Dare to Care!

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.

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.

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!

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.

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.

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.

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.

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?

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.

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.

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.