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Leader in Humanitarian Aid Church World Service to Visit Denver

Rev. John L. McCullough will visit Denver on Friday, October 13. He will speak at Ecumenical Refugee Services, 190 E. 9th Ave., Suite 130, Denver at 2:00 P.M. He will be available for interviews upon request.



Rev. McCullough is executive director and chief executive officer of Church World Service (CWS), an international humanitarian agency and cooperative ministry of 35 Protestant, Orthodox, and Anglican denominations and communions. CWS provides sustainable self-help and development, disaster relief, and refugee assistance in some 80 countries, including the U.S.



Since joining Church World Service (CWS) in June of 2000, Rev. McCullough has been at the forefront of the organization'ss expanding role as advocate for human rights and the empowerment of civil society in developing countries.



McCullough asks, What institution could be expected to be more compassionate than the church Yet the church has been complicit in the continuing agony of people by its reluctance at times to be a sign of compassion or a prophetic voice for justice.



As part of a hands-on style, Rev. McCullough has twice visited CWS earthquake recovery efforts in Pakistan, where the agency has a 50-year history. In the immediate aftermath of hurricanes Katrina and Rita, McCullough participated in assessing needs along the U.S. Gulf Coast, as CWS geared up relief and recovery efforts there. And, in early 2005, he went to tsunami-ravaged areas of Indonesia to witness CWS recovery efforts in Aceh province. In early 2003, Rev. McCullough served as a member of a high-level humanitarian research mission to Iraq, sponsored by the Center for Social and Economic Rights. On behalf of Church World Service, he spoke out against military control of humanitarian response in Iraq.



CROP Walks are the main fundraisers for Church World Service. Some 2,000 CROP Walks take place in the U.S. each year, raising about $17 million. Rev. McCullough will also visit some of Colorado'ss CROP Walks on Saturday.



For more information, or to schedule an interview, contact Caryn Boddie, Foothills CROP Walk volunteer, 720-331-9361.

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