Dare to Care!

This week in D2C read an article by Ralph Moore calling for Catholics to stand up for the “saintly six” and register for Georgetown University’s Initiative on Catholic Social Thought and Public Life online, to explore how this history shapes our current choices and how faith calls us to an active commitment to resist racism and ensure that we continue to honor and protect the essential freedoms that the Civil Rights Act enacted for all Americans 60 years ago.

This week in D2C, the Addressing Climate Change Committee invites you to commemorate Laudato Si' Week on Monday, take time to join a compassionate community of Israelis and Palestinians, and learn how sixth graders in Sarasota held an auction to raise money for Haiti.

In this week's Dare to Care join the Dismantling Racism Committee in the third and final in a series of questions in a “Racial Examination of Conscience” written by Mark Schmidt and learn about Bill 41, Protection from Coerced Debts, and how a bill becomes a law in Ontario.

In this week's Dare to Care attend the final webinar in the AEHT series about the link between human trafficking and forced migration, and join the Dismantling Racism Committee in a “Racial Examination of Conscience” written by Mark Schmidt, director of the Respect Life/Social Justice Office of the Archdiocese of Dubuque.

In this week's Dare to Care learn about Sister Judy Bourg's work near the border in Arizona, take Voter Voice actions and more!

This week learn about forced labor in Canadian supply chains and how AI can be used to help combat climate change.

This week learn about a new resource guide on combating human trafficking, listen to an interview with Camille Dungy, author of Soil: The Story of a Black Mother's Garden and register for “How Immigration Courts Can Protect Vulnerable Children from Trafficking”, the second in the trilogy of webinars by the Alliance to End Human Trafficking (AEHT) and the National Advocacy Center (NAC).

February 8, the Feast Day of Saint Josephine Bakhita, learn about her life and more in this weeks Dare to Care!

Find all the news in this weeks Dare to Care, read, listen, learn and take action!

This week join the EHT and JFI committees on January 23 at 7:00 pm to explore the intersection of human trafficking and forced migration, read the January Shalom News North America, and educate yourself on after-Christmas bargains and forced labor in the supply chain.

This week learn about The Manifest Modernization Act, introduced November 2, will impact trading in goods produced by forced labor and watch a new video series, "God's Creation Needs You", featuring six Catholic communities engaged in climate action.