Churches To IMF: Cancel The Debt
Monday, April 26, 2004
From The NCC Web site: Brenda Girton-Mitchell, the NCC's Associate General Secretary for Public Policy (pictured), took a message to the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank on April 21: Cancel the debt that is crippling development in many impoverished companies. At a Jubilee U.S.A. "UnHappy Birthday Party" marking the IMF/World Bank's 60th anniversary, Girton-Mitchell said, "(D)o not joyfully celebrate your 60-year existence, but rather take time to reflect on your mission and accept the challenge to fulfill your purpose. Our prayer is that you will become a beacon of light for those living in the darkness caused by poverty, hunger, sickness and lack of education." Read Girton-Mitchell's message.