Advocates for Peace and Justice reviews public policy issues, with a goal of taking stands informed by Christian teaching. Advocates exchange information, and from time to time invite IUCC members and friends to support a position. A particular emphasis is on writing letters to local newspapers. By writing, we ...

• Encourage IUCC members and friends to name, consider, and embrace norms that we think are consistent with progressive Christianity.
• Remind us all that public policy matters.
• Energize ourselves on matters of social justice; taking a stand is the parent of taking action.
• Claim the title "Christian" for progressives, rather than conceding the name to evangelicals and fundamentalists.
• Alert the community that we are here.