Category: Admin
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11/13/25 Active Shooter Training
On Thursday November 13th from 12:30-2:30p., the Progressive Religious Coalition of Augusta will host an active shooter response session led by LT. Michael Humphreys, Lead Training Officer of the Richmond County Sheriff’s Department Office of Professional Standards and Training. The expansive, multi-level campus of St. Augustine’s Episcopal Church, located at 3321 Wheeler Road in 30909 is the ideal setting…
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Recording of 10/6/25 Event
Here is the link to view the recording of the October 6, 2025 Christian Nationalism event sponsored by the Progressive Religious Coalition of Augusta: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ou4tIo0IqA&t=2s
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Immigration Enforcement at Places of Worship
Luminus Network for New Americans has some guidance for places of worship on immigration enforcement. In summary, places of worship are not obligated to enforce immigration laws and are generally considered sensitive locations. While immigration officials can enter public areas of a place of worship, they require a warrant to enter private spaces. It is…
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PRC Elects New President – Joyce Law
In April 1997, the CSRA Interfaith Alliance formed as a local trailblazing concept in Augusta with Dr. Hossam E. Fadel as President, Ellie Parker as Vice-President, Joyce Law as Secretary-Treasurer, and Frank Dennison serving on the Phone Tree Committee. Later in the year, Anita J. Bell, and Benjamin Hasan joined to expand the Steering Committee.…
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PRC Officers 2025-2027
Elected May 19, 2025 for a 2-year term President: Joyce Law Vice President: Reverend Sid Gates Recording Secretary: Reverend Terri Degenhardt Membership Secretary: Reverend Karen Romestan Treasurer: Jan Hillman Officer At Large: Eric BiddyOfficer At Large: Alan George
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Season for Nonviolence
Rev. Karen Romestan, Membership Secretary 2024-25 The Season for Nonviolence marks the 64 days between the anniversaries of the deaths of Mohandas Gandhi on January 30 and Martin Luther King Jr. on April 4. Each year, people around the world participate in the Season for Nonviolence by taking a pledge to create intentional time in…
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White Supremacy
White Supremacy is based on the big LIE that stands at the heart of America and American history: White people matter more than any other people and white, straight men are the most important. It was not always so. From the beginning of humanity, people have thought their own clan or tribe was better than others. And at least since…
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Our President
The Very Reverend Billy J. Alford, Retired Priest, and Dean Emeritus in the Episcopal Diocese of Georgia Billy Alford retired from full-time parish ministry, in 2022, after having served as the Rector of St. Alban’s Episcopal Church, Augusta, GA for thirty years and priest-in-charge of the Church of the Atonement, Hephzibah, GA for three years.…
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Officers 2023-24
President: The Very Reverend Billy J. Alford Vice President: Andy Reese* Recording Secretary: Danny Wright Membership Secretary: Reverend Karen Romestan* Treasurer: Jan Hillman Executive Committee Member At Large: Reverend Dr. Sid Gates Executive Committee Member At Large: Reverend Nic Filzen * Appointed
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