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Registration for the Adele Social Justice
Project Weekend - Space still available for the
weekend at the William Penn House on Capitol Hill in
Wash, D.C. on Oct 6-8. If you are a young adult
or if you know a young adult in the DC area get a
registration form from the ASJP files by
clicking here
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Anti-Racism |
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The Institute for Peace and Justice’s
summer 2006 newsletter focuses on the issue of
racism. The newsletter includes reflection
questions, resources, and articles. To check out
this newsletter
click here
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Death Penalty |
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Impending Executions
National Weekend of Faith in Action on the
Death Penalty - Oct. 20-22 - Events Held
Nationwide. The National Weekend of Faith in Action
(NWFA) is an opportunity for faith communities,
interfaith groups, human rights activists, and
others to examine the death penalty from a
faith-based or values-based perspective. Amnesty
International USA has many resources for
planning. To learn how you can get involved,
click here
US Catholic Bishops DVD – “Culture of Life and
the Penalty of Death” - To borrow MSJC’s copy,
email
apsjustice@hotmail.com. To order you own for
$9.95
click here
Journey of Hope 2006 - Oct. 13-29 - Events
Held Throughout Virginia. The Journey of Hope is
lead by murder victim family members, joined
by family members of those now on death row and of
those already executed by our country. Speakers will
be traveling throughout VA to high schools,
colleges, and congregations spreading their message.
For more information
click here
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Ecology & Environment |
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Cancellation - The last session of the
Just Good Food series, "Cooking with Adele" on
September 30 has been cancelled due to the ongoing
health concerns of presenter Sr. Audrey Buttner,
FMI. Please keep Sr. Audrey in your prayers.
The series, co-sponsored by the Ecology &
Environment Issue Team and the Marianist Social
Justice Collaborative, inspired a new community
resource guide for local food purchasing and
social justice. If you are interested in helping
with the guide, contact Tara Poling by
clicking here
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Sweatshop Labor |
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Sweatshop Education in Marianist High Schools
- The Sweatshop Labor Issue Team is using a
Marianist sharing fund grant to promote sweatshop
education. Educational possibilities include
cross curricular lesson plans, sweatshop overnight
simulations, analysis of our personal/institutional
buying decisions, and many more. If you believe your
creativity could be used on such a project, or if
you have a comment/question please email
Alison
Radelet
Anti-sweatshop legislation - The Decent
Working Conditions and Fair Competition Act will
for the first time hold corporations legally
accountable to respect human and worker rights by
prohibiting the import, sale, or export of sweatshop
goods in the U.S. Contact your congressional
representatives and ask them to support S.3485
and HR 5635.
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Adele Social Justice Project (ASJP) |
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Interested in hosting an Adele Social
Justice Project weekend in your city in the next 2
years? Criteria for hosting a weekend is
found in the ASJP files by
clicking here
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Act Now! Be an Advocate for Justice! |
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New Human Trafficking Letter Writing Campaign
Initiated - The letter asks manufacturers of
women's feminine products to print the
trafficking Hotline phone number on their
packaging. The request is a way to distribute vital
information to thousands of women and girls who may
be involved in trafficking or who know
someone who is. To get a sample letter
click here and to get addresses of manufacturers
click here
US kids are back in school and so are children in
Iraq. Help provide school supply kits for Iraqi
children by
clicking here
Honor the 100th Anniversary of Gandhi's
Nonviolence Movement - RESOLVE to break the
cycle of violence. Work a Day for Peace by
clicking here
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Events |
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Save Darfur Now: Voices to Stop Genocide -
Rally and Music - Sept. 17 NY, NY. For more info
click here
International Day of Peace – Sept. 21 -
Sign the Peace Pledge, join in the moment of silence
at Noon, find an event in your area
click here
Green Festival - Oct. 14-15 in Wash, DC or
Nov. 10-12 in San Fran, CA. A gathering focused on a
sustainable economy, ecological balance,
and social justice. For more info
click here
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Resources - know any good ones? Share them with us |
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Marianist NGO website offers updates on
international happenings. To view the September
email report
click here
New campaign focused on the Middle East –
Campaign for American Leadership in the Middle East
(CALME). To join and to find out more info
click here
Real Money offered an article – “Ten
Simple Ways to Clean Green.” White vinegar and
baking soda topped the list. To receive a copy of
this article email apsjustice@hotmail.com
Driving Tithe to Mitigate Climate Change -
"Let's reduce our driving to 90 percent of "normal"
challenges Sean Cordry, physics professor at
Northwestern College, Iowa. For more info
click here
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A Thought to Ponder |
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What happens in the racist system is that the
person of color becomes the one who is the
"identified patient," the one misdiagnosed as the
problem, the brunt of misdirected feelings. However,
the member of the system who suffers with an obvious
symptom is not actually "the sick one," but the one
in whom the societal pathology surfaces. This is
what is happening when the person of color is looked
upon with suspicion or when the Caucasian operates
out of fear of a black person.
From
The Hurricane of Racism by Fr. Ted Cassidy, SM
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New on Our Website
Join us in praying “A Marianist
Prayer to Abolish the Death Penalty”
written by Sr. Grace Walle, FMI and the Death
Penalty Issue Team.
Click here
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like to hear from you! Just get a password and you
can enter into current discussions with other MSJC
members or start a new discussion. NOTE – if you are
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that browser.
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