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Justice, Peace and Integrity of Creation
Issues
Nonviolence . . . Human trafficking . . . Women . . . . The elderly . . . Immigrants' rights . . . Housing. . . Children . . . Prisoners' rights . . . Health care . . . World Hunger . . . Globalization, as it affects Latin America . . . Care of the earth . . . Seamless ethic of life
Note: The ideas and opinions expressed in this blog are solely those of the author's and should not be ascribed to the Congregation of Sisters of St. Agnes or its members.
Note: The ideas and opinions expressed in this blog are solely those of the author's and should not be ascribed to the Congregation of Sisters of St. Agnes or its members.
Friday, February 14, 2020
Friday, September 6, 2019
Tell the Administration:
Don't Take Food from kids and Families Submit Your Comment Today!Our faith clearly calls us to feed the hungry. Last year, we worked with Congress to reject cuts to SNAP, our nation's most important food assistance program. NETWORK members helped secure the passage of the bipartisan 2018 Farm Bill, a rare bipartisan success in the 115th Congress.Now, food assistance is at risk--again. The Trump administration proposed a back-door rule change to implement another SNAP benefits cut, one previously rejected by Congress. Oppose this rule by submitting a public comment. Currently, states can extend SNAP eligibility to low-income families with modest savings and working households if they also have significant expenses for shelter and child care. The new U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) proposal would eliminate this ability for states to broaden their SNAP eligibility. The USDA proposal would eliminate SNAP benefits for 3.1 million individuals, take free school meals away from the children in those families, and punish people with even meager savings. This USDA rulemaking is an attempt to side step Congress and is outside USDA's authority. We need your help, once again, to prevent this rule from going into effect! Public comments on the rule are due by September 23. We need to generate a lot of comments to demonstrate our serious opposition. I have written a sample comment for you to use, but it is important that you take the time to personalize your comment. Try to change or add at least 1/3 of the language so that your comment counts as a unique submission. Prompts for how to personalize your comment are included throughout the sample comment. If you have any questions, feel free to email NETWORK. |
Wednesday, August 21, 2019
Urge Congress Use the Power of the Purse to Pressure DHS to Care for Immigrants
The
Sisters of St. Agnes add our voice to NETWORK Lobby for Catholic Social Justice
calling on Congress to end the inhumanity of the US current treatment of
refugees and immigrants.
Inspired
by the Gospel and Catholic Social Teaching, we honor the dignity of every
person. As Pope Francis said: “These are not mere social or migrant issues…
Migrants are first of all human persons.” We affirm the sacred human right of
all people to seek asylum.
Reduce
Funding for Deportation, Detention, and Border Militarization and Support
Funding for Refugee Resettlement and Asylum
When
determining federal appropriations for FY 2020, we urge Congress to reduce
funds for CBP and ICE Enforcement and Removal Operations. Refuse to provide any
additional funding for a border wall; instead allocate resources to support
refugee resettlement and access to asylum.
Keep
Families Together and Invest in Alternatives to Detention
We
call for an end to family detention this year, by December 2019, and urge
Congress to increase funding for less costly, more efficient, community-based
alternatives to detention.
Exert
Robust Oversight over Detention and Uses of Federal Funding
We
urge Congress to require additional inspections of ICE facilities, ensure ICE
publishes public weekly reports, and create a detention ombudsperson to
strengthen oversight. Congress should also prohibit federal funds from being
used to: enforce Muslim or refugee bans, deport or detain DACA, TPS, or DED
holders, and carry out immigration enforcement operations at “sensitive”
locations including schools, churches, and hospitals.
Friday, August 9, 2019
International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples
“Today, August 9th, honors the International Day of the World’s
Indigenous Peoples. We celebrate this day to raise awareness of the needs of
Indigenous peoples worldwide, in recognition of the first meeting of the UN
Working Group on Indigenous Populations that was held in Geneva 37 years ago,
in 1982.
We are living in a time of climate crisis. As a groundbreaking
report by the UN recently noted, “the health of ecosystems on which humans
and all other species depend is deteriorating more rapidly than ever.”
Much of the answer to solving this climate crisis lies in the
wisdom and knowledge of Indigenous peoples who have long fought at the
front lines of environmental threats. Indigenous communities able to draw on
traditional wisdom to find solutions that have the potential to help restore
our planet. Unfortunately, due to their dependence upon the earth, they are
also among the first to face the direct consequences of
climate change.”
Friday, August 2, 2019
Tell the Justice Department that Christians Oppose the Death Penalty
Recently Attorney General William Barr directed the Trump Justice
Department to bring back the barbaric and ineffective death penalty,
and immediately schedule the first five federal executions in 16 years.
There are many reasons why Christians and churches across the
country oppose capital punishment: DNA testing proves hundreds of innocent
people have been sentenced to die. It is expensive. And the racial disparities
within the system are the very height of injustice. Above all, we know that it
is simply immoral. Christians are called to forgive, to embrace grace, and
quite clearly to follow the command, "You shall not kill."
Statement from Pope Francis.
“Recourse to the death penalty on
the part of legitimate authority, following a fair trial, was long considered
an appropriate response to the gravity of certain crimes and an acceptable,
albeit extreme, means of safeguarding the common good.
Today, however, there is an
increasing awareness that the dignity of the person is not lost even after the
commission of very serious crimes. In addition, a new understanding has
emerged of the significance of penal sanctions imposed by the state.
Lastly, more effective systems of
detention have been developed, which ensure the due protection of citizens but,
at the same time, do not definitively deprive the guilty of the possibility of
redemption.
Consequently, the Church teaches,
in the light of the Gospel, that “the death penalty is inadmissible because it
is an attack on the inviolability and dignity of the person”, and she works
with determination for its abolition worldwide”.
Address to Participants in the
Meeting organized by the Pontifical Council for the Promotion of the New
Evangelization, 11 October 2017: L’Osservatore Romano, 13 October
2017.
Tuesday, July 30, 2019
Secure and Protect Act of 2019
Please join Church World Service in opposing S.1494, the so-called “Secure and Protect Act of 2019,” introduced by Senator Lindsey Graham. This bill would eliminate protections for children and victims of human trafficking, dismantle the U.S. asylum system, and further reduce refugee admissions. S.1494 so that people seeking safety are welcomed and protected.
Call Today: Tell Your Senators to Protect Children and Asylum Seekers
Click here to receive a call that connects you to your 2 Senators.
Sample Script: “I’m your constituent from [City, State], and [as a person of faith], I urge you to oppose S.1494, the “Secure and Protect Act of 2019.” I call on you to protect refugees, asylum seekers, and immigrant children. The situation at our Southwest border must be treated as a humanitarian crisis, rather than as an immigration enforcement issue. I call on you to reject the “Secure and Protect Act,” which would dismantle protections for unaccompanied children and asylum seekers, returning them to harm. My community welcomes asylum seekers and immigrants, and I urge you to do the same.”
Amplify on Social Media: Share this message with your Senators & Representatives on social media!
- [@SENATOR]
I call on you to say NO to S.1494 so that people seeking safety are
welcomed and protected - especially children. #RiseforRefuge
#NORefugeeBans
- [@SENATOR]
I call on you to oppose S.1494 and to be bold in choosing moral and
justice policies which provide the vulnerable protection. #RiseforRefuge
#NORefugeeBans
Thank you for taking action - and please share this alert with your networks!
In solidarity,
Oppose Trump Administration’s Latest Attack on Struggling Americans
Once again the Administration
is waging an attack against SNAP (Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program),
formerly known as food stamps. Modify the suggested language
to make it your own comment. The material below “Comment Now” is additional
information and analysis regarding the proposal,
hunger and poverty in the U.S.
Let the Administration know that the proposed
rule to limit SNAP would increase hunger and poverty in this
country, especially for working families with children whose net incomes are
below the poverty line, and families and seniors with even a small amount of
savings who would be kicked off of SNAP. Comment now!
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