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Ministry Consultation, San Francisco 2013, in partnership with the Dioceses of California, Connecticut, Easton, El Camino Real, Hawaii, Long Island, Los Angeles, New York, Rochester, and Taiwan • Immigration reform networking project in partnership with Dioceses of Atlanta, Maryland, North Carolina, Ohio, Olympia, Rochester, Southern Ohio, Upper South Carolina, and Washington • Multimonth advocacy campaign for comprehensive immigration reform in collaboration with t he Presiding Bishop, Bishops Working for a Just World, and Bishop of Rochester Prince Singh; Participating bishops/ dioceses included Arizona, Central New York, Iowa, North Carolina, Rochester, San Diego, and Western North Carolina. • Health care chaplaincy. (The Mission Department of the Domestic and Foreign Missionary Society facilitates health care chaplains of The Episcopal Church. In certifying health care chaplains for the Association of Professional Chaplains and other accrediting agencies, our office works on behalf of diocesan bishops, ensuring that the chaplains are in good standing in the diocese, have completed sexual misconduct training and have been commissioned by the diocese or parish as a chaplain.) • Three-day convocational gatherings of Chinese, Korean, Filipino, Japanese, Southeast Asian, and South Asian clergy and lay leaders in partnership with the Dioceses of California, Connecticut, Easton, El Camino Real, Hawaii, Long Island, Los Angeles, New York, Rochester, and Taiwan • Training with theologians and seminarians through AsiaAmerica Theological Exchange Forum held in Philippines 2013 in partnership with the Dioceses of California, Connecticut, Easton, El Camino 17 7