Elizabeth Jones: “I used to cry every month when my check came. I didn’t want to be on public assistance.”

ELIZABETH JONES IS A SINGLE MOTHER OF 3, WHO SPENT 9 YEARS ON WELFARE.

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How you doing?

TODAY, SHE’S A D.C. COP. SHE HAS THIS ADVICE FOR THE PEOPLE IN POWER WHO VOTE ON AID TO THE NEEDY. 

Elizabeth Jones: “They need to come and see how it is to live with no food, living from day to day...It’s very hard.”

Bishop Felton May/Washington Area of the United Methodist Church:

“We can generate billions of dollars to fight a war on terrorism, but there are millions of children who are poorly fed, poorly housed and poorly clothed.”

A DELEGATION OF UNITED METHODIST BISHOPS TOOK ELIZABETH JONES’ CONCERNS, AND CONCERNS OF THOSE LIKE HER,  DIRECTLY TO CONGRESS.

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“We have a long way to go.”

Senator Hillary Clinton: “My church has always focused on issues of social justice and trying to bring greater attention to the needs of children in poverty is something that every Methodist should be supporting and behind.”

Marian Wright Edelman/Children’s Defense Fund: “The moral witness of the people of God, reflected in these bishops is what is going to change the priorities and choices of this country.”

THE BISHOPS HAVE TEAMED WITH THE CHILDREN’S DEFENSE FUND TO PUSH FOR ACTION, JUST BEFORE VOTES ARE TAKEN TO EXTEND TEMPORARY AID TO NEEDY FAMILIES. THOSE INVOLVED CONSIDER THIS A LONG TERM FIGHT.

Bishop Bill Hutchinson/Louisiana Area of the United Methodist Church : “We simply come back again and again and again until we get this legislation through that will make this possible.”

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AND FOR PEOPLE LIKE ELIZABETH JONES, IT IS A FIGHT WITH CLEAR WINNERS.

Elizabeth Jones: “The happiest part is working, coming home to my own home, and not being on public assistance. Every day I thank God that I’m not receiving a check.”