Get W.I.T.H. It!

This week we explore the interconnection between each of our four commitments! This is especially important as we pray for those affected by the recent earthquake in Haiti and the earthquake/tsunami that devastated Indonesia.

These weeks Get W.I.T.H It! provides many current actions you can take to speak up in today's turbulent world.

Learn more about World Rivers Day which takes place on September 30, 2018. The Blue Communities Project invitation and actions you can take to demand an increase to the number of refugees allowed in to the US, and more!.

Sister Joan Pikiell reflects on child labor in the mining industry; learn about efforts being made to clean up the Great Pacific Garbage Patch; find Season of Creation resources; and access the Haiti webinar and Haiti Initiative Report.

The Season of Creation is underway! Click here to learn about ways you can celebrate the Season of Creation (9/1-10/4); to access our latest Just Act social justice resource, “Child Labor, Illiteracy, and Poverty: A Tragic Cycle;” and to review the information about the Haiti webinar.

Please click here for resources for celebrating the Season of Creation; to read our latest social justice resource, “Child Labor, Illiteracy, and Poverty: A Tragic Cycle;” and for information about the upcoming Haiti Webinar.

Click here to access Sister Mary Heather MacKinnon’s calendar for the Season of Creation, which begins September 1! Also, read about Canada’s new legislation regarding immigration, and learn about the SSNDs historical efforts for racial justice.

Click here to learn about Canada’s ecumenical statement on climate change; to read about the UN’s Global Compact on Migration, and to learn more about the history of the abolition of the transatlantic slave trade.

Click here to join a webinar about helping to end plastic pollution; to learn about the ways the dignity of Native Americans is threatened by plans for a U.S. border wall; to download an anti-trafficking app; and to learn about the successes of our partner, Beyond Borders, in countering child trafficking in Haiti.