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On July 30, we will observe the World Day against Trafficking in Persons—a day to recommit ourselves to anti-trafficking efforts, to pray for the 40.3 million trafficking victims, and to honor the survivors of modern-day slavery.

Please consider joining the Catholic Climate Covenant for a webinar July 30th at 2:00pm (EST), entitled "Faithful Recovery in a Time of Climate Change."

On July 30, we will observe the World Day against Trafficking in Persons—a day to recommit ourselves to anti-trafficking efforts, to pray for the 40.3 million trafficking victims, and to honor the survivors of modern-day slavery.

Human Trafficking

We invite you to read the July reflection piece from the U.S. Catholic Sisters Against Human Trafficking, “Human Trafficking: The Legacy of 400 Years of Racism and Colonialism,” by Jennifer Reyes Lay, Executive Director of USCSAHT.

This week use your Voter Voice to make change happen! Learn about the Vatican issued document entitled “Journeying for the care of the Common Home", and review our important work on social change and justice in "I Can't Breathe" and "A Sign of the Times".

This week's Get With It includes links to published articles, and our in-house produced resources. In “Signs of the Times: Through the Lens of the Pandemic.”, we call your attention to the educational inequality that pervades our social structures in the United States and Canada. Stay tuned next week for a resource on Environmental Justice, and check out the Racial Inequality and economic inequality resources if you haven’t done so already!

On Saturday, June 20, we honor the more than 70 million men, women, and children who have been displaced from their homes. We pray for resilience and restoration for refugees and their families; we celebrate their many gifts, and we urge the global community to embrace refugees and welcome them with open arms.

June 12 is World Day Against Child Labor, International Labor Organization (ILO) estimates there are 152 million children in child labor and 72 million of them are in hazardous work.

Over the past weeks, it has been difficult to view, much less absorb, the many levels of violence that continue to surround the killing of Mr. George Floyd of Minneapolis. However, denying, ignoring, or disregarding truth contributes to the perpetuation of untruths and the violence that is inevitably used to maintain them.