Ignatian Advocacy Alerts
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Peace: Free Yorm Bopha
07 December 2013 3:03 PM | No CommentsAmnesty International This may be our last best chance to free Yorm Bopha. She is a powerful voice for the rights of the Boeung Kak Lake community in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, where thousands of people have been forcibly evicted since 2007. The Cambodian government has...
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Migration: Farmworkers
06 December 2013 2:56 PM | No CommentsNetwork Many farmworkers in our country are immigrants, and with H.R. 1773, the Agricultural Guestworker Act (AG Act) in the House of Representatives, seasonal farmworkers, or “agricultural guestworkers” could see many of their already fragile worker protections stripped. Specifically, H.R. 1773 would promote wage theft...
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Upcoming Events: Climate Action Meeting
06 December 2013 2:13 PM | No CommentsClimate Action Meeting All are welcome to the meeting at Augustana Lutheran Church on Saturday, December 7th, from 11:45am-2pm.
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Economic Justice: The Farm Bill
05 December 2013 2:53 PM | No CommentsNetwork In the past month, the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) received cuts. A bipartisan Conference Committee with both senators and representatives are now negotiating the combination of the House’s Nutrition Reform and Work Opportunity Act (H.R. 3102) and the Senate’s Agriculture Reform, Food and...
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Ways to Help Those Affected By Typhoon Haiyan/Yolanda
A Few Ways to Help Those Suffering in the Philippines after Typhoon Haiyan/Yolanda: 1) John Sealey, the Provincial Assistant for Social and International Ministries of the Chicago-Detroit and Wisconsin Jesuits recommends the following way to help those suffering after Typhoon Haiyan/Yolanda hit the Philippines last…
CCSJ Blogs, News, and Upcoming Events
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CHIMBOTE, PERU FINALMENTE!!!
Posted on December 6, 2013 | No CommentsRead Creighton Alum, Jackie Greene’s (’13) blog as she goes through her post-grad volunteering in Peru. Jackie is volunteering with Incarnate World Ministries. Check her out at: embraceyourdisquietheart.wordpress.com/ -
December 2013 E-news: Social-International-Ecology Ministries, Faith-Justice
Posted on December 6, 2013 | No CommentsSave the Date (December 10): Pope Francis to initiate a global effort to combat hunger. On that day, Pope Francis will launch the One Human Family, Food for All campaign as parishes, schools and communities initiate a wave by prayer starting at noon in each... -
Upcoming Events: Immigration Advocacy Alliance Meeting
Posted on December 5, 2013 | No CommentsNebraska Immigration Advocacy Alliance Come to the meeting on Friday, December 6th, from 1-2:30pm at 42nd and Center! -
Upcoming Events: I Learn America
Posted on December 5, 2013 | No CommentsOmaha Public Libraries, SSCA Omaha, You’re Welcome In Omaha, and Nebraska Appleseed The children of immigrants are the new Americans. How we fare in welcoming them will determine the nature of this country in the 21st century and beyond. Schools have a unique role in... -
Noodles and Company Fundraiser
Posted on December 2, 2013 | No CommentsCCSJ Noodles & Company Fundraiser We’re having a fundraiser for the Service and Justice Trips Programs at the Noodle & Company on 72nd and Dodge St! Come get pasta or other great food from 4:00 to 10:00 pm Tuesday, December 3rd. The CCSJ gets 25%... -
Solidarity in Morton
Posted on December 2, 2013 | No CommentsSolidarity. Of course that’s something we all strive for when we go on these trips, but it always turns out to be more difficult than simply stepping in another’s shoes. We go on these trips to serve, and with that mentality, it can be difficult...
Weekly Updates
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Weekly Update: Dec. 6 – 15
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Weekly Update: November 22 – December 1
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