Dare to Care!

Dare to Care - September 8th

Learn more about the Truth and Reconciliation with our sisters and brothers in Canada, also, please take time to amplify the call of Beyond Borders and other advocates to restore democracy and security, fight rising hunger, and end abuse and discrimination against Haitian and other Black migrants.

Dare to Care - September 1st 2023

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!

Dare to Care - August 25th 2023

Dismantling Racism: Keeping the Dream Alive

An in-person and on-line Dialogue on the Sixtieth Anniversary of the March on Washington:  Monday, August 28, 6-7 pm EDT. Hosted by Georgetown University’s Initiative on Catholic Social Thought and Public Life. C

Dare to Care - August 18th 2023

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.

Dare to Care - August 11th 2023

Watch “Stolen Spirits: The Dark History of Native American Boarding Schools,” a 4:40 minute introductory video about Native American Boarding schools and the concerted government effort at cultural genocide that has never been acknowledged before.

Dare to Care - August 4th 2023

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

Dare to Care - July 28th 2023

This week in Dare to Care, learn about The Journey of Ashley's Sack, a Black Family Keepsake, a powerful story of love and a treasured object connecting the lives of four generations of enslaved women in the American South. Also, learn more about the PFAS that have seeped into waterways and our very bodies.

Dare to Care - July 21st

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.

Dare to Care - July 14th 2023

Read an article by Cardinal Dolan in America Magazine on immigrants and Catholic belief,  watch a documentary on Sr Thea Bowman and dig deeper into Climate Change, Laudato Si’ and the US Catholic Church.

Dare to Care - July 7th 2023

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!

Dare to Care - June 30th 2023

Learn how racial justice and climate justice are deeply connected, read about Heather McTeer Toney who calls on Black communities to take the lead in calling for climate justice.  Learn about first-hand accounts from a migrant survivor of human trafficking and women religious who accompany migrants facing dangers posed by human traffickers.

Dare to Care - June 23rd 2023

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.

Dare to Care - June 16th 2023

This week learn about Juneteenth (June 19) a new holiday in the US and National Indigenous Peoples Day in Canada, as well as watch videos from our Sisters reflecting on they live Laudato Si’ in their daily life.

Dare to Care - June 9th 2023

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.

Dare to Care - June 2nd 2023

June is an exciting month! the 50th World Environment Day, World Oceans Day and National Indigenous History month in Canada, find out more in this weeks Dare to Care!

Dare to Care - May 26th 2023

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.

Dare to Care - May 19th 2023

Today, 26% of the world’s population (2 billion people) lack safe drinking water and 46% (3.6 billion) do not have safely managed sanitation, learn what you can do to make a difference. The best way to protect children online is to educate them early about online safety, learn more and share this information.

Dare to Care - May 12th 2023

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!

Dare to Care - May 5th 2023

This week learn about your electronic devices and the electricity they use while TURNED OFF! Learn more about online games and the dangers they pose for young boys, recognize the red flags.

Dare to Care - April 28th 2023

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.

Dare to Care - April 22nd 2023

We urge you to take concrete actions against over-consumption, materialism, and throwaway culture. What does simple living look like today? How can you bring the Care for Creation into your everyday life?
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Dare to Care - April 14th 2023

Do we, the consumers, know how we contribute to forced labor? The clothes we wear, the coffee we drink, and the fish and chocolate we consume all contribute to our slavery footprint. Whether we like it or not, forced labor becomes personal when we purchase goods and services from industries that rely on forced labor because we create a profit incentive for those benefitting from this labor.

Dare to Care – April 5th 2023

“…climate change and racial injustice share the same roots and have to be addressed together, … there is no climate action that is not also about racial justice

Dare to Care - March 31st 2023

The Government of Canada has launched a public survey to get feedback and ideas on the future of immigration in Canada. Canadians can click here to go to the Government of Canada website to take the survey. Survey ends soon.