Dare to Care!

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.

Dare to Care - March 24th 2023

As we begin spring, consider composting your food and lawn waste at home or where compostable waste is collected, such as neighborhood Farmer’s Markets. Also, learn about Ertha Pascal-Trouilot’s impact in Haiti, who was Haiti’s first female president.

Dare to Care - March 17th 2023

This week we learn about definitions around the language of immigration and learn about the 10th Anniversary of the election of Pope Francis and his global mission and the universal message of his encyclical Fratelli tutti.

Dare to Care - March 10th 2023

Read Laudato Si and reflect, learn about promoting Justice for immigrants, learn about Ending Human trafficking's and more in this weeks Dare to Care bulletin.

Dare to Care - March 3rd 2023

Globally, 1 in 3 girls have experienced violence by the age of 18. Is it possible to prevent violence against women and girls and leave no one behind in difficult times?

Dare to Care - February 24th 2023

Beyond Borders and Members of the AM Province have been advocating for Haiti with the US Government in a number of ways, this and more in this weeks Dare to Care!

Dare to Care - February 17th 2023

You are invited to join the Dismantling Racism committee in a series of video presentations and group discussions on “Breaking Open the Sin of Racism”. The series will take place on five Mondays in Lent from 7:00 - 8:00 pm. ET. The dates are March 6, 13, 20, 27 and April 3.

Dare to Care - February 10th 2023

" It can be said that many problems of today’s world stem from the tendency, at times unconscious, to make the method and aims of science and technology an epistemological paradigm which shapes the lives of individuals and the workings of society."

Dare to Care - February 3rd 2023

The International Day of Prayer and Awareness Against Human Trafficking takes place every year on February 8, the feast day of St. Josephine Bakhita, the Sudanese nun who as a child experienced being kidnapped and enslaved and has become the universal symbol of the Church's commitment against trafficking.

Dare to Care - January 26th 2023

This week in Dare to Care; learn more about immigration and Title 42, find out about upcoming webinars on Eco-spirituality, celebrate Maryland's first Black governor, and sadly, read about the increasing chaos in Haiti.

Dare to Care - January 20th 2023

This week, read out Laudato Si Reflection, learn more about topics like immigration and Title 42, Eco-spirituality, celebrate Maryland's first Black governor, and consider the increasing chaos in Haiti.

Dare to Care - January 13th 2023

The 117th U.S. Congress adjourned without passing any of the immigration bills(link is external) that SSND was monitoring this past year including, the Dream and Promise Act, the Farm Workforce Modernization Act, and the Afghan Adjustment Act. In December, the U.S. Supreme Court prevented the Biden administration from ending Title 42.

Dare to Care - Dec 20th 2022

This month, Emmett Till and his mother Mamie Till-Mobley were posthumously honored with the Congressional Gold Medal For Advancing Racial Justice. Emmett Till’s death was not vindicated by the courts, nor has it been in the history books of the United States. We can only hope that this Gold Medal honor and the telling of their story through a newly released mainstream movie 'Till'(link is external), will motivate people to work to dismantle racism.

Dare to Care - Dec 16th 2022

Two years ago the faculty at NDMU created a Faculty Anti-Racism Committee (ARC). One of its first accomplishments was the development of and consensus building around an anti-racism statement. At the same time, working in subcommittees, members of the ARC studied and made recommendations in the areas of culture, hiring practices, and anti-racist curriculum and pedagogy. We recommended the development of a year-long professional development experience for faculty.

Dare to Care - December 9th 2022

“Right now we are on this trajectory of losing one million of our 8 million species on this planet. That’s clearly not a trajectory we want to be on. We need to change the actions that we need to do as human beings: we need to eat and live in ways that are nature positive.”

Dare to Care - November 18th 2022

COP27 is scheduled to wrap up in November 19th, but countries remain divided on several significant issues including ‘loss and damage’, the UN Secretary-General said on Thursday, urging parties to rise to the urgency of the moment and agree on real solutions to solve the greatest challenge facing humanity.