The Anti-Racism Issue Team has issued their Annual Report. You can read the report by finding it in the Anti-Racism files on their homepage by clicking here.

Impending Executions

• November 1: Donnell Jackson, TX – ACT NOW!
• November 8: Willis Shannon, TX – ACT NOW!
• November 9: John Schmitt, VA – ACT NOW!
• November 16: Charles Nealy, TX – ACT NOW!

The Death Penalty Issue Team has issued their Annual Report. You can read the report by finding it in the Death Penalty files on their homepage by clicking here.

The MSJC DP Issue Team is involved with several events.
We are co-sponsoring the Journey of Hope ... from Violence to Healing in Virginia which began in mid-October.

Immediately following the Journey is NCADP 2006: Abolition Rising, the 2006 Conference of the National Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty in Fairfax, VA. Team member Frank O'Donnell, SM is attending.

For more information about NCADP 2006:Abolition Rising click here and to experience the Virginia Journey check out their blog by clicking here and the Journey of Hope website by clicking here

Recently, the Chief Judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit and a Judge from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit have each spoken publicly about doubts and concerns regarding the death penalty and its application in the United States. Learn more about their remarks by clicking here

The Ecology and Environment Issue Team has issued their Annual Report. You can read the report by finding it in the Ecology and Environment files on their homepage by clicking here.

Harvest Rich factories make clothes for Hanes, Wal-Mart, Puma and JC Penney. They have children who have been working in sweatshop conditions. Please write a letter to Hanes, Wal-Mart, Puma and JC Penney telling them to work out a deal to send these children to school by clicking here

"It was a wonderful experience, and a good wake-up call to be aware of the ways we can work to create justice," reflected ASJP participant Addi Velasquez after the Washington, DC Immersion. To read her full summary click here

Stop human trafficking in Jordan.
Recently factories in Jordan have been deporting workers who seek out legal rights. Write to the Jordanian ambassador today to stop this abuse! For more information and a model letter click here

An Action Alert has been issued urging us to contact our Representatives to support legislation to stimulate economic growth in Haiti, this hemisphere's poorest country. To read the action alert click here

Save Darfur! Bring attention to the genocide in Darfur by writing a letter to the editor of your local paper. To get tips and guidance on writing a letter click here.

This Nov. 17-19 social justice activists from across the Americas will converge on Ft. Benning, GA, to speak out against the School of the Americas (SOA) and to change oppressive U.S. foreign policy. For more information including an organizing packet and local connections click here

Pax Christi has issued a statement about the North Korea nuclear testing. Read the statement reaffirming their longstanding call for a comprehensive end to the scourge of nuclear weapons by clicking here

What can we learn from the Amish when it comes to nonviolence as a response to the tragic shooting of 5 children? Click here

American preachers have a task more difficult, perhaps, than those faced by us under South Africa's apartheid, or Christians under Communism. We had obvious evils to engage; you have to unwrap your culture from years of red, white and blue myth. You have to expose, and confront, the great disconnect between the kindness, compassion and caring of most American people, and the ruthless way American power is experienced, directly and indirectly, by the poor of the earth. You have to help good people see how they have let their institutions do their sinning for them. This is not easy among people who really believe that their country does nothing but good, but it is necessary, not only for their future, but for us all.

Peter Storey, former president of the Methodist Church of South Africa