Dare to Care!

This week listen to this 3-part podcast on Human Trafficking and Disability, and learn about the 2021 US Environmental Protection Agency report describes how climate change is affecting seasonality.

This week, make plans to attend a Beyond Borders webinar on Sept 12th, learn about the 16 youth who sued for their right to a clean and healthy environment (and won) in Montana, then join NDMU and the Black Lives Matter Interfaith Coalition's Rally on Sept 10th, lastely, consider attending a Baltimore area gala to benefit the Immigration Outreach Service Center!

Join a virtual tour with Sister Limeteze Pierre-Gilles SSND and David Diggs who returned from Haiti last week. Meet some of the people whose lives have been transformed. Read the unbelievable journey of Evelio Menjivar in the Washington Post and join Join Catholic Climate Covenant staff in an online “heated conversation” Monday, August 21st.

Please pray for Haitians and all other asylum seekers who have fled their homes due to persecution, violence, or economic hardship. 

This week learn about the upcoming World Day Against Human Trafficking and how you can make a difference! Read an opinion piece in the NYT by our Beyond Borders collaborators asking the US to back civil leaders calling for the democratic rule of law.

Find out how Indigenous women are disproportionately affected by racialized violence in Canada and learn how you can become part of the solution to plastic pollution!

This week catch up on the the Haiti Collaboration Committee's May 18th presentation and the story of three women whose lives have changed. Find out about non-violent classroom management being used on Lagonav. Do you know the indicators of forced labor? Learn about the list developed The International Labour Organization.

As part of the upcoming World Refugee Day on June 20th, learn about the universal right to seek safety and the UN 1951 Refugee Convention, also known as the Geneva Convention. This week please consider joining the End Human Trafficking Committee as they learn about and increase awareness of forced labor.

This week listen to the CP Immigration podcast where Sister Beatriz Martinez, our SSND at the United Nations in New York, offers a global view of how legislation and policies have affected migrants worldwide. Celebrate Haitian Flag day and read about Native-themed mascots in NCRonline.

May 11 is the day that Title 42 comes to an end. The Title 42 policy has allowed the U.S. government to expel border-crossers without giving them an opportunity to seek asylum. Read more about what might happen after Title 42 ends this week in D2C!

This week in Dare to Care, read about warming seas, and a report from the National Urban League on "Democracy in Peril" and a Beyond Boarder's update.