Get W.I.T.H. it - Aug 7th

Race Matters

To further your ongoing reflection on “I Can’t Breathe,” please view our resource series, “Racism and the AMSSND Commitments.” 

Season of Creation

Season of Creation The Season of Creation is fast approaching—it will begin on September 1 and conclude October 4. We invite you to view this SSND video and reflect on how you can celebrate the season, themed “Jubilee for the Earth.”

Immigration

On Monday, August 3, Netflix aired a new docu-series called Immigration Nation, which offers an in-depth look at the reality of America’s immigration system. Filmmakers Shaul Schwarz and Christina Clusiau were embedded with immigration officers, and the series allows viewers to peer into the secretive agencies waging the war on immigrants. The documentary and filmmakers were featured in a recent New York Times piece that detailed how DHS and ICE had fought to delete scenes and delay the release of the film until after the election. We hope you can find time to this important work!

In Case You Missed It…

Last Tuesday, the Trump administration released a new memorandum directing senior officials of U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP), U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), and U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) to make significant changes to the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program.  

The new memo means that: 
•    USCIS will reject all first-time applications for DACA. 
•    USCIS will reject advance parole requests except in “exceptional circumstances.”
•    All pending DACA renewals are limited to one-year grants, instead of the previous two years. 
 
Please urge your Senators to Protect Dreamers and Support the Dream Act of 2019!

Also, please note that there are a wide range of scholarships available for undocumented students! Check them out here by clicking this link! 

Haiti

We invite you to learn more about the Beyond Borders Model Community Initiative through this interview with Freda Catheus, program coordinator, by Sister Kits Sarther.

Engaging and Empowering Local Communities in Haiti: An Interview with Freda Catheus, Model Community Initiative (MCI) Program Coordinator
Catherine Sarther, SSND and Brian Stevens, Beyond Borders (translator)

Description of Social Mapping in Haiti

Visitors to Lagonav, Haiti, remember sitting in circles outside or on hard wooden benches inside simple churches. Often they watched Freda Catheus facilitate gatherings aimed at bringing about social change in Haiti. 

Currently, Catheus leads groups through a process of social mapping, a low-cost tool that engages community members in preparing pictographic representations of their village. Key informants, including elected leaders and community members, create pictographic images of each neighborhood in their community—footpath by footpath and house by house. These maps include essential community assets, such as schools, well, churches, and markets. (Click Here to learn more)

Read All About It!

Check out our new page on the JPIC website, where you will find the articles published by our Sisters and staff via external media, including the Brooklyn Tablet, America, NCR’s Global Sisters Report, and more! Recent publications include:

 “Help Convert Dreams into Reality,” by Sister Pat Ferrick

World Refugee Day is June 20. Just imagine …,” by Sister Mary Leonora Tucker

We are called to embody the Spirit of Pentecost,” by Kathleen Bonnette

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