 1% of it's budget toward the eradication of poverty, as well as calling debt cancellation, trade reform and anti-corruption measures. 
• TakingITGlobal - http://www.takingitglobal.org/themes/mdg/campaign_kit.html
  Resources in English, Spanish, French and German
• United Nations - www.un.org/millenniumgoals
  • Objetivos de desarrollo del Milenio
  • Tracking the Millennium Development Goals
  • 2006 Progress Chart
• Voices Against Poverty:  The Millennium Campaign - www.noexcuse2015.org
• World Bank Global Data Monitoring Information System - www.developmentgoals.org

Useful Information

• Father Matthew Presents: Episcopal Millenium Development Goals
  (YouTube, 3 minutes, 21 seconds)
• MDG's and Green Lent (blog)
• Miniature Earth (3 minutes, 28 seconds)
• World Mapper - http://www.worldmapper.org
  A different way of looking at the world
• University of Michigan:  Images of the social and economic world
• Relationship between the environment and poverty

Bulletin Inserts

• Diocesan Convention 2008 passed a resolution to raise awareness of Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), and that every man, woman and child in the diocese give, at least $1 above their regular giving this year in support of MDGs. Though the amount is a token amount, if everyone participated, the total would be over $12,000. Some obviously will give more than $1. Specifically we are responding to this resolution by making service leaflet inserts available for churches in our diocese over the next eight Sundays. We are also offering a U2charist celebration in your deanery if invited. Please help us promote Millennium Development Goals by using and discussing the attached inserts. A new insert will be available each week, and contact us if you would like to have a U2charist in your deanery to raise awareness and support Millennium Development Goals.
  • General MDG Bulletin Insert - PDF /  MS Word
    • NOTE:  This goes on the backside of each weekly bulletin insert
    • NOTE:  Updated 1/15/2007
  • Weekly bulletin inserts
    • Week 1:  Bulletin Insert for MDG 1 - PDF / MS Word
    • Week 2:  Bulletin Insert for MDG 2 - PDF / MS Word
      Re-centered 1/22/2007
    • Week 3:  Bulletin Insert for MDG 3 - PDF / MS Word
    • Week 4:  Bulletin Insert for MDG 4 - PDF / MS Word
    • Week 5:  Bulletin Insert for MDG 5 - PDF / MS Word
    • Week 6:  Bulletin Insert for MDG 6 - PDF / MS Word
    • Week 7:  Bulletin Insert for MDG 7 - PDF / MS Word
    • Week 8:  Bulletin Insert for MDG 8 - PDF / MS Word

Click to Give Sites

These sites work through advertiser support.  You click a button, sponsors' advertisements are shown, and the sponsors' advertising fees are donated to  worth causes.

• The Hunger Site - http://www.thehungersite.com
• Poverty Fighters - http://www2.povertyfighters.com
• Ripple - http://www.ripple.org
• Search engines that donate each time you use them:
  • http://www.helpuu.com/ (powered by Google)
  • http://www.searchkindly.org/ (powered by Google)
  • http://www.goodsearch.com/ (powered by Yahoo)