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As a result of the shortened nature of the 80th General Convention, the Presiding Officers deemed that only “essential legislation” would be dealt with at the General Convention. The Deputies of Color wrote to the Presiding Officers and offered the view that “Social Justice” Resolutions are indeed essential legislation. Each caucus then presented 15 Resolutions that it deemed essential legislation and, as indicated below, over 90% of each caucus’s resolutions were adopted by the General Convention.
Resolution Number | Resolution Title | Legislative Committee Assigned To | Disposition |
|---|---|---|---|
A100 | Grants for Becoming Beloved Community | 09 - Racial Justice & Reconciliation | Adopted as part of D004 |
A086 | Continuing the Task Force for Care of Creation and Environmental Racism | 13 - Committees & Commissions | Adopted |
A078 | Imagining a Church Grounded in Social Justice as Christian Ministry | 14 - Christian Formation & Discipleship | Adopted |
A051 | Improve recruitment, hiring, appointment retention and representation of People of Color within The Episcopal Church | 16 - Churchwide Leadership | Adopted as part of A130 |
A024 | Create a Task Force on Translation and Interpretation | 13 - Committees & Commissions | Adopted |
A009 | Assessment of Past Colonialism in the Church’s World Mission Ministries | 05 - World Mission | Adopted |
A003 | Uniform Paid Family Leave Policy | #16 Churchwide Leadership | Adopted as part of A130 |
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