Dare to Care!

Submitted by Colleen Kammer, JPIC Director, on Behalf of JPIC Committees

This week in Dare to Care, we share links to help you support Black owned businesses in the United States and Canada. A lack of opportunity to grow wealth is especially pronounced among Black communities. By using these links, you can help them grow!

This week in Dare to Care learn about Reef friendly sunscreens and read about Beyond Borders mock trials held to raise awareness of child servitude or restavek. The simulated trials are like a theatre production, encompassing roles for victims, judges, attorneys, and witnesses. These productions have been very successful in raising awareness of restevak.

Images from the National Black Catholic Congress of the “Saintly Seven”, African Americans on the path to Sainthood, are on display this spring at Marikle Chapel at Notre Dame of Maryland University, accompanied by information about each of them. The Justice for Immigrants Committee hosted over 40 people to discuss the Immigration Crisis and to view a portion of the film, Running to Stand Still, on June 5th and 7th.

“There is a growing trend of traffickers using short-term rentals for human trafficking due to the greater possibility of anonymity.” This from an article in Ontario’s Sarnia News Today about an awareness campaign on this topic supported by The Joy Smith Foundation and the Community Safety and Well Being Planning of Grey and Bruce counties in Ontario.

This week in Dare to Care, learn how choosing fair trade products supports ethical businesses that put people and the planet first. Also, take action to ask for Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for Haitians already in the U.S. to be reinstated.

This week in Dare to Care, take action in support of Haiti, wear denim on April 30th to protest myths about why women and girls are raped, and attend Zoom presentations the on the roots of Christian nationalism embedded in the history of church religious imagery, teachings, and rituals, and learn how they have contributed to unconscious bias, racism and even harmful behavior towards non-white people.

Interested in advocating for the many people being deported right now and not sure what to do? Join the Franciscan Action Network staff and friends for an Advocacy Workshop on April 15 at 7pm ET. This training is open to all and will provide practical guidance on engaging with legislators through calls, written messages, meetings, and letter to the editor. Learn how to communicate our values effectively, build relationships with elected officials, and make your voice heard.

Submitted by JPIC Committees

This week in Dare to Care learn more about a series of events being held by the Racial Justice Committee at St. Mary’s Annapolis, learn about Teaching Tuesday, a series on Catholic Social Teaching, and the faith leaders letter regarding the global debt crisis this Jubilee Year.

Learn about Black History Month in Canada and how you can support our immigrant brothers and sisters during this time of crisis.