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Justice Jottings March 2007 |
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Lenten Resources
Education for Justice offers excellent daily reflections for Lent with a justice slant. Each day offers a reflection on scripture and ideas for prayer, fasting, and almsgiving. To access Week 1 (Feb. 21 - Mar. 3) click here. For Week 2 (Mar. 4-11) click here. For Week 3 (Mar. 11-17) click here. Check our website later in the month for subsequent weeks. | |
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 Death Penalty
Daytonians: Join us
Mar. 31
Join the Death Penalty Issue team for an evening of learning, sharing, and strategizing about ending the death penalty in Ohio. Special guest Gary Beeman exonerated death row inmate. Sat, Mar 31 at 6:30 PM at Univ. of Dayton's Sherman Hall. For more information click here.
Impending Executions
Present and Former Governors of Maryland Oppose the Death Penalty
Both the current and a former governor of Maryland - one of the five target states for the Issue Team - have weighed in with Op-Ed pieces in the Washington Post about whether the death penalty should be replaced by life without parole. To download the Hughes' Op-Ed click here. For the O'Malley Op-Ed click here.
Vatican Terms Death Penalty An Affront To Human Dignity
In Feb. the Third World Congress Against the Death Penalty met in Paris. The Vatican expressed its opposition and called capital punishment not just a negation of the right to life, but also an affront to human dignity. To read more click here. | |
Ecology & Environment 
Come to the Table: Justice Food & the Environment - Call for Submissions
The Marianist Environmental Education Center art and education show Mar. 28 - April 29 will feature meal prayers, blessings and traditions pertaining to food. We invite you to submit food traditions or favorite prayers of your family, community or culture. We are also soliciting heirloom recipes - family recipes that played important roles in our cultural history but are in danger of being lost to time. For submission packet and educational programs see http://meec.udayton.edu. Submissions due Mar. 19. |
 Sweatshop Labor
Anti-Sweatshop Legislation Introduced in Congress
This legislation will prohibit the import, export or sale of sweatshop goods in the U.S. YOU CAN HELP: Contact your congressional representatives to let them know how you feel about the importance of protecting the human rights of workers around the world. For more information click here. |
| Adele Social Justice Project
Are you a young adult or do you know a young adult in the St. Louis Metro area? Let us know so we can send an invitation to the St. Louis immersion weekend May 6-8. Please contact the ASJP Coordinator (Laura Libertore) at asjplibertore@yahoo.com, or the MSJC Director (Jim Vogt) at jimvogt2@yahoo.com or (ph.) 859-291-6197. For more information on the Adele Social Project click here. |
 Act Now! Be an Advocate for Justice
Save Women's Lives in Guatemala!
Urge your Representative to support House resolution condemning the brutal killings of more than 2500 women and girls. For more information and to contact your representative click here. Thanks to Steering Committee member and Guatemala resident Bill Farrell, SM for this important action. |
| Events
We Come to Share Our Story
A look at immigration from both sides of the border. This conference will be held Sat, Mar. 10 from 8:30-3:30 at the Univ. of Dayton's Kennedy Union. For more information click here.
Green Festival
A weekend of workshops focuses on sustainable economy, ecological balance, and social justice. April 21-22 in Chicago. For more information click here.
For the Peace of Jerusalem
Learn about the current issues related to Israeli-Palestinian peacemaking and the sharing of Jerusalem and lobby Congress with up-to-date, specific talking points designed to make your voice heard. May 6-8 in Washington, DC. For more information click here.
EarthSpirit Rising
A conference focusing on building a sustainable and compassionate future recognizing that nature provides the ultimate answers to the questions of our times. June 8-10 in Louisville, KY. For more information click here. |
| Resources - Know any good ones? Share them with us.
Need help Writing a Letter to the Editor? Check this out!
This resource makes writing a letter to the editor easy! It provides direct contact to the editorial staff of local papers. It gives pointers for writing about the Guantanamo detainees, but can be altered for any issue. To access this resource click here. Bethlehem Imports
Help Christian Palestinians help themselves by reselling their beautiful hand carved olive wood products. For more information click here. Thanks to MSJC member John Samaha, SM to alerting us to this opportunity.
Get ideas on reducing emissions in areas of your life like house and garden, water conservation, transportation, diet and more. To read this article click here. |
| A Thought to Ponder
Good poetry and successful revolution change our lives. And you cannot compose a good poem or wage a revolution without changing consciousness unless you attack the language that you share with your enemies and invent a language that you share with your allies.
June Jordan | |
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