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He has showed you, O man, what is good. And what does the LORD require of you?
To act justly and to love mercy and to walk humbly with your God.
- Micah 6:8
Right now, Congress is in the middle of debating landmark legislation on climate change, but in order to overcome powerful opposition, elected officials need to hear from their constituents - especially from Christian creation care champions.
This fall, we brought over 70 students to DC to make sure that lawmakers don’t hear only “business as usual,” but the voices of Christian students standing up for the protection of God’s creation and all of God’s people!
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Here's what some of our students had to say about these events...
"Every minute in DC exceeded our expectations. Even in such a whirl wind of a trip, we got to experience the city fully. There were many highlights, but of course the main and best one was meeting with the senator's representative. Alexis and Andrew from Restoring Eden really prepared us well for the meeting and gave us confidence to speak up in the meeting. It went great! I walked out of the meeting with a renewed hope that we actually do have a voice in our government."
-Mary Rae Staples, Rockhurst University '12
"Traveling to Washington D.C. for the purpose of advocating for better energy policy was a big learning experience for me, as well as a large portion of our group. In our meeting with two of Senator Carl Levin's aids, it was made apparent that Christian voices aren't being heard on the issue of climate change, or at least we aren't speaking loud enough. Given that our government is set up with the duty of representing the people, it is necessary that we the people make it clear what we care about...If it is true that Christians' voices aren't being heard, trips like this are exactly what our generation of Christians needs to do."
-Benjamin Stark, Calvin College
"Every minute in DC exceeded our expectations. Even in such a whirl wind of a trip, we got to experience the city fully. There were many highlights, but of course the main and best one was meeting with the senator's representative. Alexis and Andrew from Restoring Eden really prepared us well for the meeting and gave us confidence to speak up in the meeting. It went great! I walked out of the meeting with a renewed hope that we actually do have a voice in our government."
-Mary Rae Staples, Rockhurst University '12
"Traveling to Washington D.C. for the purpose of advocating for better energy policy was a big learning experience for me, as well as a large portion of our group. In our meeting with two of Senator Carl Levin's aids, it was made apparent that Christian voices aren't being heard on the issue of climate change, or at least we aren't speaking loud enough. Given that our government is set up with the duty of representing the people, it is necessary that we the people make it clear what we care about...If it is true that Christians' voices aren't being heard, trips like this are exactly what our generation of Christians needs to do."
-Benjamin Stark, Calvin College
