Criminal Justice Projected Timeline
Record of Task Force Reports
This timeline lists key events and activities in the process that leads to consideration by the 2013 Churchwide Assembly of an ELCA social statement on criminal justice.
| 2008 |
December |
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Task Force Meeting #1 |
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| 2009 |
Winter/Spring |
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listening posts |
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Spring |
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Task Force Meeting #2 |
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May/June |
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Task Force meets online |
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Fall |
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Task Force meeting #3 |
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| 2010 |
Winter |
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Task Force meeting #4 |
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August |
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Churchwide Assembly (Report) |
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Fall |
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Task Force meeting #5 - finalizes study |
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| 2011 |
February |
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Study published for use throughout the church |
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Spring |
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Task Force meeting #6 |
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Winter |
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Task Force meeting #7 - finalizes draft |
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| 2012 |
March |
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First draft of social statement published |
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March to Fall |
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Hearings on first draft
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Fall |
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Task Force meeting #8 - what are we hearing? |
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| 2013 |
January |
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Task Force meeting #9 - completes work on Proposed Social Statement |
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February |
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Task Force signs off on Proposed Social Statement |
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March |
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Program Committee (CS) receives Proposed Social Statement for consideration |
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April |
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ELCA Church Council receives text of Proposed Social Statement and approves it for forwarding to CWA |
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May |
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Proposed Social Statement published |
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August |
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Churchwide Assembly considers statement for adoption |
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October |
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Text of ELCA Social Statement on criminal justice published |
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| 2014 |
April |
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Study guide to social statement published by Department for Studies |
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