Declaration to Counter Anti-Muslim and Anti-Jewish Hate in the United States
Dozens of prominent national faith leaders add their names to joint sign-on declaration Dozens of Interfaith leaders convened on December 19, 2023 at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C. to sign a declaration against Antisemitism and Islamophobia in the wake of exponentially increasing acts of hate and hate-fueled violence December 19, 2023 The Shoulder […]
Declaration for Sensible Gun Control Measures
[Editor’s note: In the aftermath of the mass shooting in Orlando, Florida, on June 12, 2016, that killed 49 and wounded 63, the American Nurses Association, the principal organization representing the nation’s 3.6 million registered nurses, issued this declaration for the enactment of sensible gun control measures. The association reminds us of its stance each […]
Declaration of the Freedom-Loving People of China
Editor’s Note: I first found mention of this valiant Declaration on The Federalist’s website: [It’s worth mentioning that as soon as I then accessed this Declaration on Facebook, my account was immediately locked, with Facebook then writing me to say that someone may have tried to access my account without my knowledge/consent. Hmmm… I wonder […]
Islamic Declaration on Climate Change
Editor’s note: On August 18, 2015 (exactly nine years to the day that this editor’s first daughter was born), Islamic leaders “called on the world’s 1.6 billion Muslims to play an active role in combatting climate change and have urged governments to conclude an effective universal climate change agreement in Paris” to be wrought later […]
A Declaration by American Evangelicals Concerning Donald Trump
A Declaration by American Evangelicals Concerning Donald Trump Imperfect elections and flawed candidates often make for complicated and difficult choices for Christians. But sometimes historic moments arise when more is at stake than partisan politics–when the meaning and integrity of our faith hangs in the balance. This is one of those moments. A significant mistake […]
Black Lives Matter Declaration — State of the Black Union (2015)
Editor’s Note: “We the People, committed to the declaration that Black lives matter, will fight to end the structural oppression that prevents so many from realizing their dreams. We cannot, and will not stop until America recognizes the value of Black life.” These two sentences conclude the first ‘State of the Black Union’, issued by […]
Police Constable Declaration in Britain and Wales (2002)
Editor’s note: According to law enforcement scholar Leonard Jason-Lloyd, this declaration, one of the key provisions of the Police Reform Act of 2002, is avowed to by each and every person newly appointed in Britain and Wales to serve as a constable (police officer). As is evident from the declaration, in the UK “the modern police officer does not have […]
African Declaration on Internet Rights and Freedoms (August, 28, 2014)
Editor’s Note: According to its website, this declaration represents “a Pan-African initiative to promote human rights standards and principles of openness in internet policy formulation and implementation on the continent,” with the intent of spelling out “the principles which are necessary to uphold human and people’s rights on the internet, and to cultivate an internet […]
Declaration of Internet Freedom (2012)
Editor’s Note: This declaration, which includes five core principles, was initially the brainchild of the U.S.-based advocacy group Free Press and the New America Foundation’s Open Technologies Institute. In short order, thousands of organizations, startup entrepreneurs and tech luminaries joined the Declaration of Internet Freedom bandwagon. One key aim is to secure millions of endorsements of the declaration on the […]
Declaration of the Outraged (Declaracion de los Indignados e Indignadas)
Editor’s Note: Galvanized by social media-savvy young people fed up with the pervasive culture of political corruption in Honduras, tens of thousands of protesters have converged at the presidential palace in the capital of Tegucigalpa and are demanding an investigation into suspected massive fraud of social security funds. The largest protests take place over weekends, but […]
