Faith in the Public Square

 In order to assist church and faith leaders discuss the importance of vaccinations in the fight against COVID, the National Council of Churches has produced a fact sheet titled  A Christian Approach to Vaccine Hesitancy   The fact sheet also provides “a scriptural basis for a compassionate response to vaccine hesitancy and provides responses to Biblical misinformation around vaccination.”   When announcing the release of the fact sheet, the Council cited research showing that church and faith leaders can successfully encourage people to get vaccinated. The fact sheet states that some religious Americans have indicated that certain religious approaches made them more likely to get vaccinated. They have responded favorably to these situations: - A religious leader encouraged them to get the vaccine.  - A member of a local religious community they trust addressed their concerns about the vaccine or got the vaccine. - A healthcare professional from a local religio...

United Tenants of Albany (UTA), will be host a virtual film screening the new documentary film A Second Wave: Housing During the COVID Pandemic by local filmmaker Kristen Kopper on Thursday, April 8 at 7p.m. According to the news release, the film reveals the devastating housing insecurities suffered by tenants during COVD-19. “Impacted tenants share their personal stories of housing and economic insecurity experienced in the midst of the pandemic in this documentary. The film also follows the statewide housing justice advocacy effort to win an eviction moratorium in New York State.”   There will be a live Q&A with the filmmaker after the showing.  You can watch the film trailer here .   Admission is free but donations will be accepted. Contributions help UTA in its work of providing: -        -  Housing Hotline; -         - Tenant counseling, including counseling for tenants facing building foreclosure;   -   ...