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This podcast from the church’s Office of Government Relations aims to help educate, equip, and inspire Episcopalians to weave public policy advocacy into their personal lives and church communities.
In Season 4, Episode 6, policy advisor Troy Collazo talks with host Alan Yarborough about ways to support proposed legislation that offers a pathway to citizenship for DACA (Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals) recipients and “Dreamers.”
Host: Alan Yarborough, Director of Government Relations and Global Partnerships
Speaker: Troy Collazo, Policy Advisor for the Office of Government Relations
New episodes come out each Monday. Subscribe to EpiscoPols on Apple Podcasts, Spotify. Listen to the podcast and find shownotes and resources here, or watch the video on YouTube here.
Next Steps
Take action: https://www.votervoice.net/EPISCOPAL/Campaigns/123317/Respond
Register for the Episcopal Church Immigration Updates - Every Tuesday 1:00-1:30p.m. ET: https://zoom.us/meeting/register/tJMlfu6qqjIpHdav-xm_G83OMLdkNV7YKZas#/registration
Register for the Office of Government Relations Weekly Network Call - Every Thursday 1:00-1:30p.m. ET: https://zoom.us/meeting/register/tJwkcemtrz0jHNMX0okGlkW1lTiNDUIysNLQ#/registration
Learn more: iam.ec/OGR
Resolution Links
2024-C031: Migration with Dignity https://digitalarchives.episcopalarchives.org/cgi-bin/acts/acts_resolution.pl?resolution=2024-C031
2018-D009: Set Forth Christian Principles to Guide Responses to Human Migration https://digitalarchives.episcopalarchives.org/cgi-bin/acts/acts_resolution.pl?resolution=2018-D009
2015-D079: Urge Church-Wide Assistance to Undocumented Persons https://digitalarchives.episcopalarchives.org/cgi-bin/acts/acts_resolution.pl?resolution=2015-D079
2012-D067: Support the DREAM Act https://digitalarchives.episcopalarchives.org/cgi-bin/acts/acts_resolution.pl?resolution=2012-D067
2009-B006: Advocate for Immigration Reform https://digitalarchives.episcopalarchives.org/cgi-bin/acts/acts_resolution.pl?resolution=2009-B006
1985-D113: Request Congress to Reform Immigration Legislation https://digitalarchives.episcopalarchives.org/cgi-bin/acts/acts_resolution.pl?resolution=1985-D113
27 Oct 2025
Protect the Arctic Refuge
This podcast from the church’s Office of Government Relations aims to help educate, equip, and inspire Episcopalians to weave public policy advocacy into their personal lives and church communities.
In Season 4, Episode 5, policy advisor Susie Faria talks with host Alan Yarborough about the ecological and cultural importance of the Arctic Refuge, how wildlife and Indigenous rights are threatened, and legislation aimed at permanently protecting the region, among other topics.
Host: Alan Yarborough, Director of Government Relations and Global Partnerships
Speaker: Susie Faria, Policy Advisor for the Office of Government Relations
New episodes come out each Monday. Subscribe to EpiscoPols on Apple Podcasts, Spotify. Listen to the podcast and find shownotes and resources here, or watch the video on YouTube here.
Coming Nov. 3: ‘Support the American Dream and Promise Act’
Partner Organization Links
The Gwich’in Steering Committee: https://gwichinsteering.org/
Alaska Wilderness League: https://alaskawild.org/
National Religious Partnership for the Environment: http://www.nrpe.org/
Resolution Links
2015-C053: Support Subsistence Rights of Indigenous Cultures: https://digitalarchives.episcopalarchives.org/cgi-bin/acts/acts_resolution.pl?resolution=2015-C053
1991-D125: Oppose Oil Development in the Arctic National Wildlife
Refuge: https://digitalarchives.episcopalarchives.org/cgi-bin/acts/acts_resolution.pl?resolution=1991-D125
20 Oct 2025TRANSCRIPT
Support Global Nuclear Disarmament
This podcast from the church’s Office of Government Relations aims to help educate, equip, and inspire Episcopalians to weave public policy advocacy into their personal lives and church communities. In Season 4, Episode 4, policy advisor Susie Faria talks with host Alan Yarborough about the human and environmental impacts of nuclear exposure and testing and how the church advocates for disarmament.
Host: Alan Yarborough, Director of Government Relations and Global Partnerships
Speaker: Susie Faria, Policy Advisor for the Office of Government Relations
New episodes come out each Monday. Subscribe to EpiscoPols on Apple Podcasts, Spotify. Listen to the podcast and find shownotes and resources here, or watch the video on YouTube here.
Coming Oct. 27: 'Protect the Arctic refuge'
Next Steps
Learn more: iam.ec/OGR
Take Action: https://www.votervoice.net/EPISCOPAL/Campaigns/129387/Respond
Register for the Office of Government Relations Weekly Network Call - Every Thursday 1:00-1:30p.m. ET: https://zoom.us/meeting/register/tJwkcemtrz0jHNMX0okGlkW1lTiNDUIysNLQ#/registration
Register for the Episcopal Church Immigration Updates - Every Tuesday 1:00-1:30p.m. ET: https://zoom.us/meeting/register/tJMlfu6qqjIpHdav-xm_G83OMLdkNV7YKZas#/registration
Partner Organization Links
Back from the Brink: https://preventnuclearwar.org/
Episcopal Peace Fellowship - https://www.episcopalpeacefellowship.net/
Resolution Links
2022-C027: Endorse "Back from the Brink: A Call to Prevent Nuclear War” - https://digitalarchives.episcopalarchives.org/cgi-bin/acts/acts_resolution.pl?resolution=2022-C027
2009-D060: Dismantle US Nuclear Weapons and Explore a Nuclear Arms Moratorium - https://digitalarchives.episcopalarchives.org/cgi-bin/acts/acts_resolution.pl?resolution=2009-D060
1997-D022: Support the Goal of Total Nuclear Disarmament - https://digitalarchives.episcopalarchives.org/cgi-bin/acts/acts_resolution.pl?resolution=1997-D022
Inside a recent episode
Support the American Dream and Promise Act
Published 3 Nov 2025 · Transcript excerpt
[…] Now, we recognize that the United States government has to make certain determination for how it treats out of status adults when they come over to our borders. But when we look at those who are chosen at the time, even if they are adults now, we have to look at the specifics of that situation and weigh it differently. I mean, that's simply a moral way to look at it. If someone comes over here and do no fault of their own, if they have lived a moral and abstaining life, typically through their work achievement or through their educational attainment, this American Jamer Promise Act provides a pathway decision ship, not only for those who are official, I would say DACA holders, but also for dreamers. […]
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