Action for Advocates

Pakistan Needs Your Help!



The flooding in Pakistan is beyond belief. Catholic Relief Services has been on the ground in Pakistan since 1954 and is now asking for all of us to give generously to help with the urgent and massive relief effort.  For stories and to donate, click here.

 
A Million Minutes for Peace - Sept. 21
Join people across the globe in praying for peace at noon on September 21, the United Nations International Day of Peace.

We Need a New START
A new Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (New START) calls for reducing the number of U.S. and Russian nuclear weapons, and includes methods to verify these reductions.  The treaty must now be ratified by the Senate by at least 67 votes.   Let your senators know that you support ratification of New START as a necessary step towards a world without nuclear weapons.

Millennium Development Goals - Obama Releases His Plan

In last month's Justice Jottings, we encouraged you to join the ONE Campaign to get the president to follow through on the US commitment to the Millennium Development Goals, eight ambitious targets aimed at reducing global poverty and disease by 2015. The Obama Administration recently unveiled the United States' plan for meeting the Millennium Development Goals.  Read about the plan. Thanks for your advocacy in this important area.

 
Indianapolis Immersion Weekend--Sept 17th-19th

Join other young adults (ages 22-40) in downtown Indy for a weekend experience to learn and share about ways to make a difference in your community while reflecting on local social justice topics through the lens of the Marianist charism.
Get more details and register for the immersion.

*Not technically a young adult or can't make it the whole weekend? We'd still love for you to join us Sunday Sept. 19th for lunch with the immersion participants as well as other lay Marianists in the region.   Lunch will be held at 1:30pm at St. Bernadette's retreat center.  Please RSVP to Sarah Luckhaupt if you'd like to come.

 

In July, many of the Marianist Social Justice Collaborative Steering Committee members met on beautiful Chaminade University's campus in Honolulu to participate in the Lay Marianist Continental Assembly.  But first, members had a two-day long meeting to discuss and reflect on the various MSJC teams, projects, challenges, successes and goals.  During the Assembly, several teams presented to the participants there, including the GLBT Initiative, Racial and Immigrant Justice, Adele Social Justice Project, and the Awakening the Dreamer teams. Thank you to these and many other inspiring individuals who make MSJC a true "collaborative"!

 

Global Economic Justice
 

U.S. and British Unions Support Bangladeshi Workers

In a major act of international solidarity, both the 11 ½ million member AFL-CIO labor federation in the US and the Trades Union Congress (TUC) in Britain have released strong statements of solidarity in support of the Bangladeshi garment workers modest demand for a new minimum wage of 35 cents an hour.  The Global Economic Justice Team is also supporting this effort.  Read the AFL-CIO statement and the TUC statement, then send a letter to Wal-Mart in support of the minimum wage increase.

Support the Bangladesh Center for Worker Solidarity (BCWS)

BCWS has had their NGO registration canceled by the Bangladeshi government which severely limits their activities.  In addition, the Bangladeshi government has continued to harass and intimidate BCWS staff in an effort to prevent them from organizing workers. Click here to take action.

 

 

 

Questions, comments, feedback or additions for Justice Jottings can be sent to Amy Elliott