Ignatian Advocacy Alerts
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Upcoming Events: A Place at the Table
30 April 2013 11:38 AM | No CommentsFilm Streams A Place at the Table runs Friday, May 3 through May 16th at Film Streams’ Ruth Sokolof Theater. The film discusses food injustice-specifically food insecurity. Fifty million people in the U.S.—one in four children—don’t know where their next meal is coming from, despite...
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Upcoming Events: Candidates Accountability Night
29 April 2013 11:36 AM | No CommentsOmaha Together One Community (OTOC) On Monday, May 6th at 7pm, OTOC is hosting a Candidates Accountability Night. The event will take place at Pius X Church at 6905 Blondo Street, Omaha, Nebraska 68104. Candidates for Mayor and City Council will be joining OTOC so...
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Peace: Help save a life!
28 April 2013 11:34 AM | No CommentsAmnesty International Saudi Arabian national Abdullah al-Qahtani is at imminent risk of execution in Iraq. He is one of six men accused of taking part in an armed raid on a Baghdad shop in 2009. While al-Qahtani and his co-defendants “confessed” to being members of...
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Economic Justice: Support Food Assistance Programs!
27 April 2013 11:32 AM | No CommentsNetwork Nebraska Senator Mike Johanns is a member of the Agriculture Committee, and right now he is making important decisions about how to fund important anti-hunger programs like the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program(SNAP) and The Emergency Food Assistance Program (TEFAP). SNAP provides monthly nutrition benefits...
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CCSJ Blogs, News, and Upcoming Events
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Summer Volunteer Opportunities
Posted on May 30, 2013 | No CommentsTwo opportunities for people around Omaha for the summer 1. Volunteer Opportunity: Gifford Park Neighborhood Association seeks volunteers to donate 1 hour each week setting up tables, chairs and tents for our weekly farmers market at 33rd & California Street. The market days are held... -
2013 Missioning Ceremony
Posted on May 29, 2013 | No CommentsEmily Ruskamp reflected on her time as a volunteer at the Post-Graduate Missioning ceremony. In her speech she gave advice to the new graduates and offered support to their families. -
Service and Justice Trips Newsletter, Spring 2013
Posted on May 7, 2013 | No CommentsThis Spring's Service & Justice Trips Newsletter offers a chance to read reflections and see pictures of how students had their hearts set on fire for justice over Spring Break. -
Forgiveness
Posted on May 3, 2013 | No Comments“If we believe terrorists are past redemption, we should just rip up like 1/2 the New Testament because it was written by one.” –Shane Claiborne A few weeks ago, I heard a talk by Shane Claiborne. For those of you who don’t know, Shane is... -
What is Service?
Posted on April 30, 2013 | No CommentsWhat is service? I found myself thinking this upon my return from my Spring Break “Service” Trip. I kept looking back at my week and tried to determine what services I provided. I never fed the homeless, built a house, or tutored kids. Did I... -
U.S. Jesuit Conference and the Kino Border Initiative Greet Bipartisan Immigration Bill With Optimism and Caution
Posted on April 18, 2013 | No CommentsU.S. Jesuit Conference and the Kino Border Initiative Greet Bipartisan Immigration Bill With Optimism and Caution 17 April 2013 The U.S. Jesuit Conference and the Kino Border Initiative welcome today’s introduction of a bipartisan Senate immigration bill. Immigration reform has been a difficult issue to...
Weekly Updates
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