WATER
To date, almost half of the Associates of the School Sisters of Notre Dame, of the Atlantic-Midwest Province, have pledged not to use bottled water. If you have not yet seen the Blue Communities project, please click here. Once you make the pledge, please send in your name or name(s) of members of your local community to Sister Arlene Flaherty, OP, at aflaherty@amssnd.org.
Also, don’t miss Catholic Climate Covenant’s Feast of St. Francis program: “Who is My Neighbor in a Climate Threatened World.” The program focuses on the interconnections between immigration, refugees, and climate change.
IMMIGRATION
You are invited to attend a webinar on the topic of immigrant family separation, hosted by Justice for Immigrants.
The webinar will be held on Wednesday, May 30th, at 2pm (Eastern). Login: bit.ly/FamilySeparation
Dial In: (267) 279-9000
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Click here to urge Congress to protect immigrant families.
TRAFFICKING
Recently, our news media has been filled with stories focused on the uprootedness of our world and the needs of our brothers and sisters who are migrants, refugees, or displaced people due to human trafficking.
As people of faith, we can do more than read these accounts and share them during table conversations. We believe God is with victims of sex and labor trafficking, the Dreamers, the migrants, and other outsiders. We believe God calls us to create places of sanctuary to offer hospitality to the stranger and to welcome all, regardless of their faith, race, gender, or nationality. We believe “The Triune God impels us into the heart of the world to be women of peace, hope, love.”
YOU CAN TAKE ACTION
There is widespread agreement in both parties in the US Congress that the Trafficking Victim’s Protection Act (TVPA) must continue to be the law of the land. Yet it has been more than half a year since the nation’s most comprehensive anti-human trafficking statute expired.
Click here to urge the Senate to reauthorize the Trafficking Victims Protection Act.
Hati
Click here to read the Washington Post’s article about the influx of Haitian and other migrants seeking refuge in Canada after the Trump administration’s immigration policies. According to the article, the differences between the United States’ immigration system and Canada’s “are stark, especially now. South of the border, claimants wait at least six months before they can legally work” … “In Canada, and particularly Quebec, asylum seekers get shelter, food, legal aid, basic health care, language classes and help finding an apartment, and they begin to receive welfare payments at the same rate as Canadian citizens. But they’re also given work permits and asked to support themselves as soon as possible, paying taxes at normal rates.”
