Public Policy Team
The Public Policy Team takes a leadership role on public policy issues that impact ICC member judicatories. The team is vocal on concerns primarily before the Illinois General Assembly and Congress. The team carries out the portion of the ICC’s mission statement, “to make public, prophetic witness to Christ’s love for all people, and to address in particular, issues of poverty and racism.” It is this part of the mission statement that guides the PPT’s efforts as it works in consultation with the ICC’s Leadership Team and the Illinois Christians Encountering Racism (ICER) Team.
The Illinois Conference of Churches is committed to addressing those issues and concerns that impact the Church. With the overarching theme of poverty, in 2010 the ICC will focus on the following items for the 2010 Annual Assembly year:
- Abolition of the death penalty
- Medicaid if there is an opt-out for Federal Healthcare Reform
- Ensuring the safety net for state programs and services that serve the most vulnerable
- Concerns for those incarcerated; especially the youth who have barriers to employment because of prior convictions
- Monitoring operational issues that impact the church
Mr. Robert Gilligan, Chair
CATHOLIC CONFERENCE OF ILLINOIS
Email: rfgcci@aol.com
Rev. Gary McCants
AFRICAN METHODIST EPISCOPAL
Email: garymccants@comcast.net
Rev. Dan Schwick
LUTHERAN SOCIAL SERVICES OF ILLINOIS
Email: Dan.Schwick@lssi.org
Rev. Terry Weavil
MORAVIAN CHURCH
Email: weavil75@verizon.net
Rev. Michael Winters
PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH – USA
Email: rmwgrace@hotmail.com
E. Garnet Fay
RELIGIOUS SOCIETY OF FRIENDS
Email: efay@sbcglobal.net
Rev. Chris Pierson
THE UNITED METHODIST CHURCH
Email: cpierson@umcnic.org